Abstract: A system featuring the dynamic graphical display of a wager comprises: A computer; A player console comprising responsive displaying means; said computer being capable of responding to the activation of said responsive displaying means; And common displaying means being capable of responding to said computer; Wherein said computer is capable of causing said common displaying means to progressively display at least one column of chips in response to the activation of said player console responsive displaying means. According to a specific embodiment of the present invention, said common displaying means progressively displays at least one column of chips in response to stationary activation within a stationary defined area being displayed on said player console responsive displaying means.

Abstract: A system provides an inventory of first and second class objects which are distributed in first and second defined locations. The first and second locations are accessible to each other via a common pathway. The system comprises: a motion sensor for producing a detection signal when the presence or motion of an object is detected while present or moving through the pathway; a universal signal transmitter which is responsive to the detection signal for transmitting a universal signal; and a unique identity signal detector for detecting the presence or absence of a unique identity signal from the detected object. Each first and second class object is capable of transmitting a unique identity signal in response to the universal signal. An information storage device is responsive to the unique identity signal detector and is capable of storing information corresponding to the presence or absence of an identity signal from the detected object.

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system for assigning a plurality of prospective players to a plurality of available games comprises: a computer; inputting means for entering information relating to each prospective player and relating to a set of at least one available game chosen by each prospective player; the computer responding to the inputting means for storing such information in the order entered; and displaying means responding to the computer for causing the displaying means to repeatedly visually display such information; and the computer causing the displaying means to repeatedly visually display information relating to the next available game and relating to the next prospective player who chose such next available game.

Abstract: According to a first embodiment of the present invention, a system for playing poker comprises: a central processing unit; a plurality of player consoles; a plurality of first interconnecting means for connecting said central processing unit to each of said player consoles; said central processing unit being capable of enabling a particular player console so that said enabled player console may send wagering information to said central processing unit only while said particular player console is enabled; and said central processing unit being capable of simultaneously dis-enabling the other player consoles so that said other dis-enabled player consoles may not be able to send any wagering information to said central processing unit while said other player consoles are dis-enabled.

Abstract: A system for allowing the playing of poker at each of several poker tables, said system comprising: a central processing unit; a main console; a dealer console and a plurality of player consoles at each poker table; a plurality of interconnecting means for connecting said central processing unit to each player console at each poker table, to each dealer console at each poker table, and to said main console; each player console at each poker table further comprising means controlled by said central processing unit for enabling only one player console at a time at each poker table to send wagering information to said central processing unit while said one player console is enabled, all other player consoles at the same poker table being simultaneously dis-enabled by said central processing unit while said one player console is enabled.