Fraud detection system in a casino
AssigneeAngel Playing Cards Co., Ltd.
InventorYasushi Shigeta
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Abstract
A fraud detection system which detects fraud in a game of performing collection and redemption of chips in accordance with a win or lose result includes a camera which captures an image of chips contained in a chip tray of a dealer, an image analyzing apparatus which analyses the image captured by the camera to detect an amount of the chips contained in the chip tray, a card distribution device which determines a win or lose result of a game, and a control device which compares the win or lose result of the game and the amount of the chips contained in the chip tray before and after collection and redemption of the chips to detect fraud.
Claims7
A fraud detection system in a casino having a plurality of tables on which a table game is played, comprising:
- a control device that detects fraud practiced on the table, wherein the control device:
- recognizes a position, type, and number of chips wagered by each player;
- recognizes a total amount of chips in a chip tray of a dealer of the table;
- performs an addition/subtraction calculation of an increased/decreased amount of
- the chips in the game, which is calculated from the position, type, and number of the chips wagered by the players in the game and a result of the game, to/from the total amount of the chips in the chip tray before settlement of the game;
- and
- compares a correct total amount of the chips in the chip tray after end of the game and the settlement and an actual total amount of the chips in the chip tray at the time of the end of the game to determine whether or not there is difference between the correct total amount and the actual total amount;
- and
- a game recording apparatus that records a progress of the game played on the table as an image by a camera, wherein the game recording apparatus is configured to record the image so that, when the control device determines that there is a difference, the game where the difference occurs can be seen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.