Management system

Abstract

A management system includes a card distributing device configured to determine a win/loss result of a game using chips on a game table, a dealer chip determining device that specifies type and the number of chips held in a chip tray, a measuring device that measures position, type, and the number of chips on the game table, and a management control device that has a function of transmitting a signal or performing display on a display device depending on a comparison result between a collection amount and an increase amount and a comparison result between a payment amount and a decrease amount, and changes the signal or an output content of the display depending on a content of inconsistency when the inconsistency is determined in the comparison results.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . A management system to manage a game that uses chips, comprising:
 chips that are individually identifiable;   a game table for playing a game using the chips;   a win/loss determining device configured to determine and/or display a win/loss result of the game;   a chip tray configured to hold one or more of the chips used by a dealer associated with the game table;   a dealer chip determining device configured to specify types and the numbers of chips held in the chip tray;   a measuring device configured to measure positions, types, and the numbers of chips on the game table; and   a management control device that has a function of grasping the positions, the types, and the numbers of chips on the game table and calculating a balance of a casino side on the game table using the win/loss result obtained from the win/loss determining device,   wherein the management control device has a function of comparing a collection amount of chips to be collected from the game table by the casino side in the game based on information obtained from the measuring device, the dealer chip determining device, and the win/loss determining device with an increase amount of chips in the chip tray after the dealer collects the chips in the chip tray, and   wherein comparing a payment amount of chips to be paid by the casino side in the game with a decrease amount of chips in the chip tray after the dealer takes out and pays the chips from the chip tray, and transmitting a signal or performing display on a display device depending on a comparison result between the collection amount and the increase amount and a comparison result between the payment amount and the decrease amount, and changes the signal or an output content of the display depending on a content of inconsistency when the inconsistency is determined in the comparison results.   
     
     
         2 . The management system according to  claim 1 , wherein the management control device has a function of outputting a signal for stopping the game of the game table or a signal for continuing the game of the game table without stopping the game of the game table when the inconsistency is determined in the comparison result between the collection amount and the increase amount or the comparison result between the payment amount and the decrease amount. 
     
     
         3 . The management system according to  claim 2 , wherein the management control device has a function of outputting a signal for stopping the game of the game table when the inconsistency is continuous even though the inconsistency is a small amount of inconsistency when an amount of inconsistency is divided by a predetermined amount. 
     
     
         4 . The management system according to  claim 1 , wherein the management control device has a function of causing the display device displaying the inconsistency to perform display specifying a player position or a game participant that is a cause of the inconsistency. 
     
     
         5 . A management system that manages a game using chips, comprising:
 a game table for playing a game using the chips;   a game determining unit for determining a game result;   a bet determining unit for determining a bet target and a bet amount of a player;   a liquidation determining unit for determining an actual liquidation amount of chips delivered between a dealer and the player; and   a control unit for, when there is a difference between a calculated liquidation amount and the actual liquidation amount, performing a first control operation when a predetermined condition is not satisfied and for performing a second control operation different from the first control operation when the predetermined condition is satisfied, the calculated liquidation amount being calculated from the game result and the bet target and the bet amount.   
     
     
         6 . The management system according to  claim 5 , wherein the predetermined condition is a condition relating to the difference. 
     
     
         7 . The management system according to  claim 6 , wherein the predetermined condition is that the difference in a one-time game is larger than a first threshold value. 
     
     
         8 . The management system according to  claim 6 , wherein the predetermined condition is that a total sum of the differences in recent predetermined-time games is larger than a second threshold value. 
     
     
         9 . The management system according to  claim 6 , wherein the predetermined condition is that the difference is continuously equal to or larger than a third threshold value in recent predetermined-time games. 
     
     
         10 . The management system according to  claim 5 , wherein the predetermined condition is that the bet amount is equal to or larger than a fourth threshold value. 
     
     
         11 . The management system according to  claim 5 , the control unit further for performing a third control operation different from the first control and the second control when there is no difference between the calculated liquidation amount and the actual liquidation amount. 
     
     
         12 . The management system according to  claim 5 , further comprising a display panel, wherein the first control operation and the second control operation are performed on the display panel. 
     
     
         13 . The management system according to  claim 12 , wherein the control unit is configured to display different contents on the display panel in the first control operation and the second control operation. 
     
     
         14 . The management system according to  claim 5 , further comprising a lighting device, wherein the control unit performs the first control operation and the second control operation on the lighting device. 
     
     
         15 . The management system according to  claim 14 , wherein the control unit turns on the lighting device with different colors in the first control operation and the second control operation. 
     
     
         16 . The management system according to  claim 5 , further comprising a card distributing device for distributing cards used in the game to the game table, wherein the control unit performs the first control operation and the second control operation on the card distributing device. 
     
     
         17 . The management system according to  claim 16 , wherein the control unit performs a control to prohibit distribution of the card from the card distributing device as the second control operation. 
     
     
         18 . The management system according to  claim 5 , wherein the control unit changes the predetermined condition based on an input from a user. 
     
     
         19 . The management system according to  claim 5 , further comprising a storage device, wherein the control unit is configured to record the difference at the storage device.