Aruze taps Walker Digital for RFID-based casino gaming chips

Gaming device maker Aruze Gaming America Inc. will test the waters of the casino chip market with a little help from radio frequency identification (RFID) technology.

On Tuesday, Aruze announced it has inked a licensing deal with casino game automation company Walker Digital Table Systems LLC (WDTS) in June, allowing the game device maker to use the latter’s phase jitter modulation 3.0 (PJM3.0) RFID chip technology.

Las Vegas-based WDTS provides automation for live-dealt casino games for game security, accuracy and efficiency, while delivering the player’s preferred live gaming experience. In 2015, the company licensed its RFID tag technology to casino currency and table layout company Matsui Gaming Machine Co Ltd.

Aruze has touted PJM3.0 to be “the fastest, most secure, and most reliable RFID technology in the world for gaming applications.” PJM3.0 can read tags embedded on chips faster compared to other technologies because of its robust and high frequency signals, according to the Aruze.