Game table reading system

A game table reading system for reading an RFID tag embedded in a gaming chip at a game table having a plurality of betting areas corresponding to a plurality of player positions, wherein each of the plurality of betting areas has a plurality of betting target areas including one or more main betting areas and one or more side betting areas adjacent to the one or more main betting areas that are smaller than the one or more main betting areas, the game table reading system comprising:

• a plurality of first reader built into the game table and configured to read the RFID tags in the gaming chips in the one or more main betting areas in each of the plurality of betting areas;
• a plurality of second reader built into the game table and configured to read the RFID tags in the gaming chips in the one or more side betting areas in each of the plurality of betting areas;
• a controller configured to control readings by the first reader and the second reader;
• and
• a limiter built into the gaming table and configured to limit a range of readings by the first reader and/or the second reader,
• wherein the controller is configured to control the first reader and the second reader so that the first reader reading the RFID tags in the gaming chips in the first main betting area of the first betting area and the second reader reading the RFID tags in the gaming chips in the first side betting area located adjacent to the first main betting area of the first betting area do not read the RFID tags at the same time, and
• wherein the limiter is configured to prevent the first reader and/or the second reader from reading the RFID tags of the gaming chips in other betting areas adjacent to each other.