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

Patent 4755941 Issued on July 5, 1988. Estimated Expiration Date:

September 5, 2006. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Patent References

Manually directed coin game
Patent #: 4303248
Issued on: 12/01/1981
Inventor: Shoemaker, Jr. , et al.

Game monitoring apparatus
Patent #: 4531187
Issued on: 07/23/1985
Inventor: Uhland

Microprocessor controlled roulette game including an optical encoder for sensing the position of the ball on the roulette wheel Patent #: 4643425
Issued on: 02/17/1987
Inventor: Herzenberger

Inventor

Bacchi, Lorenzo

Application

No. 06/904553 filed on 09/05/1986

US Classes:

463/26, Pool amount (e.g., jackpot, etc.)273/148R, GAMES ACCESSORIES700/91Contest or contestant analysis, management, or monitoring (e.g., statistical analysis, handicapping, scoring)

Examiners

Primary: Smith, Jerry
Assistant: Hayes, Gail O.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Klein & Szekeres

International Classes

G07D 9/00 (20060101)
G07F 17/32 (20060101)
G07F 9/08 (20060101)

Foreign Application Priority Data

1985-09-06 GB

Abstract

A monitoring system is arranged to monitor and record each transaction taking place on a gaming table. The system includes a tray for receiving gaming chips and sensors for sensing the chips held by the tray. A cash box is provided for the deposite of cash received in return for chips dispensed from the tray. A keyboard is provided to record each deposit of cash into the cash box. A central processing unit is responsive to a timer, the keyboard and the sensors to record each transaction which takes place on the gaming table into data storage means. A warning light lights up in the event that money which has been deposited in the cash box is not entered into the keyboard. The system enables management to conduct a complete analysis of the transactions taking place on the gaming table, to provide not only figures giving the profitability of the table but also an indication of the competance and integrity of the croupier.