Abstract: An embodiment of the gaming system includes at least one voucher dispenser (11). Each voucher (24) is associated with data. A gaming controller 8 is communicatively linked to the voucher dispenser (11) and it receives and stores the data. At least one game, in particular a table game such as roulette, is configured to generate game results and communicate them to the gaming controller (8). The embodiment also includes at least one activator device (28) at which the vouchers (24) are activatable. The activator devices are communicatively linked to the gaming controller (8) such that an activation of a voucher (24) causes the gaming controller (8) to determine a redeemable value of the voucher (24) based upon the game results of a number of game plays. Another embodiment of the gaming system does not require the players to activate the vouchers.

Abstract: An embodiment of the gaming system includes at least one voucher dispenser (11). Each voucher (24) is associated with data. A gaming controller 8 is communicatively linked to the voucher dispenser (11) and it receives and stores the data. At least one game, in particular a table game such as roulette, is configured to generate game results and communicate them to the gaming controller (8). The embodiment also includes at least one activator device (28) at which the vouchers (24) are activatable. The activator devices are communicatively linked to the gaming controller (8) such that an activation of a voucher (24) causes the gaming controller (8) to determine a redeemable value of the voucher (24) based upon the game results of a number of game plays. Another embodiment of the gaming system does not require the players to activate the vouchers.

Abstract: A card game is described in which two hands of cards are dealt, and players are invited to wager on whether one hand or the other will win, or whether the hands will tie. The hands may initially be formed from two cards each, and further cards may be added to the hands on the basis of a predetermined dealing tableau. Determination of the winner may be on the basis of a modified blackjack scoring system which provides for a winner even if both hands have totals over 21. In an alternative embodiment, the initial hands are formed from five cards each and the winning hand is determined by determining ascribing a rank value to the five-card combination and determining that the winning hand is the hand with the higher rank value. In some embodiments, the rank value may represent the highest-ranking poker hand which can be formed from the cards of each hand, and the winner will be the hand from which the higher-ranking poker hand can be formed.

Abstract: A roulette wheel (1) has a ball detector (9a, 9b, 9c) to detect the ball as the ball travels round the rim (3) of the roulette wheel and a drop determiner (21) to determine, for each of a number of games of roulette, the region of the rim from which the ball fell from the rim. Data representing, for a number of games, the region of the rim from which the ball fell from the rim may then be stored for later analysis or may be directly analysed to determine any drop zone bias. The ball detector may be a number of ball detecting elements (9a, 9b, 9c) spaced apart around the rim (3) of the roulette wheel for each providing a ball detection signal as the ball travels through a corresponding region (R1, R2 and R3) of the rim and the drop detector (21) may determine the region of the rim from which the ball fell from the rim by determining the detecting element passed last by the ball.

Abstract: A roulette wheel (1) has a ball detector (9a, 9b, 9c) to detect the ball as the ball travels round the rim (3) of the roulette wheel and a drop determiner (21) to determine, for each of a number of games of roulette, the region of the rim from which the ball fell from the rim. Data representing, for a number of games, the region of the rim from which the ball fell from the rim may then be stored for later analysis or may be directly analysed to determine any drop zone bias. The ball detector may be a number of ball detecting elements (9a, 9b, 9c) spaced apart around the rim (3) of the roulette wheel for each providing a ball detection signal as the ball travels through a corresponding region (R1, R2 and R3) of the rim and the drop detector (21) may determine the region of the rim from which the ball fell from the rim by determining the detecting element passed last by the ball.