Game table reading system

A game table reading system, comprising:

• a game table on which one or more areas are laid out, each area of the one or more areas:
• is associated with a different player position of one or more player positions,
• is defined by a visible perimeter on the game table, and
• includes a plurality of sub-areas arranged in a stack of rows, wherein at least one row of the stack of rows includes multiple sub-areas;
• a plurality of reading antennas installed corresponding to each of the one or more areas, and, for each area of the plurality of areas, the plurality of reading antennas are configured to read radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags embedded in game tokens placed in each of the plurality of sub-areas of the area;
• a read-restriction antenna configured to restrict, for a reading antenna of the plurality of reading antennas of an area of the one or more areas, readings by the reading antenna so that the reading antenna does not read the RFID tags of the game tokens in sub-areas other than the sub-area corresponding to the reading antenna;
• and
• a management control device configured to, when the RFID tag is read by the reading antenna, identify a position where the game token whose RFID tag is read is placed according to the sub-area to which the reading antenna corresponds.