WO2014079293A1

WO2014079293A1 - A system for monitoring and playing a plurality of live casino table games

Info

Publication number: WO2014079293A1
Application number: PCT/CN2013/085318
Authority: WO
Inventors: Jay Chun
Original assignee: Novel Tech International Limited
Priority date: 2012-11-26
Filing date: 2013-10-16
Publication date: 2014-05-30
Also published as: AU2017201621A1; AU2013347597A1

Abstract

A system for monitoring and playing a plurality of live casino table games, comprising: a plurality of dealer game tables; a plurality of electronic handheld devices remotely located from the game tablesconfigured to display a video of at least one game taking place at the plurality of game tables; a gaming server; and a network operatively coupling the gaming server to the game tables and the electronic handheld devices;wherein each electronic handheld device includes a display part comprising: a player wagering display area having a touch screen input configured to display a plurality of touch screen results bars that allow a player to switch between the plurality of the game table's videos in response to touching the touch screen results bar to provide a selected touch screen results bar; a video display area configured to display a video of at least one game taking place at the plurality of game tables, wherein the video being displayed corresponds to the selected touch screen results bar.

Description

A SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AND PLAYING A PLURALITY OF LIVE CASINO

TABLE GAMES

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] The present invention is generally directed to a betting terminal for playing agame such as a baccarat game. The invention betting terminal allows players to play different games without moving from one gaming table to another. Therefore, theinvention helps to maximize the time spent by players on gaming tables while they areinside a casino and also maximize the utilization of casino floor space.

[0002] Gaming is a major form ofmodem entertainment. For example, baccarat isone of the more popular gambling games played in casinos or gaming establishments. As is well known, the game is played on an elongated table having a game board displayed along the upper surface of the table. The game board displays certain wagering areas, and the elongated table allows for the seating of multiple players or bettors (1 -16) and the positioning of the multiple dealers (3) necessary for operating the casino game. Bettor locations are typically numbered on the table and each bettor location has an area designated for a wager on the bank hand and an area designated for a wager on the player hand. Baccarat uses a standard deck of 52 playing cards and is usually dealt from a shoe having multiple decks that have been shuffled together prior to the beginning of play: A feature of conventional live games is that the betting process is limited to a single game. The simplicity of the betting process has led to a corresponding simplicity in the relatively few types of games which may be placed during in a casino, for example, which may limit interest on the part of the player(s) and thus further limit the casino in terms of profit and payout. The embodiments described below address the above-described issues and needs.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0003] Provided is a betting terminal for playing a game. The betting terminalcomprises a network of terminals linked to different game tables where each of theterminals comprises a mechanism to switch on a plurality of games. A player at oneterminal can switch to different tables and place bets at different games at a time. Thegames can be games of the same kind or games of different kind.

[0004] In some embodiments, a betting terminal can serve as a platform for placingbets in games like baccarat, roulette, sicbo ("dice game") as well as other commoncasino table games which are operated at tables linked to game and payout servers andbetting terminals through an intranet. In some embodiments, the roulette and sicbotable games can be operated automatically or by human dealers, but the betting resultsshall be recorded automatically or manually and sent to game and payout serverselectronically to allow automatic payout process.

[0005] The present invention also provides a software program or a set of softwareprograms for carrying out any or all steps of the betting method described herein. Thebaccarat game can also be incorporated into an electronic device or an entertainmentgaming machine. Representative electronic devices include, but are not limited to, laptop computers or desktop computers.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0006] Figure 1 shows an illustrative scheme ofthe betting terminal described herein.

[0007] Figure 2 shows an illustrative scheme of a betting system of the present invention.

[0008] Figure 3 shows a general layout of a betting terminal for live jackpot baccarat game.

[0009] Figures 4A, 4B, 4C and 4D show the detailed layout of a betting terminal for abaccarat machine; Figures 4F, 4G and 4H show variants of the layout of the betting terminalshown in Figures 4A-4D.

[0010] Figures 5A, 5B, 5C, 5D and 5E show an embodiments of the overall design of the betting terminal.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION [0011] Provided is a betting terminal for playing a game. The betting terminalcomprises a network of terminals linked to different game tables where each of theterminals comprises a mechanism to switch on a plurality of games. A player at oneterminal can switch to different tables and place bets at different games at a time. Thegames can be games of the same kind or games of different kind.

