Patent ID: RE44439

Claim:
A gambling game system, comprising: a central station including a plurality of betting-type game devices each involving an element of chance , and an at least one electronic camera for each game device and a sensor at each of a plurality of player positions at said game device to sense at least one card placed at said player position at said game device ; a plurality of player stations remotely located with respect to said central station, each of said player stations including a monitor for displaying an image of a selected game device at the central station taken by said at least one electronic camera and information based on sensing output from at least one sensor associated with the game device, said sensed information relating to said card placed at the respective player position , and input means for selecting a game device, placing a bet by a player at the player's station relating to an action involving an element of chance to occur at the selected game device and effectuating said action; and data processing means for: (a) establishing communication between said central station and each of said player stations; (b) enabling a player at each player station via the input means at the player station to select a game device at the central station, to see via the monitor at the player station what occurs at the selected game device, to receive said sensed information about the card, and to place a bet via the input means at the player station relating to the action involving an element of chance to occur at the selected game device; (c) displaying in the monitor at the player's station the action involving an element of chance as the action occurs at the selected game device, taken by said electronic camera; (d) (c) determining whether the action, after it occurs, resulted in a “win” or “loss” of the placed bet; and (e) (d) maintaining a current account for the player in which each win is registered as a credit, and each loss is registered ass as a debit, according to the rules and rates of the selected game device; and wherein said monitor is adapted to display a movie picture taken from said electronic camera , wherein said game device is a card table, and wherein said sensor at each player position at said card table is a scanner to scan a card placed at said player position .