Remote gaming system

A remote gaming system comprising:

• a croupier station for monitoring live game play, a credit station for initiating, monitoring, and terminating a player's wagering account, and a player station for accepting wagers and displaying results of said live game play, said player station being remotely located from said croupier station and said credit station and including means for enabling said player station to communicate with said croupier station, a live game display for displaying a selected one of a plurality of games being played at said croupier station, changeable playboard means for displaying a selected one of a plurality of wagering possibilities corresponding to said selected one of said plurality of games being played at said croupier station and for displaying the results of the game played at said croupier station, and processor means for controlling said enabling means, said live game display, and said changeable playboard means, said credit station including means for enabling said player station to communicate with said croupier, wherein said playboard means includes a television monitor for displaying the selected games, a transparent matrix of capacitive switches covering said monitor thereby forming a touch-sensitive keyboard having a plurality of touch-sensitive areas representing a plurality of possible wagers, a monitor controller for generating a composite video signal specified by said processor means representing the selected display to be displayed on said monitor such that each of said touch-sensitive areas representing a possible wager corresponds to at least one of said capacitive switches whereby enabling one of said switches permits wagering of the corresponding possible wager for the game played.