Secured gaming cards and verification system
First Claim
1. An electronic gaming table adapted to host table games involving wagers, game play based on the wagers, and monetary awards based on the results of the game play, the electronic gaming table comprising:
- a physical surface adapted for the play of live table games that include the use of a plurality of playing cards;
a single automated card handling device adapted to handle and detect the plurality of playing cards, wherein said single automated card handling device includes both of a first sensor adapted to sense a first identifier on a playing card and a separate second sensor adapted to sense a separate second identifier on the same playing card at or about the same time that the first identifier is sensed, wherein the first identifier indicates whether the playing card belongs at the electronic gaming table, and wherein the separate second identifier indicates a game value of the playing card; and
a table controller coupled to said automated card handling device and adapted to control a plurality of electronic gaming table functions, wherein said table controller is adapted to facilitate a comparison of the results detected by the first and second sensors, and wherein said table controller is further adapted to facilitate the provision of an alert when an improper first identifier on a playing card is detected.
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Abstract
A gaming card verification system includes electronic gaming tables and a system server in communication with and located remotely from the tables. The system or table tracks playing cards at each table and facilitates alerts when improper conditions are detected. Gaming tables can include a physical surface for playing card games, an automated shoe or card handler, a smart discard rack, and a table controller. First sensors detect a first identifier on each card and separate second sensors detect a separate second identifier on the card. The first identifier can be a randomly assigned code unique to each card, while the second identifier indicates a game value of the card. A database can store and provide details regarding card identifiers, values and locations. The discard rack can detect discards and reconcile those with what issued from the shoe. Both counterfeit card insertions and missing cards can be detected thereby.
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25 Claims
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1. An electronic gaming table adapted to host table games involving wagers, game play based on the wagers, and monetary awards based on the results of the game play, the electronic gaming table comprising:
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a physical surface adapted for the play of live table games that include the use of a plurality of playing cards; a single automated card handling device adapted to handle and detect the plurality of playing cards, wherein said single automated card handling device includes both of a first sensor adapted to sense a first identifier on a playing card and a separate second sensor adapted to sense a separate second identifier on the same playing card at or about the same time that the first identifier is sensed, wherein the first identifier indicates whether the playing card belongs at the electronic gaming table, and wherein the separate second identifier indicates a game value of the playing card; and a table controller coupled to said automated card handling device and adapted to control a plurality of electronic gaming table functions, wherein said table controller is adapted to facilitate a comparison of the results detected by the first and second sensors, and wherein said table controller is further adapted to facilitate the provision of an alert when an improper first identifier on a playing card is detected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 24, 25)
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14. A gaming card verification system, comprising:
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one or more electronic gaming tables adapted to host table games involving wagers, game play based on the wagers, and monetary awards based on the results of the game play, wherein each of said one or more electronic gaming tables includes a physical surface adapted for the play of live table games that include the use of a plurality of playing cards, a single automated card handling device adapted to handle and detect the plurality of playing cards, wherein said single automated card handling device includes both of a first sensor adapted to sense a first identifier on a playing card and a separate second sensor adapted to sense a separate second identifier on the same playing card at or about the same time that the first identifier is sensed, wherein the first identifier indicates whether the playing card belongs at the electronic gaming table, and wherein the separate second identifier indicates a game value of the playing card, and a table controller coupled to said automated card handling device and adapted to control a plurality of electronic gaming table functions, wherein said table controller is adapted to facilitate a comparison of the results detected by the first and second sensors, and wherein said table controller is further adapted to facilitate the provision of an alert when an improper first identifier on a playing card is detected; and a system server in communication with and located remotely from said one or more electronic gaming tables, wherein said system server is adapted to track the presence and location of playing cards at each of the one or more electronic gaming tables and facilitate the provision of an alert when an improper condition with respect to any playing card at any table is detected. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of tracking playing cards within a gaming system, the method comprising:
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providing a first identifier on each of a plurality of playing cards, wherein each first identifier is unique with respect to every other first identifier; using a separate second identifier on each of the plurality of playing cards, wherein the separate second identifier indicates a game value of the playing card; storing information regarding each of said plurality of playing cards on a system storage component, wherein the stored information includes at least the first identifier and the second identifier for each playing card; indicating when a batch of playing cards is provided at a gaming table within the gaming system, wherein the batch of playing cards is all or a subset of the overall plurality of playing cards; communicating information regarding the batch of playing cards from the system storage component to a table controller at the gaming table where the batch of playing cards is located; detecting automatically and at or about the same time both of the first identifier and second identifier of one or more playing cards used for a table game at the gaming table; comparing the detected identifiers with the information communicated to the table controller, wherein said comparing includes verifying whether the second identifier is appropriate for the first identifier detected on one or more playing cards; and giving an alert when a detected identifier is not verifiable with the information communicated to the table controller. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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