JACKPOT SYSTEM FOR LIVE CARD GAMES BASED UPON GAME PLAY WAGERING AND METHOD THEREFOR

摘要

A game table system (10), adapted for multiple sites under a central control (20), for providing a progressive jackpot in a live card game played at each gaming table (200) between a dealer (D) and a player (P). Each gaming table (200) has an ante bet region (210), a dealer card region (224), and a player card region (220). The game table system (10) of the present invention includes a sensor (400) located at each bet region (210) for detecting the value of the ante (210) placed by the player (P) at that location, a reader (GC) identifying each card (420) dealt during the play of the game to the player (P) and the dealer (D), a computer connected to the sensor (400) and the reader (GC) and the progressive jackpot for adding a predetermined percentage of the value of the ante (210) to the progressive jackpot when a predetermined game event (such as the dealer (D) going bust during game of blackjack) occurs while preserving the value of the ante (210) during the conventional play of the game. The computer awards the progressive jackpot to the player (P) with a winning sequence of cards (420) during the play of the game while the play continues with the other players (P).