Abstract: A system and method for creating a bonus system to reward casino card game players and to further generate and monitor wager and bonus based auxiliary card games, played simultaneously with a primary card game, whereas winning wager based auxiliary game players are paid in gaming chips, cash or prizes; and primary game players, who qualify to play a bonus based auxiliary game by means of a player tracking card who receive winning bonus based game hands are paid slot machine credits issued at the game table by means of a TITO ticket that can be redeemed only by the player playing designated slot machines operated by or associated with the host casino to assist a casino in cross marketing casino table games and slot machines.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the invention includes a bet recognition system for use with a card game. A table is provided for playing a card game including a bet location for each player. An image capture device is positioned in proximity to the bet location and configured to capture an image of a player's bet. An image processor is coupled to the image capture device and configured to process the image by locating at least one chip and creating a signal representing the chip, comparing the signal to a plurality of stored signatures, and when a match occurs, generating a signal representing the bet. In one aspect, the image processor is configured to generate an error signal when unable to match a candidate signature with at least one of the stored signatures.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the invention includes a bet recognition system for use with a card game. A table is provided for playing a card game including a bet location for each player. An image capture device is positioned in proximity to the bet location and configured to capture an image of a player's bet. An image processor is coupled to the image capture device and configured to process the image by locating at least one chip and creating a signal representing the chip, comparing the signal to a plurality of stored signatures, and when a match occurs, generating a signal representing the bet. In one aspect, the image processor is configured to generate an error signal when unable to match a candidate signature with at least one of the stored signatures.