Remote Live Table Game System with Automated Video Feeds
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Solution Overview
Problem
Casinos face challenges in accommodating players who prefer live table games with lower wagers, desire private gaming experiences, and want to play at their own pace, as traditional live table games require staff and high minimum bets, limiting revenue and player satisfaction.
Innovation Solution
An electro-mechanical and video automatic table game system that broadcasts live game feeds over networks, allowing remote clients to play unattended live table games like roulette and dice games without minimum wagers, with interactive features and flexible playtime, using satellite, cable TV, or internet connections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a casino provides staffed live table games, then players can enjoy live gaming experience, but operational costs increase due to wages and benefits for casino employees
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables players to play live table games independently through automated interfaces and remote access, eliminating the need for dealers and table attendants. Players can initiate games, place bets, and collect winnings without human assistance, while the casino maintains live tables for entertainment purposes only.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical system of human dealers conducting table games with an automated electronic system that uses computer-controlled interfaces, random number generators, and automated payout mechanisms to simulate and manage live table games remotely.
2Power
If a casino sets high minimum wagers at live table games, then revenue per player increases, but player accessibility decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the gaming experience into two distinct modes: traditional high-stakes live table games for high rollers, and automated low-stakes remote games for casual players. This allows the casino to cater to different player segments simultaneously without compromising revenue from either group.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a simplified copy of the live table game experience that can be delivered remotely through automated interfaces. This copy maintains the essential gaming elements (betting, randomness, payouts) while eliminating the need for high minimum wagers and human dealers.
3Ease of operation
If a casino provides private gaming experiences, then player satisfaction increases, but the number of players per table decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system adds a spatial dimension to table gaming by enabling remote access through networks and communication systems. Players can participate in live table games from any location without physically occupying table space, effectively creating a virtual dimension that expands capacity beyond physical constraints.
4Reliability
If casino employees supervise live table games, then game integrity is maintained, but player autonomy decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The automated system incorporates feedback mechanisms including random number generators for game outcomes, electronic verification of bets and winnings, and network-based communication to ensure game integrity. The system automatically detects and prevents cheating while maintaining fair play standards.
Data Source
AI summary
Electro-mechanical and video table games of chance send video feeds of game play and digital representations of results of game play by network communications to remote clients that receive wagers placed upon the result of the game play and derives a winning or a loss from both the wager and the digital representation of the result of the game play. The table game can include a roulette wheel, a roulette style ball, a device for rotating the roulette wheel at randomly changing rotational speeds, and a device for mechanically propelling the roulette style ball onto the rotating wheel at randomly changing velocities and spins. Also included can be a platform for supporting a die having a plurality of surfaces each bearing indicia unique to that on the other surfaces, and a device for randomly changing the movement and speed of the platform relative to the die.