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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
May. 07, 2010
Attila 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);
Attila 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 distinct dealing shoe having no shuffling functionality receives a shuffled, randomized or ordered group of cards. The cards may be mechanically moved one at a time from a receiving area for the deck to a buffer area where more than one card is temporarily stored. The cards in the buffer area are then mechanically moved to a card delivery area where the cards may be manually removed, one at a time, by a dealer. The cards are read one at a time inside of the dealing shoe, either before the buffer area or after leaving the buffer area, but preferably before the cards are being manually removed from a card delivery area. Information from the card reading may be used for game tracking, hand tracking, player information, and other security issues at casino table card games.