Apparatus and method for date gathering in games of chance

摘要

Device for storing coins or coin-like articles, such as, for example, gaming chips, tokens or the like, the coins or coin-like articles to be stored being arranged against one another or one on top of the other in at least one column, this device having a means for determining the number of coins or coin-like articles located in the device, the means for determining the number of coins or coin-like articles 5 located in the device being formed by a multiplicity of transmitter/receiver pairings 623, 641, such as, for example, ultrasonic transmitters/ receivers, light transmitters/receivers or the like, which are arranged essentially parallel to the cylindrical surface or cylindrical surfaces of the column or columns of coins or coin-like articles. IMAGE