[0012] The betting terminal can be linked to different types of games. An illustrativegeneral scheme of the betting terminaH OO is described in Figure 1 , which includes aswitching mechanism 200 allowing a player to select a game to play. The switchingmechanism 200 (not shown) can further include a game indicator 210 showing the type of gameselected. The switching mechanism can be located in anywhere of the betting terminal. In some embodiments, the betting terminal is linked to a plurality of gametables. An illustrative general layout of a gaming system via a betting terminal of thepresent invention is provided by Figure 2. In Figure 2, a plurality of betting terminals(IOO) (three betting terminal are listed as examples) are linked via a network (220) to a plurality of game tables (300). The game tables can be conventional baccarat gametables, jackpotbaccarat game tables as described in the U.S. application Serial Nos.1 1/042,732, filed on January 24,2005, 1 1/198,218, filed on August 5, 2005 andl 1/312,150, filed on December 19, 2005, and Macau Patent Application Nos. 1/150,filed on February 4,2005 and 1/265, filed on January 24,2006, the teachings of whichare incorporated herein by reference. In some embodiments, the game tables can beany game tables played in a casino or internet.

[0013] In one embodiment, the betting terminal described herein is one for baccarat. For example, a baccarat gaming system that allows one to playa live baccarat jackpotas described in the U.S. application Serial Nos. 1 1/042,732, filed on January 24, 2005, 1 1/198,218, filed on August 5, 2005 and 1 1/312, 150, filed on December 19,2005, andMacau Patent Application Nos. 1/150, filed on February 4,2005 and 1/265, filed on January 24, 2006, the teachings of which are incorporated herein by reference.

[0014] A general layout of a betting terminal for a live jackpot baccarat game is shown in Figure 3, Figures 4A and 4B. Figure 3 shows the overall layout of thebetting terminal (I00), which has two screens, the upper screen (400) and the lowerscreen (500), shown in detail in Figures 4A and 4B, and a switching mechanism 200,which is not shown. Referring to Figure 4A, upper screen 400 includes an display part(410) for displaying the rolling amount ofjackpot, the center part (420) for displayinga live video of the gambling table, and a messenger screen (430) for displayingmessages or game cards. The center part of the upper screen has a left sectiondesignated as Player (440), which has a small screen (450), and right section 10 designated as Banker (460), which also has a small screen (470). The small screens450 and 470 are for display of card values ofthe player hand and the bank handrespectively. The current limits available for betting on Player (player hand) andBanker (bank hand) in a live baccarat game are shown in small screens 480 and 490below small screens 450 and 470, respectively. Referring to Figure 4B, the lower screen 500 is an operating touch screen forbetting, which includes bet-option buttons (510), bet-amount buttons (520), and creditwindow (530). The bet-option buttons 510 include the various betting selectionsdescribed above, e.g., betting for player hand (51 1 ) win with a payoff rate of 1 : 1 , forthe bank hand (512) win with a payoff rate of 1 :0.95, for tie (513) with a payoff rate of20 1 :8, for Player Pairs (514) with a payoff rate of 1 : 1 1 , for banker pairs (515) with apayoff rate of 1 : 1 1 , and for Jackpot bet (516), the rules of which are described above. Box 517 shows the pops up when bets are placed on a particular bet option. Thenumber inside Box 517 corresponds to the amount placed on a particular bet option. The bet-amount buttons 520 as shown in the layout, 100,500, 1000,5000, 10000, provide the players the convenience of adding up betting amounts in a fast manner.

[0015] To illustrate, for a bet of 10,000 USD or HKD, the player can simply press the "1000"button ten times to reach the desired betting amount. Note, the bet- amount buttons520 shown are illustrative and non-exclusive. Buttons designated for other amounts,e.g., "1 ", "5", "10", "100", "100,000", "1 ,000,000" can be readily added to the screen. The credit window 530 shows the remaining balance of a player's credit. The playermay insert bills or chips into or transfer money from a credit card account and/or abank account to the machine to add up the credit amount from time to time. If theplayer desires to stop playing the baccarat game and to cash out, he may ask theoperator to authorize a cash-out procedure, and then obtain the remaining balance. Still referring to Figure 4B, the lower screen 500 further includes languageselection button (540), which can switch the operation language of the baccarat gamebetween, e.g., Chinese, English, Portuguese, Italian, French, Spanish, Russian, German, Arabic, Japanese, and Korean, etc., Rule selection button (550), whichprompts the display of rules for live baccarat and Paradise Jackpot™, Cancel button(560), which allows the bettor to cancel all bets made before he presses theconfirmation button on the top right hand comer of the lower screen. Operator button (570), which allows the bettor to call for assistance from the casino staff when there ismachine failure or the bettor wishes to exit from the game, and Results Bars (580, 590)which display the results for previous games (e.g. live baccarat games). Once results of a game are confirmed, the losing bet shown in the bet option buttons (510) in the center oflowerscreen will disappear while the winning bet in the bet option buttons (510) in the lowerscreen will flash and a diagram will pop up with detailed breakdown ofthe payouts foreach of the bet options won.

