Fraud detection system in a casino
AssigneeAngel Group 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.
Claims18
A management system in a casino, the management system comprising:
- a gaming table that has a chip tray and betting areas;
- a first chip recognizing device, wherein the first chip recognizing device is configured to recognize positions, types, and numbers of gaming chips wagered on the betting areas;
- a game result determination device, wherein the game result determination device is configured to determine a game result of a game at the gaming table and output the game result;
- a card shoe from which playing cards can be distributed to the game table one by one;
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- a second chip recognizing device, wherein the second chip recognizing device is configured to recognize gaming chips in the chip tray in response to a predefined operation is performed to the card shoe.
A management system in a casino, the management system comprising:
- a gaming table that has a chip tray and betting areas;
- a chip recognizing device, wherein the chip recognizing device is configured to recognize information of gaming chips in the chip tray at a predefined timing;
- a game result determination device, wherein the game result determination device is configured to determine a game result of a game at the gaming table and output the game result;
- a card shoe from which playing cards can be distributed to the game table one by one;
- a storage device, wherein the storage device is configured to store the information of the gaming chips recognized by the chip recognizing device;
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- a control device configured to compare at least two instances of information of the gaming chips recognized by the chip recognizing device at different times of the predetermined timing.
A management system in a casino, the casino having a plurality of gaming tables, each of the gaming tables having (a) a respective chip tray, (b) respective betting areas, and (c) a respective card shoe from which playing cards can be distributed to the game table one by one, the management system comprising:
- a first chip recognizing device, wherein the first chip recognizing device is configured to recognize positions, types, and numbers of gaming chips wagered on the betting areas of at least one of the gaming tables;
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- a second chip recognizing device, wherein the second chip recognizing device is configured to recognize gaming chips held in the chip tray of the at least one of the gaming tables in response to a predefined operation performed with the card shoe of the at least one of the gaming tables.
A management system in a casino, the casino having a plurality of gaming tables, each of the gaming table having (a) a respective chip tray, (b) respective betting areas on which players can wager gaming chips, and (c) a respective card shoe from which playing cards can be distributed to the game table one by one, the management system comprising:
- a chip recognizing device, wherein the chip recognizing device is configured to recognize, at a predefined timing, information of gaming chips held in the chip tray of at least one of the gaming tables;
- a storage device, wherein the storage device is configured to store the information of the gaming chips recognized by the chip recognizing device;
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- a control device configured to compare at least two instances of information of the gaming chips recognized by the chip recognizing device at different times of the predetermined timing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.