TABLE GAME SYSTEM

摘要

A table game system is provided capable of identifying shuffled playing cards used at the time of the occurrence of a problem in a card shoe apparatus, thereby enabling an investigation of the cause thereof or the taking of countermeasures therefor. A card shoe apparatus 2 of the table game system of the present invention includes a barcode reader 100 that reads a barcode 3 provided in a shuffled playing card set 1s, thereby reading a shuffled card ID that uniquely identifies the shuffled playing card set ls. Also, a lid 2f for enabling the entry/removal of the shuffled playing card set is is provided in an upper portion of the card shoe apparatus 2. A sensor S for detecting the opening/closing of the lid 2f is provided under the lid 2f to detect the opening/closing of the lid 2f, thereby detecting replacement of the shuffled playing card set 1s. A control unit 12 further includes a function of storing the following security items in connection with a shuffled card ID: (1) a reading error of a code C of a card 1 in a cord reading unit 8 (in the case of a false card, the code C is not present in the card 1 or a false code C is printed on the card 1, and these will be determined as irregular by the card reading unit 8) and (2) replacement of the shuffled playing card set is (such replacement is determined by detecting the opening/closing of the lid 2f).

主权项

1. A table game system comprising:
shuffled playing cards composed of playing cards made up of a plurality of number of decks shuffled to have a unique arrangement order, a uniquely identifiable shuffled card ID being attached to the shuffled playing cards as an ID code; and a card shoe apparatus that includes a barcode reader or an input means capable of identifying the shuffled card ID, and houses the shuffled playing cards such that the housed shuffled playing cards are manually dealt one by one onto a game table, the card shoe apparatus comprising: a card housing unit for housing the shuffled playing cards; a lid that enables the entry/removal of the shuffled playing cards; an opening for drawing cards from the card housing unit one by one; a card reading unit that reads from a card drawn from the card housing unit onto the game table information contained in the said card on a rank thereof; a control unit that stores rules of a card game and includes a winner/loser determination unit that determines the winner/loser of the card game based on the information on the ranks of the cards read by the card reading unit; and a display unit that outputs a result of the winner/loser determined by the winner/loser determination unit, wherein the control unit has a function of storing the uniquely identifiable shuffled card ID read by the barcode reader or the input means, identifying the shuffled playing cards as the card set to be used in a current game in connection with the shuffled card ID, and storing each specified event that occurs during the use of said identified shuffled playing cards at a game table, and the items of specified events stored in connection with the shuffled card ID include at least one of the following: (1) a reading error in the card reading unit of a card in the identified shuffled playing cards; (2) an end of a game due to an operation of an end button to end the use of the shuffled playing cards currently set in the card shoe apparatus, or the drawing of a cut card from the shuffled playing cards currently set in the card shoe apparatus; (3) an attempt to draw a card when no card should be drawn according to the rules of the card game; (4) an attempt to move or insert a card in a direction opposite to a drawing direction of a card at the opening; and (5) an occurrence of a preset irregular operation to be determined to be irregular by the card shoe apparatus.