Patent ID: 9142092
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming system comprising: a reader configured to read chip identification information which uniquely identifies a specific chip among chips used in a casino; a writer configured to write validity information about whether the chip is valid or invalid, betting information about whether the chip is being betted, and information about whether the chip is received from a cashier or from a dealer into chip information including chip transaction state information based on the chip identification information; a determination unit configured to determine whether the chip is valid or invalid, whether the chip is being betted, and whether the chip is received from a cashier or from a dealer based on the chip information; a first generator configured to generate journal data corresponding to a transaction of the chip operated during the reading of the chip identification information, based on the determination of the determination unit, the journal data including line items of a creditor and a debtor and amounts corresponding to each of the line items of the creditor and the debtor; an accumulator configured to accumulate the generated journal data in real time as a record for a book; and a second generator configured to generate, by using data showing any one of a financial condition and a profit-or-loss condition of the casino based on the accumulated journal data, data representing the financial condition or the profit-or-loss of the casino in real time, wherein each of the line items of the creditor and the debtor is entered with a specific description of the transaction according to the type of transaction between the debtor and the creditor, wherein the line items of the creditor and the debtor respectively include cash, uncollected balance, deposit, and arrearage, and wherein the writer is configured to update the validity information of the chip from invalid to valid when the chip is handed from the cashier or the dealer to a player, to update the validity information of the chip from valid to invalid when the chip is handed from the player to the cashier or the dealer, to update the betting information as being betted when the chip is placed on a betting area, and to update the betting information as not being betted when a result of a game is determined.