Gaming token having a variable value
AssigneeWalker Digital, LLC
InventorsJames A. Jorasch, Magdalena Mik, Scott Wolinsky, William B. Van Vooren, Nathaniel Levin, Andrew P. Golden
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Abstract
A system installed in a casino allows gambling chips in the casino to have variable values. Each chip has an electronic circuit installed in it to store a chip identifier and data indicative of a value currently associated with the chip. Slot machines and other devices are arranged to interact with the gambling chips to read and write data from and into the chips. A central controller is connected to the slot machines and other devices that interact with the chips. The chips carry a display and/or an audio device to apprise players of the value currently associated with the chip.
Claims11
A method of changing a value of a gaming token, the method comprising:
- associating a first non-zero value with a gaming token;
- detecting an event;
- and
- in response to detection of the event, associating a second non-zero value with the gaming token, the second non-zero value being different from the first non-zero value,
- in which the gaming token includes a display device mounted in the gaming token, the display device being switchable between a first display status and a second display status different from the first display status.
A method of changing a value of a gaming token, the method comprising:
- associating a first non-zero value with a gaming token;
- detecting an event;
- and
- in response to detection of the event, associating a second non-zero value with the gaming token, the second non-zero value being different from the first non-zero value,
- in which the gaming token includes a sound emitting device, mounted in the gaming token, for emitting at least one sound indicative of a status of the gaming token.
A method of changing a value of a gaming token, the method comprising;
- associating a first non-zero value with a gaming token;
- detecting an event;
- and
- in response to detection of the event, associating a second non-zero value with the gaming token, the second non-zero value being different from the first non-zero value,
- in which the gaming token includes a display, and
- further comprising:
- using the display to display information;
- and
- determining an outcome of a game based on the displayed information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.