JP-7855513-B2 - Casino systems, casino supplies, and methods for providing casino supplies

Inventors

• 重田 泰

Assignees

• エンゼルグループ株式会社

Dates

Publication Date

20260508

Application Date

20210727

Priority Date

20200729

Claims (20)

1. A casino system in a casino that uses casino equipment to which RFID tags storing identification information are attached, A determination device that determines whether the identification information read from the RFID tag of the casino goods delivered from the manufacturer of the casino goods to the casino matches the identification information prepared by the manufacturer of the casino goods, A registration device installed within the casino, which registers in a database casino supplies used in the casino that are determined to be a match by the determination device, as casino supplies usable in the casino; A matching device installed at a casino supplies handling location within the casino reads the identification information from the RFID tag of the casino supplies and verifies whether the casino supplies from which the identification information has been read are registered in the database as usable casino supplies by the registration device. A casino system equipped with these features.
2. The casino system according to claim 1, wherein the database stores identification information determined to be a match by the determination device.
3. The casino system according to claim 2, wherein the matching device checks whether the read identification information is stored in the database.
4. The casino system according to claim 1, wherein the determination device performs the determination when the registration device performs the registration.
5. The casino system according to claim 1, wherein the determination device is installed in the casino supplies manufacturing plant and performs the determination on the casino supplies manufactured and shipped from the manufacturing plant.
6. The casino system according to claim 1, wherein the registration device updates the database to make the casino equipment registered as usable in the database unusable under predetermined conditions.
7. The casino system according to claim 6, wherein the matching device determines that the casino item is unusable if, even when the identification information read from the RFID tag of the casino item matches the identification information prepared by the manufacturer of the casino item, the casino item is not registered in the database as usable casino item by the registration device.
8. The casino system according to claim 1, wherein the registration device updates the database to remove casino items that meet predetermined conditions from the database.
9. The aforementioned casino equipment carries information for identifying the casino equipment in a manner other than the RFID tag, The casino system according to claim 1, wherein the registration device updates the database to disable or delete from the database any casino goods identified by means other than the RFID tag, even if the identification information cannot be read by the registration device.
10. The casino system according to claim 1, wherein the identification information includes tag identification information provided by the manufacturer of the RFID tag and product identification information provided by the manufacturer of the casino supplies.
11. The casino system according to claim 10, wherein the matching device normally compares the item identification information read from the casino goods at the casino goods handling location within the casino with the item identification information read in the past, and at a predetermined timing and/or under predetermined conditions, compares the tag identification information read from the casino goods at the casino goods handling location with the tag identification information of the casino goods registered in the registration device.
12. The identification information provided by the manufacturer of the aforementioned casino supplies is encrypted. The casino system according to claim 1, wherein the registration device has a function for decrypting encrypted identification information.
13. The registration device registers the plurality of casino items simultaneously, as described in claim 1 of the casino system.
14. The multiple casino supplies received from the aforementioned casino supplies manufacturer are housed in one case. The aforementioned case is assigned case identification information. The device further comprises a reader for reading the aforementioned case identification information, The casino system according to claim 13, wherein the determination device determines whether the case identification information provided by the manufacturer of the casino supplies matches the case identification information read by the reading device.
15. The multiple casino supplies received from the manufacturer of the casino supplies are housed in a single case capable of accommodating a predetermined number of the casino supplies. The casino system according to claim 13, wherein the determination device determines whether the number of casino items based on the number of identification information read from the RFID tag matches a predetermined number that can be accommodated in the case.
16. The multiple casino supplies received from the aforementioned casino supplies manufacturer are housed in one case. The aforementioned case is assigned case identification information. The device further comprises a reader for reading the aforementioned case identification information, The casino system according to claim 13, wherein the determination device identifies the identification information of the plurality of casino goods contained in the case based on the case identification information read by the reading device, and determines whether the identified identification information matches the identification information read from the RFID tag.
17. The RFID tag stores manufacturing information indicating the manufacturing status of the casino goods, type information indicating the type of casino goods, and/or information of the casino in which the casino goods are used. The casino system according to claim 1, wherein the registration device is provided with the identification information, along with the manufacturing information, type information, and/or casino information corresponding to the identification information, by the manufacturer of the casino supplies.
18. The manufacturer of the casino supplies prepares type information along with the identification information, and the operator of the determination device specifies the type of casino supply to be determined. The casino system according to claim 1, wherein the determination device determines whether the type information provided by the manufacturer of the casino goods corresponding to the identification information read from the RFID tag matches the type information specified by the operator.
19. The RFID tag stores type information indicating the type of casino item, The determination device is configured such that the operator of the registration device specifies the type of casino equipment to be determined. The casino system according to claim 1, wherein the determination device determines whether the type information read from the RFID tag matches the type information specified by the operator.
20. The device further includes an identification device that photographs the casino equipment and determines the type of the casino equipment from the captured image. The determination device is provided with the type information along with the identification information from the manufacturer of the casino supplies, and is also provided with the type information determined by the identification device. The casino system according to claim 1, wherein the determination device determines whether the type information provided by the manufacturer of the casino goods corresponding to the identification information read from the RFID tag matches the type information determined by the identification device.