[0016] Figures 4C and 4D show two variants of the design of the betting terminalsimilar to the embodiment as described in Figures 4A-4B. Referring to Figure 4C, upper screen 400 includes a display part (410) for displaying the baccarat game resultand rolling amount ofjackpot, a display part (420) for displaying a live video of thegambling table, and a messenger screen (430) for displaying game cards. The displayl O part 420 has a left section designated as Player (440), which has a small screen (450), and right section designated as Banker (460), which also has a small screen (470).

[0017] The small screens 450 and 470 are for display of card values of the player hand andthe bank hand respectively. The current limits available for betting on Player (playerhand) and Banker (bank hand) in a live baccarat game are shown in small screens 480and 490 below small screens 450 and 470, respectively.Still referring to Figure 4C, the display part 420 can display Player game cards440A and Banker game cards 460A. The messenger screen 430 shows game cardsdirectly from a shoe in a baccarat game (not shown), 440B and 440C for the Player,and 460B and 460C for the Banker. The game cards 440A and 440B correlate to each other can have the same or different appearance. Similarly, the game cards 460A and460B correlate to each other can have the same or different appearance. Preferably,game cards 440A, 440B, 440C, 460A, 460B and 460C are shown directly from a shoein a baccarat game (not shown).

[0018] Still referring to Figure 4C, the display part 410 includes a screen (412) forshowing jackpot amount, display 414 showing game number (e.g., game No. 52) andrespective amounts available for betting on banker pairs, player pairs or tie, display416 showing the frequency of bank hand win, player hand win and tie in past games, and display 418 showing the sequence of bank hand win, player hand and tie in pastgames.

[0019] Referring to Figure 4D, the lower screen 500 is an operating touch screen forbetting, which includes bet-option buttons (510), bet-amount buttons (520), and creditwindow (530). The bet-option buttons 510 include the various betting selectionsdescribed above, e.g., betting for player hand (51 1 ) win with a payoff rate of 1 : 1 , forthe bank hand (512) win with a payoff rate of 1 :0.95, for tie (513) with a payoff rate of1 :8, for Player Pairs (514) with a payoff rate of 1 : 1 1 , for banker pairs (515) with apayoff rate of 1 : 1 1 , and for Jackpot bet (516), the rules of which are described above. Box (51 1A) and Box (517) show the pops up when bets are placed on a particular betoption. The number inside Box 51 1 A corresponds to the amount placed on aparticular bet option on a player hand win. The number inside Box 517 corresponds tothe amount placed on a particular bet option on banker hand win. Display screen (518)shows the total accepted amount of bets placed on all bet options. The bet- amountbuttons 520 as shown in the layout, 50, 100, 500, 1000, provide the players theconvenience of adding up betting amounts in a fast manner. Note, the bet- amountbuttons 520 shown are illustrative and non-exclusive. Buttons designated for otheramounts, e.g., "1 ", "5", "10", "100", "100,000", "1 ,000,000" can be readily added tothe screen. The credit window 530 shows the remaining balance of a player's credit.The player may insert bills or chips into or transfer money from a credit card accountand/or a bank account to the machine to add up the credit amount from time to time. If the player desires to stop playing the baccarat game and to cash out, he may ask theoperator to authorize a cash-out procedure, and then obtain the remaining balance. Still referring to Figure 4D, the lower screen 500 further includes languageselection button (540), which currently is in Chinese and can switch the operationlanguage of the betting table between, e.g., Chinese, English, Portuguese, Italian, French, Spanish, Russian, German, Arabic, Japanese, and Korean, etc., Rule selectionbutton (550), which prompts the display of rules for a selected game (e.g., a livebaccarat and Paradise Jackpot™), Stand-by button 550A to lock the betting terminal ifthe better wishes to leave the terminal for a short period of time, Cancel button (560),which allows the bettor to cancel all bets made before he presses the confirmationbutton on the top right hand comer of the lower screen., Operator button (570), whichallows the bettor to call for assistance from the casino staffwhen there is machinefailure or the bettor wishes to exit from the game, and Results Bars (580, 590) whichdisplay the results for previous live baccarat games. Once results of a game areconfirmed, the losing bet shown in the bet option buttons (510) in the center oflowerscreen will disappear while the winning bet in the bet option buttons (510) in the lowerscreen will flash and a diagram will pop up with detailed breakdown of the payouts foreach of the bet options won.

