Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – In a chance application
Reexamination Certificate
2004-10-04
2008-08-05
Layno, Benjamin (Department: 3711)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
In a chance application
C273S14900R, C273S14900R
Reexamination Certificate
active
07407438
ABSTRACT:
A playing card delivery shoe is used in the play of the casino table card game of blackjack is disclosed. The shoe may comprise a) an area for receiving a first set of playing cards useful in the play of the casino table card game of blackjack; b) first card mover that moves playing cards from the first set to a playing card staging area wherein at least one playing card is staged in an order by which playing cards are removed from the first set of and moved to the playing card staging area; c) second playing card mover that moves playing cards from the playing card staging area to a delivery area wherein playing cards removed from the staging area to the delivery shoe are moved in the same order by which playing cards were removed from the first set of playing cards and moved to the playing card staging area; and d) playing card reading sensors that read at least one playing card value of each playing card separately after each playing card has been removed from the area for receiving the first set of playing cards and before removal from the playing card delivery area. There is a communication link between the playing card reading sensors and a processor, and the processor analyzes said data and displays certain game-related data on a display device.
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Kelly James V.
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Mark A. Litman & Associates P.A.
Shuffle Master, Inc
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