System for monitoring the movement of money and chips on a gaming table

In a gaming table having a cash receptacle and a chip receptacle, a monitoring system for monitoring the transactions on the gaming table, the system comprising;

• sensing means coupled to the chip receptacle for sensing the chips in the chip receptacle and operable at any instant to provide an output signal indicative of the instantaneous cash value of the chips held in the cash receptacle, input means mounted on the table and operable to supply data indicative of the monetary value of the cash which on each occasion is deposited in the cash receptacle;
• memory means;
• a timer providing a signal indicative of time;
• and
• a central processing unit, connected to the sensing means, the input means, and timer, to cause the time and details of each transaction on the table to be logged in the memory means.

A gaming table monitoring system comprising;

• a receptacle for storing chips;
• sensing means coupled to the receptacle for sensing the total monetary value of chips stored in the receptacle;
• a cash box for storing cash;
• a keyboard for registering the cash deposited in the cash box;
• detection means for detecting when on each occasion cash is deposited in the cash box;
• warning means coupled to the detection means and the keyboard for providing a warning when cash deposited in the cash box is not registered on the keyboard;
• a timer;
• memory means;
• a central processing unit;
• means coupling the sensing means the keyboard and the timer to the central processing unit, the central processing unit being operative each time a change in the chips stored in the receptacle occurs and each time the keyboard is operated, to store the nature and time of transaction, as given by the timer, in the memory means;
• and
• reading means coupled to the memory means through the central processing unit for reading the data from the memory means and supplying it in a suitable form for analysis.