Abstract: A system comprising a camera and a processor is programmed to identify cards dealt at a gaming table. By identifying the cards as they are dealt, the security of the gaming table may be improved. In addition, new betting opportunities may be provided based upon the increased information made available. The system may also be used to directly award prizes to players. The prizes may be awarded in conjunction with or independent of traditional game play.

Abstract: A system comprising a camera and a processor is programmed to identify cards dealt at a gaming table. By identifying the cards as they are dealt, the security of the gaming table may be improved. In addition, new betting opportunities may be provided based upon the increased information made available. The system may also be used to directly award prizes to players. The prizes may be awarded in conjunction with or independent of traditional game play.

Abstract: A system comprising a camera and a processor is programmed to identify cards dealt at a gaming table. By identifying the cards as they are dealt, the security of the gaming table may be improved. In addition, new betting opportunities may be provided based upon the increased information made available. The system may also be used to directly award prizes to players. The prizes may be awarded in conjunction with or independent of traditional game play.

Abstract: Live gaming tables where players make one or more wagers on the outcome of a game played according to a predetermined set of rules are described. The table game is characterized by having a progressive prize that may be won through the play of a plurality of different bonus games. Each bonus game has a different triggering event associated with it and is preferably differentiated from the other bonus games by the probability of winning the progressive prize through the bonus game. The triggering event for each bonus game is preferably a combination of cards formed by the players' hands, the dealer's hand and/or a combination thereof. Multiple different table games played with different rules employ multiple bonus games associated with the different tables that allow different table games with otherwise disparate and fixed odds to have fair odds of winning a communal progressive prize.

Abstract: A bonusing system used in a casino environment is described. The bonusing system enables a player to make secondary wagers on a bonus outcome. In one embodiment, the bonusing system can include a bonusing device which is installed at a gaming table at which a card game is played, such as baccarat or black jack. In the card game, the player makes a primary wager on an outcome of a card hand. The bonusing device can be configured to select a bonus card hand from among a subset of card hands associated with the card game and output the selected bonus hand. Based upon one or more of a player's card hand, a dealer's card hand, the bonus card hand or combinations thereof, the bonusing device can determine whether a bonus is to be awarded. The bonus amount awarded can depend on the amount of the secondary wager.

Abstract: The present invention involves live gaming tables where players make one or more wagers on the outcome of a game played according to a predetermined set of rules. The table game is characterized by having a progressive prize that may be won through the play of a plurality of different bonus games. Each bonus game has a different triggering event associated with it and is preferably differentiated from the other bonus games by the probability of winning the progressive prize through the bonus game. The triggering event for each bonus game is preferably a combination of cards formed by the players' hands, the dealer's hand and/or a combination thereof In additional embodiments of the present invention, a plurality of different table games played with different rules employ a plurality of bonus games associated with the different tables that allows different table games with otherwise disparate and fixed odds to have fair odds of winning a communal progressive prize.

Abstract: A bonusing system used in a casino environment is described. The bonusing system enables a player to make secondary wagers on a bonus outcome. In one embodiment, the bonusing system can include a bonusing device which is installed at a gaming table at which a card game is played, such as baccarat or black jack. In the card game, the player makes a primary wager on an outcome of a card hand. The bonusing device can be configured to select a bonus card hand from among a subset of card hands associated with the card game and output the selected bonus hand. Based upon one or more of a player's card hand, a dealer's card hand, the bonus card hand or combinations thereof, the bonusing device can determine whether a bonus is to be awarded. The bonus amount awarded can depend on the amount of the secondary wager.

Abstract: The present invention involves live gaming tables where players make one or more wagers on the outcome of a game played according to a predetermined set of rules. The table game is characterized by having a progressive prize that may be won through the play of a plurality of different bonus games. Each bonus game has a different triggering event associated with it and is preferably differentiated from the other bonus games by the probability of winning the progressive prize through the bonus game. The triggering event for each bonus game is preferably a combination of cards formed by the players' hands, the dealer's hand and/or a combination thereof. In additional embodiments of the present invention, a plurality of different table games played with different rules employ a plurality of bonus games associated with the different tables that allows different table games with otherwise disparate and fixed odds to have fair odds of winning a communal progressive prize.

