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US 10,328,333 B2Granted
Table game system
AssigneeMark Hamilton Jones and Sheryle Lynn Jones Family Trust
InventorMark H. Jones
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Abstract
An improved game surface for a table game system includes a random number generator for identifying one or more numbers relevant to determining an outcome of a game of chance. The table game surface includes a game layout, including a plurality of player positions and a plurality of wagering areas corresponding to different possible outcomes. Each wagering area includes at least one illumination source associated therewith that can be switched between an on condition and an off condition. Each at least one illumination source may be configured to switch to the on condition when the wagering area with which it is associated is a winning outcome.
Claims20
A table game system for a playing a game of chance, comprising:
- a table surface including a dolly marker home position;
- a dolly marker;
- a plurality of player positions disposed about said table surface with each of said plurality of player positions having a unique player indicia associated therewith;
- a plurality of wagering areas disposed on said table surface, each of said plurality of wagering areas configured to receive a wager in the form of one or more betting chips on a unique outcome for said game of chance;
- each of said plurality of wagering areas including a plurality of player betting areas associated therewith, with each of said plurality of player betting areas including one of said unique player indicia to represent a location for placement of said wager by said player position associated with that unique player indicia;
- a random number generator associated with said table surface for identifying one or more indicia relevant to determining a winning outcome of said game of chance;
- each of said plurality of wagering areas including a designated marker area that is discrete from said plurality of player betting areas and configured to receive said dolly marker identifying that wagering area as a winning outcome;
- a layout sensor associated with each of said designated marker areas and configured to communicate with said dolly marker only when said dolly marker is disposed in said associated designated marker area, and wherein said communication completes a circuit;
- an illumination source in at least one of said dolly marker, each of said wagering areas, or both, with each illumination source having a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation;
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- whereby each illumination source is configured to switch from said first mode of operation to said second mode of operation upon placement of said dolly marker on a designated marker area in one of said plurality of wagering areas and establishment of communication between said layout sensor associated with that designated marker area and said dolly marker when said wagering area with which said illumination source is associated with corresponds to a winning outcome wagering area.
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A table game system for a playing a game of chance, comprising:
- a table surface including a reader device configured to read one or more indicia on a card;
- a dolly marker;
- a plurality of player positions disposed about said table surface with each of said plurality of player positions having a unique player indicia associated therewith;
- a plurality of wagering areas disposed on said table surface, each of said plurality of wagering areas configured to receive a wager in the form of one or more betting chips on a unique outcome for said game of chance;
- each of said plurality of wagering areas including a plurality of player betting areas associated therewith, with each of said plurality of player betting areas including one of said unique player indicia to represent a location for placement of said wager by said player position associated with that unique player indicia;
- a card shuffling device which can hold a plurality of cards with each of said plurality of cards having indicia for determining a winning outcome of said game of chance;
- each of said plurality of wagering areas including a designated marker area that is discrete from said plurality of player betting areas and configured to receive said dolly marker identifying that wagering area as a winning outcome;
- a layout sensor associated with each of said designated marker areas and configured to communicate with said dolly marker only when said dolly marker is disposed in said associated designated marker area, and wherein said communication completes a circuit;
- an illumination source in at least one of said dolly marker, each of said wagering areas, or both, with each illumination source having a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation;
- a computer associated with said table game system and in communication with said reader device and with each of said illumination sources, whereby said computer receives from said reader device one or more indicia of a winning outcome and then activates said illumination sources associated with a winning outcome;
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- whereby each illumination source is configured to switch from said first mode of operation to said second mode of operation upon placement of said dolly marker on a designated marker area in one of said plurality of wagering areas and establishment of communication between said layout sensor associated with that designated marker area and said dolly marker when said wagering area with which said illumination source is associated with corresponds to a winning outcome wagering area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.