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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2003
Atilla Grauzer, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Oliver M. Schubert, Las Vegas, NV (US);
James V. Kelly, Las Vegas, NV (US);
James B. Stasson, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Paul K. Scheper, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Atilla Grauzer, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Oliver M. Schubert, Las Vegas, NV (US);
James V. Kelly, Las Vegas, NV (US);
James B. Stasson, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Paul K. Scheper, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Shuffle Master, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus determines an identity of at least each card in a card hand at a casino table card game. The method is performed automatically by a computer-based system that reads the rank and suit of each card that leaves a dealing shoe and then uses a smart discard tray that reads the discards as they are taken from the table. It is optional and preferred to provide a signal to the computer of the presence of at least one card in the dealer's hand. Additional cards are dealt to hands. Exhausted hands are removed from the table and placed into a discard rack. Each card in each exhausted hand is read when placed in the discard rack to determine rank and suit of each placed card, and the computer reconciles cards placed in the discard rack with cards that left the dealing shoe.