[0020] Figures 4F and 4H are alternative designs of the upper screen 400 as shown inFigure 4A, which has a similar layout as the one shown in Figure 4A except that thetop left comer of the upper screen displays the words "Paradise Jackpot™" and thebottom rim has a blank bar and numbers 1 through 20 for showing the result of past games on top of the bar. Figures 4E and 4G are alternative designs of the lower screen of 500 as shownin Figure 4B, which as a similar layout as the one shown in Figure 4B except that thetop rim of the lower screen 500 bears letters indicating the left side as the Player sideand the right side and the Banker side, a screen at the far up-left comer indicating themaximum bet on the player hand accepted by the dealing table in a game, and a screenat the far up-right comer indicating the maximum bet on the banker hand accepted bythe dealing table in a game.

[0021] Figure 5A shows an embodiment of the top layout betting terminal of thepresent invention. The top layout includes information Lamp 610, which can becolor- changeable LED and flashes when a player wins a betting option, an upperscreen 620, bottom screen 630, a ticket printer slot 640, a bill slot 650, table 660 forholding beverage drinks or ashtray, and speaker 670. In some embodiments, the ticketprinter can print out ticket with bar code. In some embodiments, a player can alsoinsert ticket with bar code to increase the credit amount that a play may have in abetting game. Figures 5B and 5D show two side views of the betting terminal, showing a cable path. Figure 5C shows a front view of the betting terminal, showingthe top layout described in Figure 5A and speaker 670. Figure 5E shows a back viewofthe betting terminal of this embodiment, showing Lamp 610, lock mechanism 690and fan692. In an embodiment, three betting terminalscan be clustered in a unit. In some embodiments, the betting system can automatically generatecommonly accepted format of past results of played games on the screen to providereferences for players.

[0022] The betting terminal described above can be embodied in any form. In someembodiments, the betting terminal can be a device. In some embodiments, the bettingterminal can be a virtual terminal. One of ordinary skill in the art can readily constructthe betting terminal described herein.

[0023] The betting terminal described above can be used in any gaming system.

Insome embodiments, a betting terminal can serve as a platform for placing bets ingames like baccarat, roulette, sicbo ("dice game") as well as other common casinotable games which are operated at tables linked to game and payout servers andbetting terminals through an intranet. In some embodiments, the roulette and sicbotable games can be operated automatically or by human dealers, but the betting resultsshall be sent to game and payout servers electronically to allow automatic payoutprocess.

[0024] In some embodiments, the gaming system can further include a device on eachdealing table to record the betting results automatically or manually and send theresults to server for computation of payouts. In some embodiments, such a device canbe, for examples, electronic scanning or reading devices known in the art, card dealingshoe with scanning device to read the cards, electronic detecting device to identify balllocation on a roulette and image recognition device for reading results of a dice game.

[0025] In some embodiments, the gaming system is a baccarat gaming system.

Thegaming system can include a dealing table comprising a touch screen. The dealingtable allows a dealer to perform a dealing process. The touch screen can prompt thedealer of the dealing process. In some embodiments, the touch screen can providedealing instructions.The games that can be played via the bettingterminal described herein in gametables or terminals located within a single gaming establishment or throughoutmultiple gaming establishments. The game tables or terminals can be linked togetherby wire or wireless linking or connecting mechanisms. In some embodiments suchlinking mechanisms can be electric and/or optical cable. In some embodiments, thelinking mechanism can be internet or intranet.

[0026] In some embodiments, the present invention also provides a software programor a set of software programs for carrying out any or all steps ofthe betting methoddescribed herein. The baccarat game can also be incorporated into an electronicdevice or an entertainment gaming machine. Representative electronic devicesinclude, but are not limited to, laptop computers or desktop computers. In someembodiments, such electronic devices can be a cell phone, a blackberry device or ahand held device such as hand held personal computer (PC) or personal data assistants(PDAs).The betting table and system described above can be readily constructed by anartisan of ordinary skill.

