摘要 |
A method for managing the circulation of gaming chips in a gambling establishment. Each gaming chip is of a specific gaming chip type selected from a plurality of predetermined gaming chip types. The gambling establishment includes a plurality of wagering stations each implementing at least one wagering game and a plurality of gaming chip distributors. The method includes: - at one of the gaming chip distributors, receiving a payment from an intended user, the payment defining a payment monetary value; and - at the one of the gaming chip distributors, issuing to the intended user a plurality of gaming chips, the gaming chips being issued in numbers such that the sum of the monetary values represented by the issued gaming chips is equal to the monetary value of the received payment; - wherein the number of gaming chips of each predetermined gaming chip type issued depends, at least in part, on an operational parameter of either - a set of wagering stations from the plurality of wagering stations at which the distributed gaming chips are likely to be use d by the intended user; - the gaming chip distributor; or - a combination of the set of wagering stations and the gaming chip distributor.
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