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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2018
SG Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Paul K Scheper, Bloomington, MN (US);
Ronald R. Swanson, Otsego, MN (US);
James B. Stasson, Chaska, MN (US);
James P. Helgesen, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Haven A. Mercer, Excelsior, MN (US);
Troy D. Nelson, Big Lake, MN (US);
Jamal Hani Kotifani, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Feraidoon Bourbour, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Peter Krenn, Neufeld, AT;
SG Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
Card-handling devices may include a card-shuffling apparatus, a card output portion, and/or a card input portion. The card input portion may include a card rotation device. The card rotation device may be configured to receive and rotate cards about a minor axis of the cards. The card-handling device may include a card-shuffling apparatus including a carousel having at least one hundred compartments each configured to hold between one and ten cards and arranged radially about the carousel. The card-handling device may be positioned at a gaming structure with a playing surface. The card-handling device may include a card output portion for receiving shuffled cards from the card-shuffling apparatus. The card output portion may be configured to receive the cards where major faces of the playing cards are oriented in a plane substantially transverse to the playing surface.