US 12,394,276 B2
Game table and chip information management method for game table
Makoto Kaneko, Tokyo (JP); and Yuji Shimada, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SEGA SAMMY CREATION INC., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/914,144
Filed by SEGA SAMMY CREATION INC., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 25, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/013258
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 21, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/192076, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0237869 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/322 (2013.01) [G07F 17/3241 (2013.01); G07F 17/3248 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A game table including a plurality of betting areas for placing chips, the game table comprising:
a reading device that reads identification information that specifies the chip placed on the betting area; and
a computer device that updates management information including a validity of the chip based on the identification information read from the chip,
wherein the computer device executes
a function of managing a progress of a game, and
a function of updating the management information so as to validate a status of a chip placed on a betting area that won the game, and invalidate a status of the other chips during a dividend period in which a dividend amount according to a result of the game is paid.