A chip dispensing kiosk including a vault for holding casino chips, a
dispensing assembly for dispensing selected numbers of casino chips and
security and input systems to allow a pit manager to access the kiosk and
have the kiosk dispense selected numbers of chips. These chips may be
dispensed individually, in stacks or automatically loaded into a table
chip tray back module. The kiosk is interactive with the casino's
accounting system so as to report the dispensing of casino chips or
receipt of casino chips. One preferred embodiment consists of a casino
back room, cage, or Pit area chip tray management device that can be
utilized by casino personnel to physically accept and count dumped gaming
chips, communicate information with an ICT Intelligent Chip Tray Module,
and automatically reload the chip tray per computer controlled
specifications for any given table ID or chip loading requirement.