Fraud detection system in a casino
AssigneeAngel Playing Cards 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.
Claims28
A fraud detection system in a casino having a plurality of gaming tables, the fraud detection system comprising:
- a game recording apparatus, wherein the game recording apparatus is configured to record, as an image and with a camera, chips wagered by each of a plurality of players in a game played on a gaming table of the plurality of gaming tables;
- an image analyzing apparatus, wherein the image analyzing apparatus is configured to perform image analysis on the recorded image of the chips;
- an RFID reader, wherein the RFID reader is configured to detect an RFID of a chip placed in a chip tray provided on the gaming table;
- a win/lose result determining apparatus, wherein the win/lose result determining apparatus is configured to determine a win or lose result of the game;
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- a control device, wherein the control device is configured to:
- detect a fraud action practiced at the gaming table by using a result of the image analysis by the image analyzing apparatus, a result of the detection of the RFID by the RFID reader, and the win or lose result determined by the win/lose result determining apparatus;
- recognize respective positions, respective types, and respective numbers of the chips wagered by each of the players, at a prescribed timing or continuously during the game, through the image analyzing apparatus;
- recognize a total amount of chips in the chip tray through the RFID reader;
- perform an addition or subtraction of a changed amount of chips in the game, which changed amount is calculated from the respective positions, types, and numbers of the chips wagered by all the players in the game and the win or lose result of the game obtained from the win/lose result determining apparatus, on the total amount of the chips in the chip tray before a settlement of the game to obtain a total amount of chips that should be in the chip tray after the settlement of the game;
- compare the total amount of chips that should be in the chip tray after the settlement of the game and an actual total amount of the chips in the chip tray at a time of an end of the game obtained through the RFID reader, to determine whether there is a difference between the total amount that should be in the chip tray and the actual total amount;
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- output an alarm if the difference is determined to be present.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.