Abstract: The present invention involves live gaming tables where players make one or more wagers on the outcome of a game played according to a predetermined set of rules. The table game is characterized by having a progressive prize that may be won through the play of a plurality of different bonus games. Each bonus game has a different triggering event associated with it and is preferably differentiated from the other bonus games by the probability of winning the progressive prize through the bonus game. The triggering event for each bonus game is preferably a combination of cards formed by the players' hands, the dealer's hand and/or a combination thereof. In additional embodiments of the present invention, a plurality of different table games played with different rules employ a plurality of bonus games associated with the different tables that allows different table games with otherwise disparate and fixed odds to have fair odds of winning a communal progressive prize.

Abstract: A bonusing system used in a casino environment is described. The bonusing system enables a player to make secondary wagers on a bonus outcome. In one embodiment, the bonusing system can include a bonusing device which is installed at a gaming table at which a card game is played, such as baccarat or black jack. In the card game, the player makes a primary wager on an outcome of a card hand. The bonusing device can be configured to select a bonus card hand from among a subset of card hands associated with the card game and output the selected bonus hand. Based upon one or more of a player's card hand, a dealer's card hand, the bonus card hand or combinations thereof, the bonusing device can determine whether a bonus is to be awarded. The bonus amount awarded can depend on the amount of the secondary wager.

Abstract: The present invention involves live gaming tables where players make one or more wagers on the outcome of a game played according to a predetermined set of rules. The table game is characterized by having a progressive prize that may be won through the play of a plurality of different bonus games. Each bonus game has a different triggering event associated with it and is preferably differentiated from the other bonus games by the probability of winning the progressive prize through the bonus game. The triggering event for each bonus game is preferably a combination of cards formed by the players' hands, the dealer's hand and/or a combination thereof. In additional embodiments of the present invention, a plurality of different table games played with different rules employ a plurality of bonus games associated with the different tables that allows different table games with otherwise disparate and fixed odds to have fair odds of winning a communal progressive prize.

Abstract: A method and gaming device for wagering on and playing a bingo-type game is disclosed. More particularly, a method allows a player to use strategy to select or daub a number of bingo balls in a bingo-type game and forgo daubing other balls, thereby adding a new level of player interaction, and skill to the game of bingo while maintaining other features of a bingo game such as playing until at least one player wins the game.

Abstract: The method of the present invention involves a poker game in which a player is dealt a plurality of cards from which he makes a plurality, N, of starting hands. Each starting hand has a wager associated with it. After the player sets his starting hands, an opposing house starting hand is created, preferably from a number of cards capable of creating a plurality of starting hands. The player's first starting hand is completed as is the opposing house hand. If the player's first completed hand beats the opposing hand, the player receives an award and the player's next completed hand is compared to the opposing hand. If the player's first completed hand loses to the opposing hand, all wagers are lost and the game is over. This process continues until all N starting hands have been completed and evaluated or until the player loses the nth starting hand resulting in all nth to N wagers being lost.

Abstract: The method of the present invention involves a poker game in which a player is dealt a plurality of cards from which he makes a plurality, N, of starting hands. Each starting hand has a wager associated with it. After the player sets his starting hands, an opposing house starting hand is created, preferably from a number of cards capable of creating a plurality of starting hands. The player's first starting hand is completed as is the opposing house hand. If the player's first completed hand beats the opposing hand, the player receives an award and the player's next completed hand is compared to the opposing hand. If the player's first completed hand loses to the opposing hand, all wagers are lost and the game is over. This process continues until all N starting hands have been completed and evaluated or until the player loses the nth starting hand resulting in all nth to N wagers being lost.