EP-4742090-A2 - CASINO SYSTEM, ARTICLE FOR CASINO, AND METHOD OF PROVIDING ARTICLE FOR CASINO

Abstract

A casino system (30) in a casino (300) that uses a gaming chip (72) with an RFID tag (721) that stores identification information is installed in the casino (300) and has an activation reader/writer (322) that reads the identification information from the RFID tag (721) of the gaming chip (72), and a registration device (325) that determines the authenticity of the gaming chip (72) and registers the gaming chip (72) that is determined to be authentic as usable supplies. The registration device (325) determines the authenticity of the gaming chip (72) based on whether or not the identification information given by a manufacturer of the gaming chip (72) matches the identification information read from the RFID tag (721) of the gaming chip (72) by the activation reader/writer (322). The identification information of the gaming chip (72) that is determined to be genuine is registered as the identification information of the gaming chip (72) that can be used.

Inventors

• SHIGETA, YASUSHI

Assignees

• ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.

Dates

Publication Date

20260513

Application Date

20210727

Claims (16)

1. A casino system in a casino using a casino item to which an RFID tag storing identification information is attached, the casino system comprising: a database; a memory device configured to record the identification information of the casino item to be used in the casino in the database; and an activation device, wherein the database stores a list of the identification information recorded by the memory device, the list includes status information indicating whether or not the casino item is available for use, the activation device is configured to make the status information of the casino item, which is already recorded in the database, available for use in the casino when the casino item is to be used in the casino.
2. The casino system according to claim 1, wherein the activation device is configured to make the status information of the casino item, which is already recorded in the database and stored in a storage location, available for use in the casino when the casino item is taken out of the storage location to be used in the casino.
3. The casino system according to claim 1, wherein the memory device is configured to record the identification information in the list stored in the database when the identification information in a manufacturer's list provided by a manufacturer of the casino item matches the identification information stored in the RFID tag of the casino item.
4. The casino system according to claim 1, wherein the activation device is configured to make the status information of the casino item, for which the identification information in a manufacturer's list provided by a manufacturer of the casino item matches the identification information stored in the RFID tag of the casino item, available for use in the casino when the casino item is to be used in the casino.
5. The casino system according to claim 1, wherein the memory device and the activation device are the same device.
6. The casino system according to claim 1, wherein the memory device is configured to record the identification information of the casino items, for which a manufacturer determined that the identification information in a manufacturer's list matches the identification information stored in the RFID tag of the casino item, in the list stored in the database.
7. The casino system as recited in claim 1, further comprising: a reading device configured to read the RFID tags of a plurality of the casino items housed in a case, wherein the memory device is configured to record a plurality of the identification information read by the reading device in the database.
8. The casino system according to claim 1, wherein the activation device is configured to perform a deactivation process to make the status information of the casino item unavailable when the casino item for which the status information is available for use meets a predetermined condition.
9. The casino system according to claim 8, wherein the activation device is configured to make the status information of the casino item available for use again when the casino item that has undergone the deactivation process meets a predetermined condition.
10. The casino system according to claim 8, further comprising: a reading device configured to read the identification information from the RFID tag of the casino items, wherein the activation device is configured to perform the deactivation process for the casino item for which the identification information cannot be validly read by the reading device.
11. The casino system according to claim 10, further comprising: a reading device configured to read the identification information from the RFID tag of the casino item, wherein the casino item carries information for identifying the casino item by a method other than the RFID tag, the activation device is configured to identify the casino item to be deactivated using the information to identify the casino item for which the identification information cannot be read by the reading device and perform the deactivation process for the identified casino item.
12. The casino system according to claim 8, further comprising: a reading device configured to read the identification information from the RFID tag of the casino item, wherein the casino item carries information for identifying the casino item by a method other than the RFID tag, the activation device is configured to, when the identification information read from the RFID tag of the casino item by the reading device is not recorded in the memory device as the identification information of a available casino item, identify the casino item to be deactivated using the information for identifying the casino item and perform the deactivation process for the identified casino item.
