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A game table system, adapted for multiple sites under a central control, for providing a progressive jackpot in a live card game played at each gaming table between a dealer and a player. Each gaming table has an ante bet region, a dealer card region, and a player card region. The game table system

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

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[ I claim:] [1.] A method of incorporating a progressive jackpot in a computer controlled system for a live card game with a dealer and a player comprising the steps of:a) the player placing a bet having a value to participate in both the live card game and the progressive jackpot,b) dealing hands o

[ I claim:] [1.] A method of incorporating a progressive jackpot in a computer controlled system for a live card game with a dealer and a player comprising the steps of:a) the player placing a bet having a value to participate in both the live card game and the progressive jackpot,b) dealing hands of cards to the dealer and to the player,c) adding an amount of the bet to the progressive jackpot while preserving the full value of the bet during the live card game,d) awarding the progressive jackpot to the player when a predetermined winning sequence of cards occurs in the hand of the player,e) paying the player an amount based on the full value of the bet when the player has a winning hand of cards in the live card game, andf) taking the full value of the bet when the player has a losing hand of cards in the live card game.