Game management system

Abstract

A game management system that manages a casino game which is played in a casino facility includes: a camera that acquires an image by photographing bet game tokens; a control device that identifies a bet amount for each player position of a gaming table on the basis of a position, a type, and the number of game tokens in the image; a reader/writer device that identifies a player of each player position of the gaming table; and a point processing unit that stores a member ID of each player who is identified by the reader/writer device and a bet amount of each player position which is identified by the reader/writer device in a recording device in correlation with each other. The point processing unit has a function of giving points based on a bet amount of each player who is identified by the reader/writer device to the player.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . A game management system that manages a casino game which is played in a casino facility, the game management system comprising:
 a gaming table in which a game is played using game tokens;   an information processing device that identifies a bet amount for each player position of the gaming table on a basis of a position, a type, and the number of game tokens which have been bet;   a player identifying unit that identifies a player who participates in a game at each player position of the gaming table; and   a point processing unit that stores a member ID of each player who is identified by the player identifying unit and a bet amount of each player position which is identified by the information processing device in a database in correlation with each other,   wherein the point processing unit has a function of giving points based on a bet amount of each player who is identified by the player identifying unit to the player.   
     
     
         2 . The game management system according to  claim 1 , further comprising a game result determining device that is able to determine a result of a game, wherein the point processing unit is configured to ascertain winning/losing and a balance of each player on a basis of information of the bet amount of each player and information of the game result determined by the game result determining device. 
     
     
         3 . The game management system according to  claim 2 , further comprising a game token tray that accommodates the game tokens, wherein the information processing device is configured to determine a total amount of the game tokens in the game token tray and to compare a total amount of the balance of each player with a total increase/decrease amount of the game token tray before and after settlement of the game tokens. 
     
     
         4 . The game management system according to  claim 3 , wherein the point processing unit is configured to offer points to the players when the total increase/decrease amount of the game token tray before and after settlement of the game tokens and the total amount of the balance of the players match each other as a result of comparison. 
     
     
         5 . The game management system according to  claim 1 , wherein the player identifying unit is a face authentication system. 
     
     
         6 . The game management system according to  claim 1 , wherein the player identifying unit is a reader device that is carried by each player and reads the member ID from a storage medium in which the member ID is stored. 
     
     
         7 . The game management system according to  claim 1 , wherein the point processing unit has a function of ascertaining a start time and an end time at which each player participates in a game in the gaming table and storing the start time and the end time in the database. 
     
     
         8 . The game management system according to  claim 1 , wherein the point processing unit has a function of calculating a bet amount of each player for each game. 
     
     
         9 . The game management system according to  claim 1 , further comprising an incentive processing unit that provides an incentive on a basis of the bet amount which is accumulated every month or every year. 
     
     
         10 . The game management system according to  claim 1 , further comprising an incentive processing unit that provides an incentive on a basis of a bet amount which is accumulated every successive days. 
     
     
         11 . A game management system comprising:
 a player identifying unit that identifies a player who participates in a game in a casino facility;   a camera that acquires an image by photographing game tokens which each player has bet in the game;   an information processing device that identifies a bet amount of each player in the game on a basis of the image; and   a recording unit that records points of each player according to the bet amount identified by the information processing device.   
     
     
         12 . The game management system according to  claim 11 , wherein the recording unit is a storage medium which is carried by each player. 
     
     
         13 . The game management system according to  claim 11 , wherein the recording unit is a database in which the points for each player are recorded for a plurality of players. 
     
     
         14 . The game management system according to  claim 11 , further comprising an incentive offering device that offers an incentive to each player according to the points recorded in the recording unit. 
     
     
         15 . The game management system according to  claim 11 , wherein the point processing unit manages a plurality of gaming tables, ascertains a total bet amount for each player, a net profit of each player, or a net profit of a game promoter in a predetermined time or period, offers points or a status to each player under a predetermined condition on a basis of the total bet amount, the net profit of each player, or the net profit of the game promoter, and outputs the offered points or status. 
     
     
         16 . The game management system according to  claim 15 , wherein the predetermined time or period is a day, successive days, or a month. 
     
     
         17 . The game management system according to  claim 15 , wherein the point processing unit additionally offers points or status when the points are collectively offered in the predetermined time or period. 
     
     
         18 . The game management system according to  claim 15 , wherein the point processing unit offers a right to enter a VIP room on a basis of the points or status. 
     
     
         19 . The game management system according to  claim 15 , wherein the points or status is able to be exchanged for unrealizable game tokens. 
     
     
         20 . The game management system according to  claim 15 , wherein the points or status is able to be used for paying a usage fee for a hotel or a predetermined facility. 
     
     
         21 . The game management system according to  claim 11 , wherein the point processing unit outputs the total bet amount of each player as credit information of the player.