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Inventory manager-chip kiosk

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-03-15
JCM AMERICAN CORP
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[0005] The present invention is directed to a chip dispensing kiosk including a vault for holding the casino chips, a dispensing assembly for dispensing selected numbers of casino chips and security and input systems to allow a pit boss to access the kiosk and have the kiosk dispense selected numbers of chips directly to the pit boss or his designee at a work station. The kiosk is interactive with the casino's accounting system so as to report the dispensing of casino chips or receipt of casino chips. Security features built into the kiosk as well as into the casino monitor the dispensing of the casino chips and delivery of the casino chips to the appropriate gaming table. By the present invention, the kiosk can be stocked with a substantial number of chips as necessary to provide the tables within a pit area with sufficient chips to satisfy the anticipated requirements of a shift or daily operation, and thereby reduce or eliminate the number of times when casino chips must be taken from a caged accounting system across the floor of the casino to the gaming tables.
[0007] As a further anticipated option to the event management of the chip kiosk system disclosed herein, various forms of secure electrical or wireless signals can be used for requesting, approving, and / or confirming such chip transfers between the chip kiosk and the tables and / or players in the pit area serviced by the system. These event signals can easily be encrypted by various means known in the art and can originate either from proprietary codes keyed into keypads at the kiosk, pit workstation, and / or gaming tables by pit personnel or through secure transmissions from wireless portable personal data devices issued to authorized pit personnel. These signals are then easily monitored and tracked by one or more of the processors linked to the kiosk system components. Security of such event signals can be insured through any number of means known to those skilled in the art including but not limited to encryption, personal access codes, biometric scanning devices, proprietary communication protocols, unique RFID tags, and / or personal unique integrated circuit chip cards.

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Restocking a gaming table during the course of a play can be distracting to the players and cause the casinos to lose revenue if a successful player must wait for additional casino chips to be delivered to the gaming table.

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[0012]FIG. 1, schematically depicts multiple gaming tables 10 each having bill acceptors 20 that are interconnected over a low-level network 130 to an Ethernet 140. These bill acceptors 20 can function as a chip gaming station processor or one or more tables may optionally have separate gaming station processors 15 interconnected with the bill acceptors 20 and the low-level network 130. FIG. 1 shows six card tables 10, two roulette tables 10′ and two craps tables 10″, representing a discrete pit area. It is to be understood that any type and number of chip gaming station processors 15 or tables 10 can be arranged in a pit area and that multiple groups of tables, each group being overseen by a Pit Boss, may be positioned within the casino. A more detailed description of the components of the systems depicted in FIG. 1 can be found in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 941,316, and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 081,756 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,745,887 herein incorporated by referenc...

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Abstract

A chip dispensing kiosk including a vault for holding casino chips, a dispensing assembly for dispensing selected numbers of casino chips and security and input systems to allow a pit boss to access the kiosk and have the kiosk dispense selected numbers of chips. The kiosk is interactive with the casino's accounting system so as to report the dispensing of casino chips or receipt of casino chips.

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[0001] The present invention is generally directed to the field of casino management and in particular to a device and process whereby casino chips can be banked and easily accessed by a pit boss to provide a supply of casino chips to gaming stations within a select area of the casino. The invention contemplates a kiosk for dispensing casino chips from a secure vault upon receipt of proper authorization, and an accounting system to track distributions and receipts of casino chips. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Modern large casinos have evolved to incorporate hundreds or thousands of slot machines or other types of coin or ticket operated gaming machines. However, gaming tables where players can play blackjack, poker games, roulette or craps remain as a mainstay of the casino design. Generally, the slot machines are placed around one or more gaming table pit areas. A single pit area may include card tables such as blackjack or poker tables, roulette tables and crap tables. The p...

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IPC IPC(8): A63F9/24
CPCG07F17/32
Inventor MATHIS, GWEN D.BUDDING, EWOUD A.
Owner JCM AMERICAN CORP
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