Cage system and chip management system
AssigneeAngel Group Co., Ltd.
InventorYasushi Shigeta
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Abstract
A cage is divided into a plurality of locations, including a cashier room. The gaming chip has an RFID tag storing a chip ID. The cage system that manages the movement of the gaming chips within the cage of the casino hall comprises: a chip reader that reads a chip ID from an RFID tag of a gaming chip moving between multiple locations within the cage; a chip reader that reads the chip ID from the RFID tag of the gaming chips that exit the cage to the casino hall; and a chip management database that records the chip IDs read by the chip reader as the movement history of the gaming chips.
Claims7
A management system for managing gaming chip credits within a casino, wherein a plurality of gaming tables as sources of transfer of the credits are provided on the floor of the casino for storing gaming chips that increase or decrease as a result of game liquidation,
- each of the plurality of gaming tables is assigned a table ID,
- a cage is provided outside the casino floor as a destination of transfer of the credits, and
- the gaming chip is assigned a chip ID,
- the management system comprises:
- a memory device configured to store the number of gaming chips that increase or decrease in each of the plurality of gaming tables;
- a chip management device configured to refer to the memory device and issue a notification to the gaming tables in which the number of the gaming chips is greater than or equal to a predetermined number, wherein the notification prompts the credit;
- a table chip reader provided at each of the plurality of gaming tables to read the chip IDs of the gaming chips to be transferred from the gaming tables to the destination in response to obtaining the notification;
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- a transfer source management device provided at each of the plurality of gaming tables, which outputs the chip IDs of the gaming chips read by a respective table chip reader and the table ID of a respective gaming table in which the chip IDs were read to the chip management device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.