Wireless gaming environment

A system for remote wagering by a remote player having a wireless portable device with a player interface including video display in an environment including live table games each accommodating live players, a communication network, one or more servers in communication with the network and a game data apparatus to provide to the network data regarding the play of the live table games, the system comprising:

• (a) the wireless portable device configured to (1) communicate with the one or more servers over the network to (2) supply data to uniquely identify the remote player and authenticate one or more of the remote player or remote device for remote play of the live table game and (3) receive from the one or more servers for display at the portable device video display graphic information identifying at least one live table game available for remote wagering;
• (b) apparatus associated with the one or more live gaming tables for providing through the network to the portable device video display a video feed of the play of the game at a selected live gaming table and for providing data corresponding to a live table game wager start time and wager lockout time;
• (c) the one or more servers configured to transmitting to the remote device over the network data corresponding to the wager start time, the remote device configured to display at the remote device video display at least an intermittent graphic representation of elapsed time of a countdown of a remaining time period from the wager start time for the remote player to register a wager and the wager lockout time, the time period between the wager start time and the wager lockout time defining a wager receiving period;
• (d) the one or more servers configured to (1) receive from an authenticated one or more of the remote player or remote device via the corresponding portable remote device interface a transmission of data over the network representing registration of a wager on the selected live table game, (2) return through the network to the remote device data for display at the remote device display of an indication of receipt of the remote player wager and if a wager is received after the wager receiving period the one or more servers configured to return though the network to the remote device display data for display at the remote device display an indication of rejection of the remote player wager;
• (e) one or more of the gaming table associated apparatus and one or more servers configured to (1) produce data to the mobile device representing the play of the live table game to render an outcome (2) determine whether the outcome associated with the remote player wager is a winning or losing outcome and for a winning outcome (3) send through the network to the remote device data for display at the remote device display a representation of the value won based upon the player remote wager.

In an environment including live table games to accommodate live players, a communication network, one or more servers in communication with the network and a game data apparatus to provide to the network data regarding the play of the live table games, a method for remote wagering by a remote player having a wireless portable device with a player interface and video display, the method comprising:

• the one or more servers providing to the portable device, in response to a query, data for display at the portable device video display of graphic information of live table games available for remote wagering;
• the one or more servers receiving from the portable device player interface by one or more data transmissions a selection of a live table game and data to uniquely identify the remote player and authenticate one or more of the remote player or remote device for remote play of the live table game;
• providing by the one or more servers over the network to the portable device display data for the display of a video representation of the selected live table game for the remote player to play;
• receiving at the one or more servers from the game data providing data from an apparatus associated with the live table game indicating a time period start of a time period within which the remote player may register a wager on one or more of the game or a live player at the game, the remote device configured to display at the remote device video display a graphic representation of elapsed time of a countdown of a remaining time period from the start of the time period to register a wager and a wager lockout period after which remote wagers will not be accepted, the time period between the start of the time period and the wager lockout period defining a wager receiving period;
• from the player interface in communication with the one or more servers registering one or more of (a) a backline wager on one or more of the live table game players and (b) a selected outcome of the live table game;
• if a wager is received during the wager receiving period a wager from the remote player using the player interface and sent through the network to the one or more servers, the one or more servers configured to return through the network to the remote device data for display at the remote device display of an indication of receipt of the remote player wager and if a wager is received after the wager receiving period the one or more servers configured to return though the network to the remote device display data for display at the remote device display an indication of rejection of the remote player wager;
• the servers configured to (2) produce data to the mobile device representing the play of the live table to render an outcome (2) determine whether the outcome associated with the remote player wager is a winning or losing outcome and for a winning outcome (3) send through the network to the remote device data for display at the remote device display a representation of the value won based upon the player remote wager.