Management system for substitute currency for gaming

A management system for a plurality of substitute currency for gaming, wherein:

• each of the plurality of the substitute currency for gaming has:
• an appearance that is similar and non-identical to the other substitute currency for gaming of the plurality of substitute currency for gaming, and
• a unique ID that can be individually identified is assigned to each of the plurality of the substitute currency for gaming,
• the management system comprises:
• a database that, for each substitute currency for gaming of a plurality of the substitute currency for gaming, is configured to store an association between the appearance of the substitute currency for gaming and the unique ID of the substitute currency for gaming;
• an image acquisition device configured to acquire an image that includes the appearance of a first substitute currency for gaming of the plurality of substitute currency for gaming;
• an ID reading device configured to read the unique ID of the first substitute currency for gaming;
• and
• a management control device configured to determine whether an appearance associated in the database with the unique ID read by the ID reading device corresponds to the image captured by the image capture device, thereby to determine authenticity of the first substitute currency for gaming.