Abstract: According to various embodiments, an apparatus may laser project a customized ordering of numbers onto a roulette wheel.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a gaming system with a chip tray positioned above a light-diffusion box. The chip tray has a transparent portion on its underside. A tracking controller illuminates the light-diffusion box with diffused light that shines through a transparent portion on an underside of the chip tray and illuminates the edge of one or more chips in a chip stack. An image sensor captures an image of the one or more chips in response to illumination of the light-diffusion box. The tracking controller analyzes a visible indicator on the edge of the one or more chips. The tracking controller associates the visible indicator with a denomination value for the chip stack. Further, the tracking controller computes a value of the chip stack based on the denomination value and a dimension of at least one of the one or more chips.

Abstract: Systems, processes and articles of manufacture provide for a player identity verification system that allows a gaming establishment (e.g., a casino) to determine or verify a player's identity upon certain qualifying activities being determined (e.g., when a player is initiating a wagering session at an electronic wagering system or placing a wager). In accordance with one embodiment, a live image of a player participating in a qualifying activity (e.g., placement of a wager) is compared to a stored image of a player that is associated with one or more casino chips being used as the wager; a verification of the identity of the player placing the wager is performed by matching the live image to the stored image.

Abstract: A voice user interface processing method executed by an information processing device, the voice user interface processing method includes determining whether a first portion of words set in advance is uttered by a player, executing a first process that corresponds to the words before the words are uttered to an end of the words in a case that it is determined that the first portion of the words is uttered, determining whether the words are uttered by the player to the end of the words in parallel to an execution of the first process, and executing a second process based on a result of determining whether the words are uttered to the end of the words.

Abstract: A gaming device includes a main cabinet defining an opening, a game controller within the main cabinet and configured to control games available for play on the gaming device, and a projection display system. The projection display system includes a display member positioned over the opening and defining a display surface, a projector positioned within the main cabinet and configured to output light for providing a graphical output at the display surface, and an optical element positioned along a light path between the projector and the display member and configured to redirect the light from the projector toward the display surface.

Abstract: A management system includes a card distributing device that determines a win/loss result of a game using substitute gaming chips on a game table, a dealer chip determining device that specifies type and the number of substitute gaming chips held in a substitute gaming chip tray, a measuring device that measures position, type, and the number of substitute gaming chips on the game table, and a management control device that has a function of transmitting a signal or performing display on a display device depending on a comparison result between a collection amount and an increase amount and a comparison result between a payment amount and a decrease amount, and changes the signal or an output content of the display depending on a content of inconsistency when the inconsistency is determined in the comparison results.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to an escape room game that includes a plurality of puzzles corresponding to different solutions to be solved by a player in a specific order and within a predetermined period of time and in a room with defined boundaries for successful completion of the escape room game. The players can wager on a predicted level of performance of the player in the escape room game. Awards are provided by the gaming system based on the wagers and an actual level of performance of the player in solving one or more of the puzzles.

Abstract: A gaming device includes a frame, a display, and an electronic-ink film that is attached to various exterior surfaces of the frame. As a trigger event occurs, the appearance state of the electronic-ink film is dynamically changed to provide a specific color or animation output. This output changes an appearance of the exterior surfaces of the frame and the gaming device in general. The trigger events correspond to gameplay events, player activity, and a state of the gaming device.

Abstract: An asynchronous persistent group bonus game system, method and apparatus may have a plurality of gaming machines including a first processor and a bonus server having a second processor. The first processor may be configured to: determine when a bonus game session event is triggered, transmit a bonus game session request to the second processor, and receive an end session notification from the second processor. The second processor may be configured to execute and maintain the always-on asynchronous persistent group bonus game, receive a bonus game session request from at least one of the plurality of gaming machines, instantiate a bonus game session inside the continuous asynchronous persistent group bonus game for the at least one gaming machine, determine when an end session trigger has been triggered for the bonus game session, and transmit an end session notification to the at least one gaming machine if it is determined that the end session condition has been triggered.

Abstract: An electronic gaming machine includes a cabinet, a main display coupled to the cabinet and configured to display a wagering game, and a button deck assembly slidably coupled to the cabinet. The button deck assembly includes a housing extending from a first end oriented to face the cabinet to an opposed second end, a pushbutton releasably coupled to the housing between the first end and the second end, a latch, and a lever. The latch is configured to pivot relative to the pushbutton between a first position, in which the latch engages the pushbutton to secure the pushbutton to the housing, and a second position, in which the latch is disengaged from the pushbutton. The lever is slidably coupled to the housing and configured to engage the latch, wherein movement of the lever relative to the housing pivots the latch between the first position and the second position.

Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, receiving at a computer device a plurality of stimulus signals generated by one or more gaming accessory devices of a gamer controlling a gaming application, generating a plurality of gaming stimulations based on the plurality of stimulus signals, generating a plurality of gaming action results from the gaming application responsive to the plurality of gaming stimulations, combining the plurality of gaming action results and the plurality of gaming stimulations to generate a plurality of hardware statistics associated with the gamer, and transmitting to a social network the plurality of hardware statistics associated with the gamer.

