An on-line poker game system includes a poker table staffed with a live
dealer with a plurality of designated seats assigned to at least one a
remote player and one or more live players or to a plurality of remote
players. Remote players connect to the system via a wide area network.
Located at each designated seat is a private card camera that produces
and transmits images of face down cards dealt thereto. A public card
camera produces and transmits images of all face up cards dealt on the
poker table. A table camera constantly provides an image of the entire
table and dealer. A deck of cards with an identifying RFID tag is used
with images to verify the identity of the private and public cards. A
game logic server connects to a network server and host and client-side
software programs enable the remote players to connect to the server.