A METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR PROVIDING A JACKPOT PRIZE

摘要

An electronic casino table game is provided with the ability to enable playe rs to elect to participate in a jackpot once they have made a standard wager on the electronic casino table game. The players are provided with player terminals 602, which are connecte d to a central controller 608. The controller maintains a record 610 of the jackpot pool an d the active wagers placed by the players. The player terminal includes a touch screen which displays a player input field 504 for the standard game inputs by the player, and a jackpot input field 510 to enable the player to elect to participate in the jackpot. The player terminals are connected to the controller by a communication link 604, 606 to enable the player wagers to be communicated to the controller and to permit the controller to control the player screens.