Gaming table systems for overlapping game play

A gaming table system, comprising:

• a plurality of electronic gaming tables that provide wager-based table games, each of the plurality of electronic gaming tables including a table controller adapted to control electronic gaming table functions and a table communication interface coupled to the table controller and adapted to facilitate communications between the table controller and one or more other gaming table system components;
• a plurality of gaming terminals, each of the plurality of gaming terminals including a terminal controller adapted to facilitate the simultaneous play by a single player of multiple wager-based table games at multiple of the plurality of electronic gaming tables, one or more display components coupled to the terminal controller and adapted to provide output to the single player regarding the simultaneous play of the multiple wager-based table games, and a terminal communication interface coupled to the terminal controller and adapted to facilitate communications between the terminal controller and one or more other gaming table system components;
• and
• a first system server in communication with the plurality of electronic gaming tables, wherein the first system server monitors triggering events associated with the plurality of electronic gaming tables and controls starting times of at least some of the wager-based table games played on the plurality of electronic gaming tables such that the starting times of the at least some of the wager-based table games are controlled based at least in part on at least one of the triggering events,
• wherein the first server system is configured to send a start time command to one or more of the plurality of electronic gaming tables to thereby control the starting time of the at least some of the wager-based table games, and
• wherein the relative start times of the wager-based table games played on the plurality of electronic gaming tables are controllably staggered.