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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2009
Bryan D. Wolf, Reno, NV (US);
Dwayne A. Davis, Reno, NV (US);
Roger William Harris, Reno, NV (US);
IGT, Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
Various techniques are disclosed for operating, at a live casino gaming table, a table game having a flat rate play session costing a flat rate price. In one embodiment, the flat rate play session may span multiple plays on the gaming table over a pre-established duration. In at least one embodiment, a given gaming table may be operable to simultaneously or concurrently host both flat rate game play and non-flat rate game play to different players at the gaming table. In one embodiment, the gaming table may include an intelligent multi-player electronic gaming system which is operable to identify price parameters, and/or operable to determine a flat rate price of playing a flat rate table game session based on those price parameters. Additional aspects relate to automated start/stop/suspend/end of flat rate table game sessions.