Roulette gaming system
AssigneeGrips Electronics Ges.m.b.H
InventorEwald Mothwurf
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Abstract
A method for determining the total amount bet by individual players participating in multiple spins of a roulette game at a gaming table that has a chipper machine and an intelligent table terminal. The method involves interfacing the chipper sorting machine with the table terminal, allocating a chip to a patron at the terminal, counting the number of color chips sorted by the chipper machine per color, and associating the number of color chips sorted by the machine per color with the patron. The total amount bet by that patron is then determined by mathematically linking the chip value of the color chip of the patron with the number of chips of the individual color sorted by the chipper machine in the time period in which the color chip is associated with that patron.
Claims46
A method of estimating the total amount bet by an individual patron participating in a game of roulette and playing with chips of a specific nature, for example of a specific coloring or size or shape or pattern, comprising the step of counting the number of chips of that specific nature, which pass through a chipper machine associated with the game of roulette while the patron is playing.
A method for determining the total amount bet by individual patrons participating in a plurality of spins of a roulette game at a gaming table fitted with a chipper machine and an intelligent table terminal, the method comprising the steps of:
- interfacing the chipper sorting machine to the table terminal
- allocating a patron a chip color at the table terminal
- counting the number of color chips sorted by the chipper machine per color
- associating the number of color chips sorted by the chipper machine per color with the patron
- and determining the total amount bet by that patron by mathematically linking the chip value of the color chip of the patron with the number of chips of the individual color sorted by the chipper machine in the time period in which the color chip is associated with that patron.
A method of estimating the performance of a croupier at a roulette table, comprising the steps of summing, for each period the croupier is working at the roulette table, the total amount bet by each of the patrons participating in the game of roulette during that period or during a fraction of that period, wherein the individual patrons play using chips having different colorings, the respective coloring being associated with each said individual patron, there being a chipper machine for receiving chips collected by a croupier during the game of roulette and for arranging the chips according to their coloring in respective columns, from which the croupier can take stacks of a predetermined number of chips of a respective color, each chip of a particular color having an associated monetary value, the method comprising the steps of counting the total number of chips of each color and/or value passing through the chipper machine during the period each individual patron is present at said gaming table, and establishing the total monetary value of the chips of each color and each value passing through the chipper machine.
A method of determining whether a croupier is practicing section spinning by measuring, for a plurality of spins of a roulette wheel, at least one of the following parameters:
- the initial speed of the ball in the rim of the roulette wheel,
- the speed of rotation of the moving roulette wheel when the ball is initially launched into it, and
- the relative position of the roulette wheel to the ball and to the segment of the casing in which the ball falls
- and by mathematically determining whether the variation of any one parameter confers to an expected pattern and/or whether a correlation exists between these values.
Roulette gaming system for use at a roulette table having a roulette wheel, a chipper machine for sorting color chips and a chip tray for storing value chips, the gaming system comprising a computer, means interfacing the chipper machine to the computer for the counting of the number of color chips of each color sorted by the chipper machine, detection means associated with the chip tray for detecting the change in value of the chip tray, means interfacing the chip tray to the computer and a table terminal interfaced to the computer for inputting information concerning the identity of individual patrons, and information associating a color chip to any patron playing at the table.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.