Patent classifications
A63F2003/00164
CLEAN AIR SYSTEM FOR CASINO TABLE GAMES, SLOT MACHINES AND OTHER APPLICATIONS
A clean air system comprises an inlet port, an airflow chamber, and an air exit port. A UV light source arranged within the airflow chamber disinfects air as it passes through the airflow chamber. The chamber promotes a vortex of swirling air around the intense UV light maximizing particle exposure. The clean air is then expelled at the other end of the chamber.
Token sorting apparatus
A token sorting apparatus is arranged to supplement a game using gaming tokens, the game having a plurality of stages. The sorting apparatus includes an entry aperture arranged to accept gaming tokens; a sorting mechanism arranged to sort gaming tokens according to a predetermined characteristic of the gaming tokens; a displacement member arranged to urge gaming tokens accepted by the entry aperture to the sorting mechanism; a camera arranged to obtain an image of the sorting mechanism and the displacement member; a display member in digital communication with the camera, the display member arranged to display the image to a user; and a signaling member arranged to provide a signal to the user, the signal being arranged to indicate a stage of the game or a status of the game.
CRAPS GAME WITH A REPEATED NUMBER BASED WAGERING AREA
A craps game is disclosed that combines traditional craps wagers with a set of wagers having longer odds, and thus higher payouts, which are determined based upon the matching of a predefined set of numbers a specified number of times with the roll of the dice prior to the occurrence of a terminating event. In one form, the set of numbers is a single number. In a further form, at least one wager includes a specified number which matches the predefined number which makes up a single member set.
TABLE GAME MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, GAME TOKEN, AND INSPECTION APPARATUS
A table game management system according to the present invention includes a camera that images a game token placed on a game table, and a management control device that grasps a type of the game token placed on the game table based on a color of a side face of the game token imaged by the camera.
Table game management system and game token
A detection system according to the present invention includes a control device that detects fraud conducted on a game table by using the image analysis result obtained by an image analysis device. In addition, each game token used in this detection system has a multilayer structure having plastic layers with a plurality of different colors stacked on each other, with a colored layer being provided at least intermediately, and white layers or light-colored layers (not illustrated, but may be any layers lighter in color than the colored layer) being stacked on two sides of the intermediate colored layer. As described above, this game token has a multi-layer structure including the colored layer, with the white layers or light-colored layers (not illustrated, but may be any layers lighter in color than the colored layer) being stacked on the two sides of the intermediate colored layer.
Hybrid card game apparatus
A hybrid card game apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a playing surface having a set of card hand stations on which playing cards can be positioned, the set of card hand stations being distributed around a dealer position at a side edge of the playing surface, wherein a distance between the dealer position and a nearest edge of each of the set of card hand stations is at most 36 inches, a card sensor system positioned near each of the set of card hand stations to sense an identity of the playing cards positioned face down on the card hand station and generate card identification data enabling identification of the playing cards positioned on the card hand station. At least one network interface is connected to the card sensor systems and configured to transmit at least one of the card identification data and an identification of the playing cards.
Game token tray, table game management system, game token tray system, and game token management method
A game token tray system includes a game token tray having a dual tray structure in which a game token is stored. The game token tray system includes a double tray including a lower tray and an upper tray stacked on the lower tray to store a game token provided with an RF tag in which tag information is stored, a camera that acquires tray image data by imaging the game token stored in the upper tray, an RFID reading device that reads the tag information from the RF tag of the game token stored in the lower tray, and a game recording device that records the tray image data and/or an image analysis result of the tray image data about the game token stored in the upper tray and records the tag information read by the RFID reading device about the game token stored in the upper tray.
PLAY FIELD FOR CASINO DICE TABLES
A play field for a casino dice table may comprise a play field and an electronic display device. The play field may comprise a middle portion disposed between first and second end portions. Each portion may comprise a flexible, light transmissive material, a thickness and a hardness. The thickness of the first and second end portions may each be greater than the thickness of the middle portion. Each first and second end portion may comprise multiple different thicknesses. The hardness of the middle portion may be the same as one or both of the first and second end portions. The hardness of the middle portion may be greater than a hardness of the first and second end portions. The electronic display device may be positioned under the play field and configured so that images displayed by the electronic display device are viewable on, or through, the play field.
Systems, methods and devices for monitoring betting activities
A platform, device and process for capturing images of the surface of a gaming table and determining the quantity, identity, and arrangement of chips bet at a gaming table. Image data is captured corresponding to the one or more chips positioned in at least one betting area on a gaming surface of the respective gaming table and the data is processed to filter out the background, establish a two dimensional grid of points of interests and corresponding histograms for classifying the one or more chips through identifying a dominant classification of each row in the grid of points of interests.
BLACKJACK AND WAGERING GAMING METHODS AND SYSTEMS
Systems and methods of conducting wagering games involving, among other things, a modified Blackjack wagering game including an option to resolve the game prior to a final determination and optional wagers on the final dealer hand score.