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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2014
Bally Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Zbigniew Czyzewski, Henderson, NV (US);
Nathan J. Wadds, Las Vegas, NV (US);
David Bajorins, Bothell, WA (US);
Daniel Fox, Duvall, WA (US);
Maciej A. Jakuc, Everett, WA (US);
Bally Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
A bet sensor for sensing values of gaming tokens may include a bet placement surface configured and oriented to support a stack of gaming tokens thereon and an image sensor located and oriented to capture an image of a lateral side surface of at least one gaming token located on the bet placement surface. The image may depict the lateral side surface in a radial format. The bet sensor may include a processor in communication with the image sensor. The processor is configured to acquire image data from the image and analyze the image data to determine a wager value of the at least one token. A gaming table may include such a bet sensor. The disclosure includes methods of operating such a gaming table.