Patent ID: 6629889
Filing Date: 2003-10-07
Classification: G07D,G07F

Abstract:
An apparatus for determining at least one of the amount bet, or the amount won or lost by individual participants in a game of chance that uses cards, wherein the amounts bet and won are represented by gaming chips, the apparatus comprising:a central chip depository for receiving the gaming chips, means for determining a monetary value of the gaming chips in the central chip depository, at least one chip deposit area per participant, a play status sensor for detecting the start of a gaming hand; means to determine which participants lost a hand at a first stage of a hand, at least one presence sensor associated wit each chip deposit area for the detection of one or more chips lying on this deposit area, the presence sensor being incapable of receiving radio transmissions from any gaming chips, and a data processing system to which said means for determining the monetary value of the gaining chips in the central chip depository and also said at least one presence sensor are connected, said data processing system being adapted to estimate the average amount bet or the amount won or lost by individual participants in said game of chance from the change in value of the gaming chips in the central chip depository.