Abstract: When a game object is located in an end range in a virtual space relating to a first end portion of a display range of a display image, the end range being in the display range, end control that causes the game object to remain in the end range is performed while a range of view is being moved in a first direction in the virtual space that is a direction perpendicular to the first end portion and aimed at inside of the display range and/or while the game object is performing an action of moving in a second direction opposite to the first direction. When the end control has continued for at least a waiting period, the game object is moved to a location other than the end range in a range in the virtual space relating to the display range.

Abstract: An arcade machine includes a support bracket; a gaming table detachably connected to the support bracket; and a control unit coupled to the gaming table. The control unit includes a control circuit board, a joystick, control buttons and a connection interface electrically connected to the control circuit board. The control circuit board, the joystick, and the control buttons are arranged on the gaming table, and the connection interface includes a video interface configured for connecting a display screen and an interactive interface configured for connecting to a computer or a game machine. The arcade machine can be connected to and is applicable to a computer and a variety of game machines, thereby obtaining more choices and experiences of game modes and improving the applicability of the arcade machine. The detachable design of the gaming table can effectively reduce the difficulty of handling and reduce transportation costs.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a cheating detection strategy for interactive programs, which detects programmatically-generated motion from actual human-generated motion based on a comparison of actual motion data to inferred motion data. The cheating detection strategy uses visual and input information to ensure that the input matches the output to detect and avoid cheating tools positioned in between the input and the output. In one example, the disclosure provide a method of monitoring cheating in interactive programs that includes: (1) receiving actual motion data from a user input device, wherein the actual motion data corresponds to interacting with the interactive program, (2) receiving image data of the interactive program that includes image sequences of the interactive program to display on a screen, (3) comparing the actual motion data to inferred motion data determined from the image sequences, and (4) determining possible cheating based on the comparing.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a gaming system is provided for tracking chips in a gaming environment. In some embodiments, an apparatus, system, etc. comprises a chip tray having one or more image sensors. The apparatus further comprises a tracking controller. The chip tray includes columns. The image sensor(s) are positioned between a least two of the columns and aligned substantially parallel to a vertical height of the columns. The tracking controller is configured, in some embodiments, to perform operations that cause the apparatus to capture, via the one or more image sensors, image data of a chip stack in at least one of the two of the columns. The tracking controller is further configured to segment the chip stack from the image data, and detect, via a machine learning model, a value of each chip in the chip stack in response analysis of chip-edge features of each gaming chip in the chip stack.

Abstract: A user device has a touchscreen on which a joystick is displayed. The joystick has one or more input translation layers which modify the behaviour of the joystick to match the required game physics of a game entity.

Abstract: There is provided a game management system that can manage games using RFID tags built into chips even when multiple types of chips are housed in a chip tray, and a double chip tray used for the system. A chip tray is a double chip tray equipped with a chip tray reader capable of reading two types of chips of different shapes and/or sizes that incorporate RFID tags, namely round chips and plaque chips, an upper chip holder that can hold chips, and a lower chip holder that can hold chips. The chip tray reader is configured to read the RFID tags of the two types of chips held in the chip tray, and is capable of determining the respective amounts.

Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a method for detecting that a gaming system has presented a first of a plurality of gaming venue states of a game, presenting a first of a plurality of screen shots at a display responsive to detecting the first gaming venue state, detecting that the gaming system has transitioned to a presentation of a second of the plurality of venue states, and presenting a second of the plurality of screen shots at the display responsive to detecting the second gaming venue state. Additional embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A claw gaming machine may comprise a cabinet, a claw assembly, prize objects, and a shooter unit. The machine may be configured to: determine an outcome of a claw game; allow an input device to control the claw assembly; end the claw game when the claw assembly does not pick up a prize object and the determined outcome is a losing outcome; cause the claw assembly to move and release the picked-up object away from the shooter unit when the claw assembly does pick-up a prize object and the determined outcome is a losing outcome, cause the claw assembly to drop the picked-up object on the shooter unit when the claw assembly picks-up the object and the determined outcome is a winning outcome; and cause a winning game presentation display when the claw assembly does not pick up a prize object and the determined outcome is a winning outcome.

Abstract: A system and the method implemented by the system is for optimization of monitoring of a game with tokens used in a casino. The system has an optoelectric subsystem which permits both the monitoring of the gaming table, in real time and generate reports necessary for casino management, a subsystem with video camera and a module for identification of counterfeit tokens, a subsystem comprised of a device and module for generating holograms, a subsystem for generating automatic jackpots for bets at live tables made up of a jackpot display and a generating jackpot module, a subsystem for drying the dealer's palms comprising a miniature ventilator and a subsystem for generating synchronized sound made up of a diffuser connected to a sound generating module. The method permits, in addition to the implementation of the functions of the above-mentioned subsystems, also the automatic and fair allocation of dealers at the tables.