Casino card table with video display
OwnerElia R. Tarantinoinventor
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Abstract
A casino game table for card games such as poker includes a plurality of displays that operate to display dealt card representations in lieu of actual dealt cards. The game table includes a dealer position and a number of player positions. Each player position has a video display upon which is displayed, during game play, representations of game cards viewable substantially only by the associated player. The dealer position has a video display viewable by players and the dealer, upon which are displayed representations of cards dealt the dealer during game play, and cards of the dealer and participating players at the conclusion of game play. The dealer position includes game controls for initiating and maintaining game play.
Claims21
A game table, including:
- a plurality of player positions, each including a player display positioned for viewing at such player position and having means for concealing the display from viewing, and means to indicate participation in game play;
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- means operable at the dealer position for initiating a dealer position, having a dealer display viewable from the dealer position and the player positions and means for initiating and maintaining game play to cause representations of player cards to appear on the player display of those players indicating participation in game play, and to cause representations of dealer cards to appear on the dealer display;
- the dealer position including dealer means to cause the representations of player cards to appear on the dealer display together with the representations of the dealer cards at the conclusion of game play.
A method of game play of a card game having a dealer and a plurality of players, including the steps:
- displaying representations of cards dealt to each of the plurality of players on a plurality of player display means each associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of players, each of the player display means including means for permitting viewing substantially only by the corresponding player;
- displaying representations of cards dealt to the dealer on a dealer display means that is viewable by the dealer and the plurality of players;
- effecting game play for displaying the representations of cards dealt the plurality of players and the dealer;
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- displaying the representations of cards dealt to each of the plurality of players on the dealer display means, together with the representations of cards dealt to the dealer, at the conclusion of game play.
A game table, including:
- a dealer position, having a dealer display viewable from the dealer position;
- a plurality of player positions, each including a player display positioned for viewing at such player position and having means for concealing the display from viewing, and means to indicate participation in game play;
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- means operable at the dealer position for initiating game play to cause representations of player cards to appear on the player display of those players indicating participation in game play, and to cause representations of dealer cards to appear on the dealer display;
- wherein the means for concealing includes a slidable shutter biased to cover the associated player display and conceal player card representations appearing thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.