Patent ID: 8092293

Claim:
A roulette game wager detection system comprising: an antenna configured to establish a detection zone associated with a plurality of wagering areas and an association area on a game table surface and to detect each of a plurality of tokens placed within a plurality of the wagering areas by a plurality of different players, wherein: (a) each of the tokens: (i) is included in a token set of a designated number of token sets, wherein each of the token sets: (A) is associated with a different one of a plurality of different token colors, and (B) includes a plurality of the tokens having the token color associated with said token set, (ii) includes a token identification element, and (iii) includes a token memory storing token data, wherein the token data includes a token value, a token serial number, and a token color identification code, the token color identification code identifying the token color of said token, the token color identified by the token color identification code being assignable to one of the different players, (b) each of the wagering areas is: (i) associated with a different one of a plurality of different wager options, and (ii) configured to receive at least one of the tokens from a plurality of the different players; and (c) the association area is different from the wagering areas; a reader connected to the antenna, wherein the reader is configured to: (a) when a first one of the tokens having a first one of the token colors assigned to a first one of the different players and a second one of the tokens having a second different one of the token colors assigned to a second one of the different players are located within a same one of the wagering areas: (i) read the token data of the first one of the tokens and the second one of the tokens, the token data of the first one of the tokens including a first token color identification code identifying the first one of the token colors, the token data of the second one of the tokens including a second token color identification code identifying the second one of the token colors, and (ii) communicate the first token color identification code and the second token color identification code to a processor to enable the processor to determine that wagers from the first one of the different players and the second one of the different players are located within the same one of the wagering areas; and (b) when a third one of the tokens is located within the association area, read the token data of the third one of the tokens and operate with the processor to assign the third one of the tokens a value associated with the association area, and a dealer interface configured to enable a dealer to: (a) indicate that all wagers for a round of play of the roulette game have been placed, and (b) activate the reader.