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US 10,540,853 B2Granted
Hybrid casino dice game
AssigneeAruze Gaming (Hong Kong) Limited
InventorsEric Persson, Kenji Enokido, Hiroki Munakata, Aaron Huang, Motoya Nakamura, Kenji Hamao
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Abstract
In one aspect, an improved gaming table, such as a craps table, is disclosed herein, which combines electronic displays and wagering interfaces with traditional craps tables having physical dice and allowing players to physically throw the dice.
Claims20
A dice game system comprising:
- a play field comprising:
- at least one play field display device arranged horizontally so that images displayed by the at least one play field display device are viewable from directly above the at least one play field display device;
- a rigid protective material positioned directly above the at least one play field display device;
- a play surface comprised of textile material, the play surface positioned adjacent to the rigid protective material;
- a bumper wall positioned adjacent to the play field, the bumper wall comprising:
- at least one bumper display device arranged vertically;
- and
- a bumper surface comprised of padding material;
- a plurality of player stations, each player station comprising;
- at least one player station memory device;
- a player station touchscreen;
- and
- at least one player station processor in communication with the at least one player station memory device and the player station touchscreen;
- a dealer station, the dealer station comprising:
- at least one dealer station memory device;
- a dealer station touchscreen;
- and
- at least one dealer station processor in communication with the at least one dealer station memory device and the dealer station touchscreen;
- at least one game controller memory device;
- and
- at least one game controller processor, which is configured, with the play field, the bumper wall, the plurality of player stations, the dealer station, and the at least one game controller memory device to:
- cause the at least one play field display device to display through the play surface a dice game wagering area;
- receive a communication from at least one player station of the plurality of player stations indicating a wager on a next play of the dice game;
- cause the at least one play field display device to display through the play surface a representation of the received wager;
- cause at least one of the at least one play field display device, the at least one bumper display device, and the dealer station, to display an indication that physical dice may be thrown by a player;
- receive a communication that indicates the results of thrown physical dice;
- determine the results of the received wager based on the results of the thrown physical dice and cause a credit meter associated with the at least one player station to increment when the determined results of the received wager is a winning determination.
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A method of controlling a dice game system, the method comprising:
- causing a display field of the dice game system to display a dice game wagering area, wherein the display field comprises a flat panel display, a rigid protective material adjacent to the flat panel display, and a play surface adjacent to the rigid protective material;
- receiving an electronic communication at a game controller processor of the dice game system indicating a wager on a next play of the dice game;
- causing the display field to display a representation of the received wager on the dice game wagering area;
- indicating on at least one of the display field, a bumper display device of the dice game system, or a dealer station of the dice game system that physical dice may be thrown by a player;
- receiving an electronic communication at the game controller processor that indicates a result of thrown physical dice;
- determining a result of the received wager at the game controller processor based on the result of the thrown physical dice;
- and
- incrementing a credit meter of the dice game system when the determined result of the received wager is a winning determination.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.