US 2008/0076529 A1 · Method and apparatus for tracking play at a roulette table

Abstract

A wagering monitoring system configured to detect player wagers at a roulette table is disclosed. A table having antennas associated with the various wagering areas is provided for player. A reader connects to the antenna to thereby communicate via the antenna with token equipped with identification element. By monitoring wagers, game play is monitored and processing may occur to track each player wager and the amount wagered by a player. To facilitate play at a roulette table, the identification element associated with the token includes a token color identification code which identifies the color of the token. The token color identification code is associated with a player which in turn provides means to associated each wager and a total amount wagered with a player.

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Dependent claims

A roulette game bet detection system comprising:

a game table surface configured with a plurality of betting areas;
two or more game tokens, wherein each game token includes a token identification element, wherein two or more token identification elements further comprise memory configured to store token data comprising a token value, a token serial number and a token color code identification;
at least one antenna associated with the betting areas, wherein the antenna establishes a detection zone;
a reader connected to the antenna wherein the reader is configured to:
read a first color game token having a first color code identification and a second color game token having a second color code identification which are located in the same detection zone;
communicate the first color code identification and the second color code identification to a computer to thereby enable the computer to determine that wagers from different players are placed within a same detection zone.

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A method of identifying betting activity during a game of roulette comprising the steps of:

providing a plurality of game tokens, where each game token includes a token identification element and wherein the token identification element further comprises memory configured to store token data comprising a token value, a token serial number and a token color identification code, wherein the token color identification code corresponds to a color of the token;
providing a game table surface configured with a plurality of betting areas;
assigning a token color to a player, wherein the player places bets using only tokens of the assigned token color;
receiving a wager at a first betting area from a first player in the form of one or more tokens having a first assigned token color;
receiving a wager at the first betting area from a second player in the form of one or more tokens having a second assigned token color;
reading token data from the tokens at the first betting area;
processing the token data, where the processing comprises calculating the amount bet by the first player and the amount bet by the second player based on the token color identification code.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and apparatus for tracking play at a roulette table

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Method and apparatus for tracking play at a roulette table

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