Patent ID: 6575834
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
A system for players using terminals at sites remote from a casino type location to play along with a table game at such casino type location comprising:a camera at the location to view the game action and means at the location for producing wagering status signals and game result data; distribution means for broadcasting from the location to the remote terminals the output of the camera view, a status signal that wagering on a game is terminated and the result data of the game played at the location; each said remote terminal comprising; (a) a receiver for receiving the camera view, the wagering termination status signal and the game result data broadcast from the location, (b) a video display for displaying the view of the table action viewed by the camera, (c) means including computer means for generating and for displaying an electronic representation of the game being played for placing wagers on the game being played, and (d) computer means for managing the account of the player and responsive to the received game result data for computing winning amounts based on the amount of the wager placed on the game being played and betting odds data stored at said computer means and losses based on the amount of the wager placed, and for updating the account of the player at the respective remote terminal based on winning amounts computed by said computer means and the losses.