[0028] A casino system for playing a live casino table game, comprising: a plurality of game tables, each game table allowing a dealer dealing cards according to conventional gaming rules;a plurality of electronic handheld devices remotely located from the game tables, each electronic handheld device is configured to display a video of at least one game taking place at the plurality of game tables; a gaming server; anda network operatively coupling the gaming server to the game tables and the electronic handheld devices;wherein each electronic handheld device includes a display part comprising:a video display area, the video display area configured to display a video of at least one game taking place at the plurality of game tables; and a player wagering display area having a touch screen input configured to display a plurality of touch screen results bars, each said touch screen results bar displaying the results for at least two previously played games at the plurality of game tables, and allow a player at each one of the electronic handheld devices to switch between the plurality of the game table's videos in response to touching said touch screen results bar. In this way, a player can be sitting across the casino and monitoring the live table games. The table games can be any type of table games. Still further, the player can select which table they want to see the video of according to the results bar (e.g. 580, 590). For example, there may be a top results bar 580 that shows the past results of the last thirty to eighty games (this is by way of example only and not to be taken in a limiting sense). The top results bar 580 shows the past results for the table which corresponds to the video being shown on the electronic handheld device. There may be a larger number of past results (i.e. a larger results bar 590) for the table whichcorresponds to the video currently being shown on the electronic handheld device. The results bars below (590) may be abbreviated results bars which show, for example the last twenty games played at that table. In the example shown in Fig. 4D there are three other games results bars (590). The smaller results bars 590 each correspond to tables for which the video is not currently being shown on the electronic handheld device. The player may touch anyone of the results bars (e.g. the three results bars 580 shown in Fig. 4D) to select the video that corresponds to that table. Upon touching a results bar it becomes a selected results bar and the remaining touch screen results bars become unselected touch screen results bars. When the player selects that results bar (by touching it) it may become the larger results bar (590) showing a greater number of results and the video shows the table selected. If the player has selected a different results bar than the one currently selected (and for which the video is currently being shown)that selected results bar and the corresponding table becomes the video being displayed and the table which was being displayed drops down to the smaller results bars for which video is not currently being displayed and is not currently selected.

[0029] According to one embodiment, the live casino table game being played is a baccarat game. Each of the electronic handheld devices may be further configured to provide a screen showing game number (see, for example Figure 4C, display 416 showing game number)and respective amounts bet on the banker pair, the player pair or the tie, the results bar showing a frequency of bank hand wins, player hand wins and ties in past games, and a sequence of the bank hand wins, the player hand wins and the ties in past games.

[0030] There may be any number of results bars shown, each of which correspond to a single gaming table. In this way, a player may be sittingat a slot machine (by way of example) and monitoring multiple table games without getting up from their seat. They may wait until the game shows historical data that they like (on the results bar) to decide to get up and play at the table. This increases revenue to the gaming establishment as players can be gambling and monitoring the tables. Also, certain players who may be intimidated can watch the table play and learn the process. This can add to the excitement of the player, as they can monitor multiple tables and easily switch between tables. Finally, it gives the player a feeling of an advantage being easily able to compare the multiple tables and select the table they feel has the greatest chances of delivering a win.

[0031] While particular embodiments of the present invention have been shown anddescribed, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that changes and modificationscan be made without departing from this invention in its broader aspects. Therefore, the appended claims are to encompass within their scope all such changes andmodifications as fall within the true spirit and scope of this invention.

Claims

CLAI MS

1. A system for monitoring and playing a plurality of live casino table games, comprising:

a plurality of game tables, each game table allowing a dealer dealing cards according to conventional gaming rules; a plurality of electronic handheld devices remotely located from the game tables, each electronic handheld device is configured to display a video of at least one game taking place at the plurality of game tables; a gaming server; and a network operatively coupling the gaming server to the game tables and the electronic handheld devices; wherein each electronic handheld device includes a display part comprising: a player wagering display area having a touch screen input configured to display a plurality of touch screen results bars, each said touch screen results bar displaying the results for at least two previously played games at the plurality of game tables, and allow a player at each one of the electronic handheld devices to switch between the plurality of the game table's videos in response to touching said touch screen results bar to provide a selected touch screen results bar;

a video display area, the video display area configured to display a video of at least one game taking place at the plurality of game tables, wherein the video being displayed corresponds to the selected touch screen results bar.

