Method of tracking gaming system

• US 20080070658A1
• Filed: 07/09/2007
• Published: 03/20/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Brian Kolo, Lacy Kolo, Marc R. Labgold
• Original Assignee: Brian Kolo, Lacy Kolo, Marc R. Labgold
• Inventors: Kolo, Lacy, Kolo, Brian, Labgold, Marc
• Application Number:
  US11/822,595
• Publication Number:
  US 20080070658A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/11
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3232 wherein the operator is informed
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3237 about the players, e.g. profiling, responsible gaming, strategy/behavior of players, location of players
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3293 Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack

Abstract

The invention disclosed herein relates to methods, systems, programs and devices for monitoring a specific player'"'"'s pattern of playing a game. These methods, systems, programs and devices include tracking an individual person'"'"'s playing cards and/or poker chips using of a detectable tracking device implanted within or upon the playing cards and chips. The information detected from the playing cards and/or chips is then linked to a specific player via the player'"'"'s use of his comp card. In some embodiments, the methods, systems, programs and devices can also be used to foil forms of cheating such as collusion. Detectors that detect the tracking device may be placed anywhere in the gaming facilities, including but not limited to, under, upon, above, within, adjacent to the gambling table, casino floor, casino entrances and exits, and any other locations within the gaming facilities. Indeed, the tracking device can even be added to employees as clothing, jewelry, etc. This method also relates to methods, systems, programs and devices for preventing collusion between the dealer and game player

Claims

1. A method of detecting collusion between a player and a casino employee, the method comprising:

Detection of the suit and number of the player cards,

Detection of the suit and number of the casino employee cards,

Detection of the amount of the player bet, and

Software system enabled to calculate the amount of money won by the player.