Patent ID: 7699695
Filing Date: 2010-04-20
Classification: A63F,G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for providing an electronic card game to a plurality of players via an electronic card table and a game computer, the electronic card table having a table top with a playing surface and a plurality of electronic player interaction areas located around a periphery of the table top, each electronic player interaction area providing a player interface for interaction with one of the players, the game computer coupled to the plurality of electronic player interaction areas, comprising: administering, by the game computer, the electronic card game by dealing one or more hands using electronic cards and electronic chips, each hand including one or more betting rounds; the game computer allowing the players to make wagers into a pot with the electronic chips during the one or more betting rounds; automatically determining a value of the pot by calculating a sum of at least the wagers made into the pot by the players with the electronic chips during the one or more betting rounds; the game computer determining a winner from among the players; automatically determining a rake amount of the pot, comprising the game computer