TCS John Huxley
Two British casino-equipment firms, merged in 2003, behind the Chipper Champ sorter
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Chipper Champ 2
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The Chipper Champ 2 is TCS John Huxley's under-table roulette chip sorter, the successor to the Chipper Champ Plus; its first sell sheet is dated January 2006. The dealer sweeps chips into a funnel, the machine reads each one and drops it into its own column, and dispensers release stacks of 20. It sorts up to 500 chips a minute, takes chips 37–43 mm across and weighs 97 kg.
| Speed | Up to 500 chips a minute MFR |
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| Chip sizes | 37–43 mm diameter MFR |
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| Chip types | Up to 4; each column set to 1, 2 or 4 colors or designs MFR |
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| Stacks | Stacks of 20; set up for left- or right-handed tables MFR |
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| Controls | Buttons with a graphic display; several languages; built-in diagnostics MFR |
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| Dimensions, weight | W 1100 × H 875 × D 575 mm (43.3 × 34.4 × 22.6 in), 878 mm in the maker's table · 97 kg (213.8 lb) MFR |
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| Power | 200–240 V (230 V model) or 110–120 V (120 V model), 50–60 Hz; 40 W standby, 110 W idle, 220 W sorting MFR |
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| Official name | Chipper Champ 2, TCS700-CCS-1 (230 V) / TCS700-CCS-2 (120 V) MFR |
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| Debut | January 2006 (first sell sheet); successor to the Chipper Champ Plus MFR |
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Saturn Roulette Wheel
Single and double zero · confirm quantities available
TCS John Huxley's manual roulette wheel with the number reader built in: three sensors hidden in the rim read the winning number. It launched at ICE London in 2004. The wheel is 830 mm (32.7 in) across, with an engineered-stone ball track, and the maker builds it in single, double, triple or quadruple zero. Newer wheels add in-rim LED lighting and a ball-track inclinometer; ask us which features our wheels have.
| Dimensions | 830 mm (32.67 in) diameter; 336 mm (13.23 in) high with the standard turret; bowl with feet 195 mm (7.67 in) high MFR |
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| Shipping weight | 75 kg (165.34 lb) MFR |
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| Configuration | Single zero, double zero, triple zero, quadruple zero, or custom MFR |
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| Sensors | Three ball sensors embedded in the rim read the winning number; Drop Zone Detection (patented), ball-track inclinometer and basic wheel analytics (exportable) built in MFR |
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| Ball track | Wear-resistant engineered stone solid-surface ball track MFR |
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| Separator ring | Standard or patented Starburst™ MFR |
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| Finish | Gloss or matt; standard finishes or custom designs, colours and veneers for the cone, inner bowl and top rim MFR |
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| Lighting | Latest model: in-rim LEDs that change colour to show game states, controlled from the Wheelmate console MFR |
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| Power | 85–265 V AC; 11.5 W MFR |
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| Works with | Ora displays, TCSJOHNHUXLEY roulette and Blaze roulette tables, Saturn™ Wheelmate, T-Connect, AccuLevel and TriLevel MFR |
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| Debut | ICE 2004, London (launched as 'the brand new Saturn wheel with in-rim reader') MFR |
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Source tags: MFR = the manufacturer's published documents · REG = a regulator's document · press / dealer = not yet confirmed by the manufacturer.
1973John Huxley (Casino Equipment) Ltd incorporated
1979Chipper Champ chip sorter introduced
2003TCS and John Huxley merge
2023ICE Landmark Award for 50 years in gaming
About TCS John Huxley
TCS John Huxley joins two British businesses. John Huxley (Casino Equipment) Limited was incorporated on January 1, 1973, and Jeff and Linda Lindsay were its original owners. The TCS side is tied to the Chipper Champ chip sorter, introduced in 1979, which InterGame counted among the main achievements of Bertil Knutsson, the group's late owner and chairman, who had brought leisure casinos to Sweden in 1958. The UK company that became Technical Casino Services was registered in September 1979 and took that name at the end of 1980.
David Heap, TCS's chief executive from 1996, steered the 2003 merger with John Huxley that formed TCS John Huxley, and the combined company showed a new brand identity in 2009. Knutsson, still chairman in late 2011, died in July 2012. The business is still family-run: his son Tristan Sjöberg is executive chairman and another son, Michael Knutsson, is a director. The UK records of both founding companies give a registered office in Stoke-on-Trent, and the original TCS company is still active as TCS John Huxley Europe Limited.
The company makes gaming tables and layouts, roulette wheels including the Saturn, wheel-leveling tools, table displays, Chipper Champ sorters, electronic gaming terminals and dice for craps, sic bo and pai gow, and it services table equipment for casino groups. It bought Gaming Partners International's table, layout and accessories lines in 2020; Midwest Game Supply, a Missouri dice maker established in 1945 with a plant in Kearney, in 2022; and GPI's dice business in November 2025, which added the TK and Paulson brands, with production in Mexico and Missouri.
Key dates
- 1973John Huxley (Casino Equipment) Limited is incorporated.
- 1979The Chipper Champ chip sorter is introduced.
- 2003TCS and John Huxley merge to form TCS John Huxley.
- 2012Bertil Knutsson dies; his son Tristan Sjöberg is executive chairman.
- 2022Missouri dice maker Midwest Game Supply joins the group.
- 2025TCS John Huxley buys GPI's dice business.
Sources
Specifications come from published manufacturer and trade-press sources; confirm the exact configuration of any unit with us before you buy. Brand names and logos belong to their respective owners.
