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Table game system

US11103768B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 8, 2019
Grant dateAug 31, 2021
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Expiry dateNov 8, 2039

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07F17/3293
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A system is disclosed to identify shuffled playing cards used at the time of the occurrence of a problem in a card shoe apparatus. A card shoe apparatus of the system includes a reader configured to read a shuffled card ID that uniquely identifies the shuffled playing card. A control unit is configured to identify a cut card by a card reading unit and store information associated with the cut card. The information is at least used to identify an end of the current game using the shuffled playing cards set in the card shoe apparatus. The control unit is further configured to store event information to identify specified events that occur during the use of set of the shuffled playing cards and to report an occurrence of a specified event.

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