| 摘要 |
<p>A method (Figs. 4A-4E) or apparatus (Figs. 1-3, 6A-6B and 8A-8B) for automating playing games such as blackjack, poker, craps, roulette, baccarat and pai gow, wherein players may play continuously and asynchronously, and information related to advertised items can be exchanged between players and advertisers. Each instance of a game is unique from all other current game instances. The games do not require a manual dealer and can be played either in a gaming establishment using low cost gaming stations (18) or on the Internet (324) or by an interactive cable television network wherein a game controller (14) communicates with players at network nodes (318). During a game, advertising is selectively provided by comparing player personal information with a desired demographic profile (28). Player responses to advertising are used for evaluating advertising effectiveness and for test marketing of products, advertisements, and reduces advertising costs.</p> |
