Lnw Gaming, Inc.

Robert McPEAK

Martin S Lyons

Ryan Masao Yee

Michael Vizzo

Colin Helsen

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a system comprises a processor configured to execute instructions that cause operations to detect, using sensors of one or more card-handling devices ('card-handling device(s)') in a network, one or more anomalies (“anomaly (ies)”) on one or more cards (“card(s)”) used during play of one or more games (“game(s)”). The game(s) are played at one or more gaming tables (“table(s)”) associated with the card-handling device(s). The anomaly (ies) vary from one or more previously taken images of the card(s). The operations further include, in response to detecting the anomaly (ies), determining, via analysis by a machine learning model of image data captured by one or more image sensors at the table(s), identifiers for participants that played at the table(s) for the game(s) when the anomaly (ies) was/were detected. The operations further include relating, in a memory store associated with one or more collusion-confidence scores, the identifiers.

Systems and methods for collusion detection

A method or system to, in response to automatic shuffling of a set of cards by a shuffler, detect a first anomaly of a first card of high value that was used during a round of play for a first card game in which a first player participated at a gaming table. The method or system is further to, in response to analysis of shuffler data, detect a relationship between the first anomaly and a second anomaly. The second anomaly is associated with a second card of high value that was used during a round of play for a second card game in which a second player participated. The system or method is further to, in response to detection of the relationship between the first anomaly and the second anomaly, relate via a collusion-confidence score a first identifier for the first player with a second identifier for the second player.

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Robert McPEAK