Management system of gaming chips and storage box
A system that manages a package of shuffled playing cards and gaming chips includes a storage box and a control apparatus. The storage box is provided in association with a game table and stores a plurality of shuffled playing cards and a plurality of chip cases and also includes a card reader that reads playing card ID codes of the shuffled playing cards and a chip reader that reads case ID codes of the chip cases. The control apparatus outputs total numbers of the shuffled playing cards and the chip cases stored in the storage box and the playing card ID codes and case ID codes stored in the storage box by monitoring read playing card ID codes and case ID codes.
1. A management system comprising:
a game table at which a game is playable using playing cards and chips containing radio frequency identification (RFID) tags which store chip IDs;
a chip float provided on the game table, into which the chips can be collected by a dealer during the game, and from which the chips can be paid out by the dealer during the game;
a storage area provided beside the game table, separately from the chip float, and in which the chips can be stored;
a first antenna, wherein the first antenna is configured to read the RFID tags contained in the chips accommodated in the chip float to obtain the chip IDs;
a second antenna, wherein the second antenna is configured to read the RFID tags contained in the chips stored in the storage area to obtain the chip IDs; and
a controller, wherein the controller is configured to use the readings of the first antenna and the second antenna to identify a listing of the chip IDs that are of the chips in the chip float and the storage area combined,
wherein the controller determines whether an amount or value of chips taken from a cage that manages the chips of a casino match an increased amount or an increased value of chips at the game table.
2. The management system according to claim 1 , further comprising a warning device, wherein the warning device is configured to notify that the storage area has opened to take the chips in or out from the storage area.
3. The management system according to claim 1 , further comprising a recording device, wherein the recording device is configured to record taking in or out of the chips from the storage area.
4. The management system according to claim 3 , wherein the recording device is configured to record the taking in or out of the chips from the storage area in response to the storage area being opened.
5. The management system according to claim 4 , wherein the recording device is configured not to record the taking in or out of the chips from the storage area when an opening of the storage area does not occur.
6. The management system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to determine one of:
respective total numbers of the chips in the chip float and of the chips in the storage area;
which of the chip IDs are of the chips in the chip float and which of the chip IDs are of the chips in the storage area; and
respective total values of the chips in the chip float and of the chips in the storage area.
7. The management system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to output whether a change in an amount or value of the chips accommodated in the chip float correlates with a change in an amount or value of the chips stored in the storage area.
8. The management system according to claim 1 , wherein the storage area has a box shape.
9. The management system according to claim 1 , further comprising a lock, wherein the lock is configured for preventing the chips from being taken out from the storage area.
10. The management system according to claim 1 , wherein the storage area is configured to store the chips in a manner by which the chips can be independently placed in and removed from the storage area.
11. The management system according to claim 1 , further comprising an opening and closing device, wherein the storage area can transition, by the opening and closing device, into an open state that enables the chips to be removed from the storage area.
12. The management system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to compare a total amount of the chips determined to be present in the chip float based on a reading by the first antenna prior to a collection and/or redemption to a total amount of the chips determined to be present in the chip float based on a reading by the first antenna after the collection and/or redemption.
13. The management system according to claim 1 , wherein, when the chips of the chip float are insufficient, the chip float can be replenished by the dealer with gaming chips transferred from the storage area into the chip float.
14. The management system according to claim 1 , wherein:
the chip float is removably embedded in the game table;
chips bet by losing players of the game are collectible by the dealer and insertable by the dealer into the chip float; and
chips in the chip float are payable by the dealer from the chip float to winning players of the game.
15. The management system according to claim 1 , wherein the storage area is arranged under a dealer position of the game table on which the chip float is arranged.
16. The management system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine a total number of the chips in the chip float and the storage area combined, and determines whether an amount of the chips taken from the cage match an increased amount of the chips at the game table.
17. The management system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine a total value of the chips in the chip float and the storage area combined, and determines whether an amount of the chips taken from the cage match an increased value of the chips at the game table.
18. The management system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to record the chip IDs delivered to the game table in a database.