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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2014
Bally Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Nathan Wadds, Waverley, AU;
Collin Helsen, Arundel, AU;
Zbigniew Czyzewski, Henderson, NV (US);
James Helgesen, Eden Praire, MN (US);
Russ Marsden, Austin, TX (US);
Bally Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
An automatic card handling device, having a card handling device that includes a controller, the card handling device configured for shuffling an input set of cards and delivering an output set of cards resulting from the shuffling; and a communication module operably coupled to the controller, wherein the communication module is configured for sending and receiving information related to operation of the card handling device across a communication port configured for operable coupling to a cellular network, wherein the information related to the operation of the automatic card handling device includes information about the use of the card handling device; and wherein a factor in a usage fee for the card handling device is use of the card handling device.