Application Number: AU 2026202009
Fraud Detection System in a Casino Using Cameras and AI to Watch the Gaming Table
The system is a management system for table games in a casino with multiple gaming tables. At least one game recording apparatus captures the progress of each game as images. An image analysing apparatus then examines that footage, and a win or lose result determining apparatus works out and displays the outcome of each game.
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This patent describes a system that records table games, analyses the footage with artificial intelligence, and flags irregularities in the play and the betting chips. It comes from Angel Group Co., Ltd., a Japanese company that supplies playing cards, gaming chips, and casino management technology.
The Problem
A casino floor is a difficult place to police. Across many tables, dealers and players handle cards and chips quickly, and mistakes, disputes, and deliberate cheating are easy to miss with human supervision alone. Pit bosses cannot watch every hand, and reviewing recorded video after the fact is slow and labour-intensive. Errors in paying out winnings, miscounts of wagered chips, and coordinated fraud can all slip through. What operators need is a way to watch every table continuously, understand what is happening in each game, and raise an alert the moment something does not add up, without relying on a person to catch it in real time.
What This Invention Does
The system is a management system for table games in a casino with multiple gaming tables. At least one game recording apparatus captures the progress of each game as images. An image analysing apparatus then examines that footage, and a win or lose result determining apparatus works out and displays the outcome of each game. A control device uses artificial intelligence or machine learning to analyse the table images, identifying the positions, types, and numbers of chips on the table and recognising the chips that have been wagered. By combining automated computer vision of the physical table with a determination of each game’s result, the system can cross-check that bets, outcomes, and payouts are consistent and surface anything that looks like fraud or error for staff to review.
Key Features
- Continuous game recording. A recording apparatus captures the progress of play at each gaming table as images.
- AI image analysis. A control device applies artificial intelligence or machine learning to interpret what is happening on the table.
- Chip recognition. The system identifies the positions, types, and numbers of chips, including which have been wagered.
- Automatic result determination. A dedicated apparatus determines and displays the win or lose result of each game.
- Fraud flagging. By comparing bets, chips, and outcomes, the system highlights irregularities for staff attention.
Who Is Behind It
The applicant is Angel Group Co., Ltd., a Japanese manufacturer of casino equipment including playing cards, gaming chips, and shuffling and management systems. The named inventor is Yasushi Shigeta. This filing is a divisional application from an earlier related Australian application, and it sits alongside other Angel Group casino management filings.
Why It Matters
Casinos are high-value, tightly regulated environments where security and game integrity are essential to keep licences and player trust. Automating table surveillance with computer vision lets operators monitor every game at once and respond to problems immediately rather than hours later. As computer vision becomes cheaper and more capable, this kind of automated oversight is spreading across the gaming industry. Protecting the system in Australia reflects the size of the country’s regulated casino sector.
Related Concepts
- Computer vision – the technology that lets the system read the table from video.
- Machine learning – the method behind recognising chips and play patterns.
- Casino token – the chips the system counts and tracks.
- Casino – the regulated environment the system is built for.
- Surveillance – the monitoring function the invention automates.
AU 2026202009 was published in the Australian Official Journal of Patents on 2 April 2026 and is open for public inspection. Patent applications represent inventions that are sought to be protected and do not necessarily reflect commercially available products.
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