13. The casino system according to claim 8, wherein the RFID tag stores manufacturing information indicating a manufacturing status of the casino item, type information indicating a type of the casino item, and/or casino information on the casino where the casino item is used, the database is configured to store the manufacturing information, the type information, and/or the casino information corresponding to the identification information, along with the identification information, the activation device is configured to, when the manufacturing information, the type information, and/or the casino information stored in the RFID tag does not match the manufacturing information, the type information, and/or the casino information stored in the database, perform the deactivation process for the casino item having the identification information.
14. The casino system according to claim 8, wherein the activation device is configured to store information indicating the year and month of registration of the identification information of the casino item in the memory device and refer to the memory device to perform the deactivation process for the casino item for which a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the year and month of registration.
15. The casino system according to any of claims 1 to 14, wherein the casino item can be used by players in the casino to place bets in games and can be redeemed for cash.
16. A casino item to which an RFID tag storing identification information is attached, which is used in the casino system according to any of the claims 1 to 15.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This nonprovisional application is based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2020-128075 filed with the Japan Patent Office on July 29, 2020, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference. FIELD The present disclosure relates to a casino system applied to casinos that use casino items, casino item that can be used in casino, and a method for providing casino items. BACKGROUND Casino items used in casinos requires high security, and casino items should be strictly controlled (for example, see WO2008/120749). For example, casino items is manufactured in a manufacturing factory, but there is a risk of theft by malicious persons during the process of transporting the equipment from the manufacturing factory to the casino and using it on the floor. There is also a risk of counterfeit casino items being used on the casino floor to help players win games unfairly. SUMMARY One of the purposes of the present disclosure is to enhance the security management of casino items. The casino system of one aspect of the present disclosure is a casino system in a casino that uses casino items to which RFID tags storing identification information are attached, and has a first reading device installed in the casino and configured to read the identification information from the RFID tags of the casino items, and a registration device configured to determine an authenticity of the casino item based on whether or not identification information given by a manufacturer of the casino items matches the identification information read from the RFID tag of the casino item by the first reading device. With this configuration, the casino item is registered as a usable casino item in the backyard of the casino, and when an unregistered casino item is stolen in the process of being transported to the casino and used on a casino floor, such an unregistered casino item can be detected. In addition, at the casino, the identification information given by the manufacturer of the casino items is checked against the identification information stored in the RFID tag of the casino items before registration, so that the registration can be carried out after confirming that the casino items were indeed manufactured at the casino items manufacturing factory. The above casino system may further comprise a verification device that is installed at a casino items handling location in the casino and that checks the identification information read from the casino items against the identification information of the casino items registered by the registration device. In the above casino system, the registration device may invalidate the registration under a predetermined condition for the identification information registered as identification information of usable casino item. In the above casino system, the registration device may invalidate the registration of the identification information for the casino item that cannot read the identification information. In the above casino system, the casino item may carry information for identifying the casino item in a manner other than the RFID tag, and the registration device may invalid the registration of the identification information using the information for identifying the casino item for the casino item that cannot read the identification information. In the above casino system, the identification information may include the tag identification information assigned by the manufacturer of the RFID tags and the item identification information assigned by the manufacturer of the casino items. In the above casino system, the verification device may normally match the item identification information read from the casino item at the casino item handling location in the casino with the item identification information read in the past, and at a predetermined timing and/or under a predetermined condition, match the tag identification information read from the casino item at the casino item handling location with the tag identification information of the casino item registered in the registration device. In the above casino system, the identification information given by the manufacturer of the casino items may be encrypted, and the registration device may have a function to decrypt the encrypted identification information. In the above casino system, the registration device may store the identification information of the usable casino item with a flag indicating that the casino item is usable. In the above casino system, the first reading device may simultaneously read the identification information from the RFID tags of the plurality of casino items, and the registration device may simultaneously determine the authenticity of the plurality of casino items. In the above casino system, the plurality of casino items may be contained in a single case, the case may have case identification information, the registration device may determine the authenticity of each