Patent ID: 8088010

Claim:
A system for providing online gaming with real-world data, comprising: one or more capture devices for capturing gameplay data and sensory data from a live game, wherein a capture device comprises a video camera, a microphone, a sensor, a RFID device, a card-dispensing shoe with a scanner, and/or an intelligent game table, and wherein the live game comprises one or more physical game elements; a first non-transitory computer-readable medium for storing a first database containing captured gameplay data that is available for delayed playback; a second non-transitory computer-readable medium for storing a second database containing captured sensory data that is available for delayed playback; a memory comprising instructions for an engine for processing the captured gameplay data and the captured sensory data; and an online game server, wherein the online game server is operable to execute instructions to present a user interface on a remote player's client computer, wherein the user interface includes the captured gameplay data, wherein the user interface includes the captured sensory data and wherein the online game server includes instructions for resolving divergence situations that occur when the remote player takes a gameplay action inconsistent with the captured gameplay data.