Casino poker and dealer management system

A system for real time operational support of poker gaming functions for use in physical casino environments comprising:

• a suite of computerized gaming application software programs configured for physical casino operations that are linked together to provide real time operational support for live poker gaming functions, said suite including software programs configured to facilitate electronic player waitlisting and public display or marquee functions and related functions in support of poker gaming functions;
• a central database for storing said suite of poker or gaming application software programs and player data, wherein said central database is configured to allow the continuous synchronization of the player data with another database that is unique to a particular physical casino environment;
• an application software program server for facilitating execution of said poker or gaming application software programs;
• wherein at least one of said application software programs is configured to process player or prospective player information for generation and updating of a waitlist, wherein the said application software program is further configured to associate particular player or prospective player information with at least one unique identifier, and wherein the said application software program is further configured to update the waitlist after player or prospective player information is added, modified or deleted;
• at least one client computing or display device on which said poker or gaming application software programs or data may be executed, linked or displayed;
• at least one user interface configured for use by casino staff, wherein said user interface is associated with the at least one client computing or display device, wherein said user interface is configured to display and/or enable initiation, execution and interaction with the application software programs and data stored on the central database;
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• at least one public display or marquee interface configured for simultaneous viewing by a multiplicity of players or prospective players from within a physical casino or poker room;
• wherein said public display or marquee interface is configured to display information by use of said at least one unique player identifier to facilitate and streamline casino operations by displaying information sufficient to enable a multiplicity of simultaneous players or prospective players to view displayed seating, prioritization and waitlisting information and wherein information presented via said public display or marquee interface is updated in real time from the suite of application software programs;
• wherein said application software program server enables communication and transmission of data between the central database, the at least one client computing or display device and the at least one public display or marquee interface;
• wherein the central database, application software program server, at least one client computing or display device and application software programs are configured to facilitate integrated real time operational support for poker gaming functions;
• wherein information generated by or associated with a particular application software program may also be used by another related application software program and wherein said system is configured to monitor player gaming locations, automatically assign a prospective new player to a gaming location when one becomes available and compute and maintain reports on system activity.