Abstract: A multi-use gaming machine is switchable between playing a game native to the machine and for interactive play of a game taking place at a remote location has a common video display for displaying the results of the game being played by a player at the machine. The machine includes a touch screen corresponding to a betting grid of the game taking place at the remote location by which wagers can be placed on the remote game and a computer that determines winning and losing wagers and maintains a running account balance for the machine.

Abstract: A method and system of enabling wagering by a player from a location remote from where a game is being played in which a player at the remote location upon being cleared to be able to place wagers in a jurisdiction obtains a set top box or dedicated terminal by which the games can be viewed, game status data received and an account of the wagering results and running balance is maintained. The player also obtains one or more play cards that are unique to the set top box at the remote location. Authorized stations are established at which transactions can take place and a player visits an authorized station to conduct a deposit or withdrawal transaction from an account associated with a play card, and the authorized location communicates with the set top box to update the account at the remote location with the transaction data. The set top box can have a reader to accept a personal identification card for the player which can be a credit or debit card that also can be used to effect commercial transactions.

Abstract: A method and system of enabling wagering by a player from a location remote from where a game is being played in which a player at the remote location upon being cleared to be able to place wagers in a jurisdiction obtains a set top box or dedicated terminal by which the games can be viewed, game status data received and an account of the wagering results and running balance is maintained. The player also obtains one or more play cards that are unique to the set top box at the remote location. Authorized stations are established at which transactions can take place and a player visits an authorized station to conduct a deposit or withdrawal transaction from an account associated with a play card, and the authorized location communicates with the set top box to update the account at the remote location with the transaction data.

Abstract: A system and method for playing a table type game such as roulette or dice in an interactive manner at a site remote from the actual casino table in which a camera follows a game that is being played at a table in a casino and a microphone can also pick up the sound of the players at the table and the game play. Terminals at various locations in the casino remote from the table, or various devices such as a personal computer at other remote locations, receive the video display of the game play and the players, as well as game results and game betting status signals from a distribution device that can be closed circuit, wireless satellite or Internet. The remote terminal or device displays a picture (video) of the actual casino table where the game is being played and also contains its own computer (microprocessor) that has various functions which include the generation and display of an electronic representation of a table betting grid.