2. The system of claim 1 , the player wagering area further comprising touch screen bet option buttons, wherein the player may place a bet at the selected game table corresponding to the selected touch screen results bar by touching touch screen bet option buttons.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of touch screen results bars has one larger touch screen results bar showing a greater number of past game results than the other smaller touch screen results bars and the larger touch screen results bar corresponds to the video being displayed on the electronic handheld device.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the smaller touch screen results bars do not display the corresponding video until they are selected by the player touching the touch screen results bar to become the larger touch screen results bar and show a greater number of past game results.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the electronic handheld device is a laptop computer, a cell phone, a smart phone, a hand held personal computer (PC) or a hand held personal data assistant (PDA).

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the live casino table game is a baccarat game and the results bar is showing a frequency of bank hand wins, player hand wins and ties in past games, and a sequence of the bank hand wins, the player hand wins and the ties in past games.

7. A system for monitoring and playing a plurality of live casino table games, comprising, comprising:

a plurality of game tables, each game table allowing a dealer dealing cards according to conventional gaming rules; a plurality of electronic handheld devices remotely located from the game tables, each electronic handheld device is configured to display a video of at least one game taking place at the plurality of game tables; a gaming server; and a network operatively coupling the gaming server to the game tables and the electronic handheld devices; wherein each electronic handheld device includes a display part comprising: a player wagering display area having a touch screen input configured to display a plurality of touch screen results bars, each said touch screen results bar displaying the results for at least two previously played games at the plurality of game tables, and allow a player at each one of the electronic handheld devices to switch between the plurality of the game table's videos in response to touching said touch screen results bar to provide a selected touch screen results bar and unselected touch screen results bars, wherein said selected touch screen results bar shows a greater number of past game results than the unselected touch screen results bars;

8. The system of claim 7, the player wagering area further comprising touch screen bet option buttons, wherein the player may place a bet at the selected game table corresponding to the selected touch screen results bar by touching touch screen bet option buttons.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the selected touch screen results bar is a larger touch screen results bar showing a greater number of past game results than the other unselected touch screen results bars and the larger touch screen results bar corresponds to the video being displayed on the electronic handheld device.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the unselected touch screen results bars do not display the corresponding video until they are selected by the player touching the touch screen results bar to become the selected touch screen results bar.

1 1 . The system of claim 10, wherein said selected touch screen results bar shows a greater number of past game results upon said player touching said touch screen results bar to provide a selected touch screen results bar.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the electronic handheld device is a laptop computer, a cell phone, a smart phone, a hand held personal computer (PC) or a hand held personal data assistant (PDA).

13. The system of claim 7, wherein the live casino table game is a baccarat game and the results bar is showing a frequency of bank hand wins, player hand wins and ties in past games, and a sequence of the bank hand wins, the player hand wins and the ties in past games.

14. A system for monitoring and playing a plurality of live casino baccarat table games, comprising, comprising: a plurality of game tables, each game table allowing a live dealer dealing cards according to conventional Baccarat rules; a plurality of electronic handheld devices, remotely located from the game tables, each electronic handheld device is configured to display a video of a game taking place at the gaming table; a gaming server; and a network operatively coupling the gaming server to the game tables and the electronic handheld devices; wherein each of the electronic handheld devices is further configured to display a plurality of results bars, each results bar graphically showing the past results of the games that have occurred at the respective game tables so as to allow a player at each one of the electronic handheld devices to switch to different game table's videos in response to touching the result bars to provide a selected touch screen results bar, wherein each of the electronic handheld devices is further configured to provide a screen showing game number and respective amounts bet on the banker pair, the player pair or the tie, the results bar showing a frequency of bank hand wins, player hand wins and ties in past games, and a sequence of the bank hand wins, the player hand wins and the ties in past games.

15. The system of claim 14, the electronic handheld device further comprising a player wagering area having touch screen bet option buttons, wherein the player may place a bet at the selected game table corresponding to the selected touch screen results bar by touching touch screen bet option buttons.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the selected touch screen results bar is a larger touch screen results bar showing a greater number of past game results than the other unselected touch screen results bars and the larger touch screen results bar corresponds to the video being displayed on the electronic handheld device.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the unselected touch screen results bars do not display the corresponding video until they are selected by the player touching the touch screen results bar to become the selected touch screen results bar.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein said selected touch screen results bar shows a greater number of past game results upon said player touching said touch screen results bar to provide a selected touch screen results bar.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the electronic handheld device is a laptop computer, a cell phone, a smart phone, a hand held personal computer (PC) or a hand held personal data assistant (PDA).

20. The system of claim 14, wherein the live casino table game is a baccarat game and the results bar is showing a frequency of bank hand wins, player hand wins and ties in past games, and a sequence of the bank hand wins, the player hand wins and the ties in past games.