Description

Cross-reference of related applications This application claims the interests of patent application no. 2020-128075, filed in Japan on July 29, 2020, and the contents of said application are incorporated herein by reference. This invention relates to a casino system applied to a casino using casino supplies, casino supplies usable in a casino, and a method for providing casino supplies for manufacturing casino supplies. Casino equipment used in casinos requires a high level of security and should be strictly managed (for example, International Patent Publication No. WO2008/120749). For instance, casino equipment is manufactured in factories, but there is a risk of theft by malicious actors during the process from the factory to the casino and then to its use on the floor. Furthermore, there is a risk that counterfeit casino equipment may be used on the casino floor to unfairly win games. The present invention aims to enhance security management for casino equipment. A casino system according to one aspect of the present invention is a casino system in a casino that uses casino goods to which an RFID tag storing identification information is attached, comprising: a first reader installed in the casino that reads the identification information from the RFID tag of the casino goods; and a registration device that determines the authenticity of the casino goods and registers the casino goods determined to be authentic as usable goods, wherein the registration device determines authenticity based on whether the identification information provided by the manufacturer of the casino goods matches the identification information read from the RFID tag of the casino goods by the first reader. This configuration allows casino supplies to be registered as usable items in the casino's backroom, and enables the detection of fraudulent casino supplies that have been stolen during transport to the casino and used on the casino floor without proper registration. Furthermore, the casino verifies that the casino supplies were manufactured in the designated factory before registering them, as it compares the identification information provided by the manufacturer with the identification information stored on the RFID tags of the supplies. The above casino system may further include a matching device installed at a casino supplies handling location within the casino, which compares identification information read from the casino supplies with the identification information of the casino supplies registered in the registration device. In the casino system described above, the registration device may invalidate the registration of the identification information registered as identification information for usable casino goods under predetermined conditions. In the casino system described above, the registration device may invalidate the registration of the identification information for casino equipment for which it cannot read the identification information. In the casino system described above, the casino equipment may carry information for identifying the casino equipment in a manner other than the RFID tag, and the registration device may, for casino equipment from which the identification information cannot be read, identify the identification information that should be invalidated using the information for identifying the casino equipment, and invalidate the registration. In the casino system described above, the identification information may include tag identification information provided by the manufacturer of the RFID tag and product identification information provided by the manufacturer of the casino supplies. In the casino system described above, the matching device may normally compare the item identification information read from the casino goods at the casino goods handling location within the casino with the item identification information read in the past, and at a predetermined timing and/or under predetermined conditions, compare the tag identification information read from the casino goods at the casino goods handling location with the tag identification information of the casino goods registered in the registration device. In the casino system described above, the identification information provided by the manufacturer of the casino supplies may be encrypted, and the registration device may have a function to decrypt the encrypted identification information. In the casino system described above, the registration device may store the identification information of the available casino supplies with a flag indicating that they are available. In the casino system described above, the first reader may simultaneously read the identification information from the RFID tags of multiple casino items, and the registration device may simultaneously determine the authenticity of the multiple casino items. In the casino system described above, the multiple casino items may be housed in a single case, the case may be assigne