# US 2013/0281175 A1 · Fast action baccarat > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0281175 A1 - Document ID: US20130281175A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/866,351 - Filed: 2013-04-19 - Published: 2013-10-24 - Earliest claimed: 2012-04-24 - Assignees: Las Vegas Sands Corp. - Inventors: Andrew MacDonald; Wayne Stevens - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130281175A1 ## CPC - G07F 17/3293: {Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack} - G07F 17/322: {Casino tables, e.g. tables having integrated screens, chip detection means} - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) ## Abstract A gaming station that includes a plurality of player gaming units is provided. Each player gaming unit may include a betting area on a surface of a trapdoor. Such a trapdoor may support one or more chips in the betting area when the trapdoor is closed. When the trapdoor opens, the chips fall into an internal chip collection area. The player gaming unit may further include an adjustable screen. When the screen is in the closed position, the screen serves to block a player at the player gaming unit from accessing the betting area. When the screen is in the open position, the player is allowed to access the betting area. The gaming station may further include a sliding float for holding a plurality of chips. Such a sliding float may be movable past the plurality of player stations. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus for gaming, the apparatus comprising: a gaming station comprising: an internal chip collection area; and a plurality of adjacent player gaming units, each player gaming unit comprising a betting area on a surface of a trapdoor, wherein the trapdoor in a closed position supports one or more chips in the betting area, and wherein the trapdoor in an open position allows the chips to fall into the internal chip collection area. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a dealing station. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the dealing station further comprises an interface for receiving information regarding a game. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the received information indicates a result of the game and wherein a current position of the trapdoor is adjusted based on the indicated game result. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The apparatus of claim 4, wherein each player gaming unit comprises a plurality of trapdoors and further comprising a processor executable to determine one of the plurality of trapdoors to adjust to the open position based on the indicated game result. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3, further comprising an adjustable screen, wherein the screen in the closed position blocks a player at the player gaming unit from accessing the betting area, and wherein the screen in the open position allows the player access to the betting area. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the received information indicates when a betting period has opened or ended and wherein adjustable screen is adjusted based on the received information. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a sliding float for holding a plurality of chips, wherein the sliding float is movable along the gaming station past the plurality of player units. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising one or more guide rails corresponding to a path along the gaming station, wherein the guide rails guide the sliding float along the path when the sliding float is moving. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the sliding float comprises a indentation configured to accommodate a body of a dealer and wherein movement of the dealer within the indentation along the path causes the sliding float to move along the path. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a master float for holding a plurality of chips for restocking the sliding float ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a conveyor for conveying one or more chips in the internal chip collection area to a chipping machine for sorting chips. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each player gaming unit further comprises a lighting device for activation when a player of one of the player gaming units wins a game. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a video system for displaying a game result. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The apparatus of claim 14, further comprising memory for tracking a plurality of game results and wherein the video system displays a set of tracked game results.