Patent ID: 7690996
Filing Date: 2010-04-06
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A table tournament gaming system for facilitating a table tournament including a plurality of players using a plurality of chips to play the table tournament, said tournament gaming system comprising: a central server; a tournament tracking system in communication with the central server, said tournament tracking system including a chip tracking system and a player tracking system; and said central server and said tournament tracking system configured to: (a) enable at least one player to play the table tournament at a gaming table and simultaneously enable at least one other player to play a non-tournament game at the gaming table, (b) for each player playing the table tournament at the gaming table: (c) for each player playing the non-tournament game at the gaming table: (d) for each chip, if one of the players loses said chip playing the tournament game, change the identification of said chip from a tournament identification to a non-tournament identification such that said chip has the non-tournament identification if said chip is won as by one of the players as a result of playing the non-tournament game; (e) for each chip, if one of the players loses said chip playing the non-tournament game, change the identification of said chip from the non-tournament identification to the tournament identification such that said chip has the tournament identification if said chip is won by one of the players as a result of playing the tournament game; (f) upon completion of the table tournament, automatically determine at least one winner of the table tournament based on the identification of each of said chips, and (g) cause a notification of the winner of the table tournament.