Patent attributes
Table game systems can include player terminal(s), electronic gaming table(s), and/or a remote server. A player terminal can have an outer housing, a controller located therewithin or thereabout, input and output component(s), and a communications interface to an outside gaming network having other functionally similar gaming device(s), gaming table(s), and a remote server. The controller and/or server can facilitate providing table game information to a player, which information can include table game tournament information. A player terminal can facilitate asynchronous and individually paced tournament play, switching between different tournament tables on demand, and play of tournament and/or non-tournament table games thereat simultaneously. Portable computing devices can be used as player terminals and can permit players to play in actual or practice play-along modes.
