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An automated gaming table tracking system for a gaming table, such as blackjack. A sensor located in the dealer\s card playing area senses the start and end of each game. A unique player identity card is given to each player that contains information on the player. When a player arrives at a player

An automated gaming table tracking system for a gaming table, such as blackjack. A sensor located in the dealer\s card playing area senses the start and end of each game. A unique player identity card is given to each player that contains information on the player. When a player arrives at a player position on the table, the player inserts his player identity card into a player station control at the player position. A central distribution control is connected to each player station control for determining the start and the end of each game and beginning and termination of play by each player at each position. A host computer of the present invention is then interconnected to the central distribution control for storing the player identity information and the player position for each player station control, the start and end of each of the games, and the beginning and termination of play at each player position from the central distribution control. The host computer prints a player tracking card. The floor supervisor observes the player during the game and fills out the in-session gaming information. Once the player leaves the table, the player tracking card with the in-session gaming information filled out is then placed in an automatic reader so that the read in-session gaming information is stored in a data base corresponding to the identity of the player.

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An automated gaming table tracking system for a gaming table on which is played a plurality of games for a predetermined type of game, said gaming table including a playing surface, a plurality of player positions, and an operator position, said playing surface having playing areas for the operator

An automated gaming table tracking system for a gaming table on which is played a plurality of games for a predetermined type of game, said gaming table including a playing surface, a plurality of player positions, and an operator position, said playing surface having playing areas for the operator and for each of the plurality of player positions, said automated gaming table tracking system comprising: a sensor located in the playing area of the operator position for sensing when a game is played; a plurality of player identity cards, each of said player identity cards containing identity information on the player assigned to said player identity card; a plurality of player station controls, one of said plurality of player station controls located at each of said plurality of player positions, each of said player station controls including: (a) means for identifying the player position corresponding to the player station control, (b) means for reading said player identity information from said player identity card when the said player identity card is inserted in said reading means, (c) means for displaying a plurality of predetermined messages, (d) means for signaling an indication when said player identity card is inserted in said reading means, (e) means connected to the identifying means, the reading means, the displaying means, and the signaling means for processing the player position, the player identity information, the plurality of predetermined messages, and the indication, and (f) means connected to the processing means for providing external communication to and from said player station control, a central distribution control connected to the external communication providing means of each of said plurality of player station controls, said central distribution control including: (a) means for identifying the gaming table, (b) first means connected to the sensor for receiving a game-being-played signal, (c) second means connected to the external communication providing means for receiving from each of said plurality of player station controls for at least receiving the player position and the player information for each player control station reading an inserted player identity card, and (d) means connected to the gaming table identifying means and the first and second receiving means for determining the start and end of each of the games and the beginning and termination of play by each player at each player position; a host computer connected to said central distribution control for storing the player identity information and the player position for each player station control, the start and end of each of the games, and the beginning and termination of play at each player position; means connected to said host computer for printing a player tracking card for each player having a player identity card inserted into a player station control, including: (a) the player identity information, (b) blanks for in-session gaming information; and means connected to said host computer for reading each said player tracking card when each said player tracking card has the blank in-session gaming information filled in, said host computer storing said read in-session gaming information corresponding to the player identity information.