Patent ID: 9747749
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. An apparatus for use in detecting at least a first token used in playing a casino game, comprising; a sensor system that includes a sensor assembly that outputs un-modulated light and receives un-modulated returned light when the first token is present, said sensor assembly including a sensor housing that includes a cover and a light path member joined to said cover, said light path member having a geometric shape and extending in a direction away from the first token when the first token is located on said cover, said light path member having said geometric shape being positioned relative to said cover such that at least portions of said un-modulated light passes from said light path member to the first token when the first token is present and in which at least portions of said un-modulated returned light passes from the first token to said light path member when the first token is present; an input element; a control that is responsive to said input element and is used in controlling said un-modulated light that is output by said sensor assembly and that is used in controlling an indication of the first token when the first token is present; and a table that supports at least said sensor assembly and is associated with said control and said input element and includes at least a first wager area for receiving the first token.