GAMING TABLE SYSTEM PERMITTING PLAY OF A SHARED PLAYER HAND BY MULTIPLE PLAYERS

摘要

An electronic gaming table for hosting live table games involving wagers can include a physical surface, a dealer station, a plurality of player terminals, and a table controller. The physical surface permits the play of live table games with a live dealer and physical game components. The dealer station is situated proximate the physical surface and allows the presence of a live dealer who facilitates game play. Player terminals allow live players to play the games and include player terminal processors coupled to player interfaces having input and output devices. A table controller coupled to the player terminals controls various table functions and administers a live table game pitting a first hand against a second hand. Each of multiple live players can make different live game decisions independently based upon the same second hand, wherein resolution of the game varies by player depending upon the different live game decisions.

主权项

1. An electronic gaming table adapted to host live table games based on wagers with monetary awards based on results of the live table games, the electronic gaming table comprising:
a physical surface adapted for the play of live table games that include the use of a live dealer and one or more physical game components; a dealer station situated proximate said physical surface and adapted to provide for the presence of the live dealer at the electronic gaming table, wherein the live dealer facilitates the play of said live table games; a plurality of player terminals situated at or nearby the electronic gaming table, wherein each of said plurality of player terminals provides for the presence of a live player to play the live table games and includes a player terminal processor coupled to a player interface having one or more player input devices and one or more player output devices; and a table controller coupled to said plurality of player terminals and adapted to control a plurality of electronic gaming table functions, wherein said table controller is further adapted to administer a live table game pitting a dealer hand against a shared player hand, wherein the shared player hand is shared by a plurality of live players who each play the shared player hand against the dealer hand, wherein each of the plurality of live players is permitted to make one or more different live game decisions independently regarding the shared player hand, and wherein a resolution of the live table game varies by player depending upon the different live game decisions of the live players playing the shared player hand against the dealer hand.