Patent ID: 8668142

Claim:
An automatic dealing machine comprising: a discrimination portion configured to read one or more bar-code tickets; a chip handling unit configured to handle one or more chips, the chip handling unit having a chip determination portion configured to determine a kind of the one or more chips; a banknote handling unit configured to at least perform disbursement of banknotes; a control unit configured to send bar-code information of the one or more bar-code tickets read by the discrimination portion to a first higher-ranking machine, in order to have the first higher-ranking machine perform a verification of the one or more bar-code tickets; and an operation portion configured to be operated by a customer; wherein the control unit drives the banknote handling unit to disburse the banknotes of an amount of money corresponding to an amount of money of the one or more chips, when the kind of the one or more chips is determined by the chip determination portion, wherein the control unit drives the banknote handling unit to disburse the banknotes of an amount of money corresponding to an amount of money of the one or more banknotes, when the bar-code information of the bar-code ticket is correctly verified by the first higher-ranking machine, wherein the control unit can communicate with a second higher-ranking machine different from the first higher-ranking machine, and wherein when the customer gives a command for a disbursement of money on deposit via the operation portion, it is determined by the second higher-ranking machine whether an amount of money on deposit of the customer is greater than an amount of money of disbursement designated, then in the case where the amount of money on deposit of the customer is greater than the amount of money of disbursement designated, the control unit drives the banknote handling unit to disburse the banknotes of an amount of money corresponding to the amount of money of the disbursement designated.