US 12,333,894 B2
Game management system to track game play by players
Yasushi Shigeta, Shiga (JP)
Assigned to ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD., Shiga (JP)
Filed by ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD., Shiga (JP)
Filed on Mar. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/123,626.
Application 18/123,626 is a continuation of application No. 16/284,437, filed on Feb. 25, 2019, abandoned.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-031469 (JP), filed on Feb. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0230443 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/322 (2013.01) [G07F 17/3206 (2013.01); G07F 17/3225 (2013.01); G07F 17/3239 (2013.01); G07F 17/3241 (2013.01); G07F 17/3244 (2013.01); G07F 17/3248 (2013.01); G07F 17/3255 (2013.01); G07F 17/326 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A game management system for management of a casino game played in a casino facility, the game management system comprising:
a gaming table that includes a plurality of player positions and a betting target;
a game token tray configured to accommodate game tokens; and
at least one processing device configured to, for a player of one or more players that is at a player position of the plurality of player positions:
identify positions, types, and numbers of game tokens that have been placed in the betting target as a bet for playing a game for the player by analyzing an image of the game tokens captured by a camera;
calculate a bet amount of the bet by the player based on the identified positions, types, and numbers of the game tokens;
determine an identity of the player that is participating in the game;
identify a member ID of the player;
store, in a database, in association with each other, (a) the member ID of the player that is determined and (b) the bet amount that is calculated of the player in a history of a plurality of bet amounts by the player, wherein (a) and (b) are stored in association with each other based on determining the identity of the player; and
store, in the database, in association with the member ID of the player, an accumulated amount of the plurality of bet amounts,
wherein the at least one processing device is further configured to:
determine a result of the game;
determine a total amount of the game tokens that are in the game token tray;
for each player of the one or more players:
determine a winning/losing status and a balance of the player based on the result of the game and the bet amount of the bet by the player;
compare a total amount of the balance of the player with a total increase/decrease of the total amount of the game tokens that are in the game token tray between before and after settlement of the game tokens;
assign points to the player based on the bet amount of the bet by the player; and
transmit the points to the player when the total increase/decrease and the total amount of the balance match each other as a result of the comparison.