AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR PLAYING CASINO GAMES HAVING CHANGEABLE DISPLAYS AND PLAY MONITORING SECURITY FEATURES

摘要

Systems and methods for playing live casino games. The systems have changeable displays on presentation units which portray virtual playing cards or symbols to live participants. Shuffling, cutting, dealing and return of playing cards are accomplished using data processing functions within an electronic game processor which perform quickly and without manual cards. The invention allows casinos fast play with reduced cheating while maintaining the ambiance of a live table game. Systems can be configured as multi-user slot machines with game processors assigning symbols either with virtual playing cards or as symbol cards. The participant symbol subsets are compared to a predetermined list so that payoffs can be awarded for winning symbols.