Round of play counting in playing card shuffling system
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1. A casino table card gaming system comprising:
- at least one gaming table;
at least one playing card shuffler on or proximate to the gaming table, the shuffler providing a status signal associated with a specific stage of use of the shuffler in a casino table card game, and forwarding the status signal to a database that uses the signal as a basis for registering that a round of play of a casino table card game using playing cards from that shuffler is to be counted in a record of game usage for at least one of that shuffler or that casino table.
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Abstract
A casino table card gaming system comprises: at least one gaming table; and at least one playing card shuffler on or proximate to the gaming table. The shuffler provides a status signal associated with a specific stage of use of the shuffler in a casino table card game. The status signal is forwarded to a database that uses the signal as a basis for registering that a round of play of a casino table card game using playing cards from that shuffler is to be counted in a record of game usage for at least one of that shuffler or that casino table.
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28 Claims
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1. A casino table card gaming system comprising:
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at least one gaming table;
at least one playing card shuffler on or proximate to the gaming table, the shuffler providing a status signal associated with a specific stage of use of the shuffler in a casino table card game, and forwarding the status signal to a database that uses the signal as a basis for registering that a round of play of a casino table card game using playing cards from that shuffler is to be counted in a record of game usage for at least one of that shuffler or that casino table. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of collecting data on a casino gaming table, comprising the steps of:
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providing at least one shuffler that provides a status signal relating to a state that can be related to a specific round of play in a casino table card game;
providing at least one intelligent controller dedicated to collecting information from one or more shufflers;
the intelligent controller receiving a status signal from the at least one shuffler;
the intelligent controller date stamping and/or time stamping data collected from the at least one shuffler;
the intelligent controller broadcasting the date and/or time stamped data over a network; and
recording the broadcasted information in a database. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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- 20. A hardware component on a casino card table that senses signals from a playing card shuffler that indicates a state of activity in a shuffling process, wherein the hardware component adds time and or date stamps information to the signals, and forwards the time stamped signal to a database, via a network.
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22. A method of controlling a live casino table card game;
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sensing wagers by players at least two player locations and communicating the sensing to a table game control computer in real time and communicating the sensing to a central control computer in real time;
controlling an automatic card shuffling device with a microprocessor in the card shuffling device and communicating information relating to card shuffling to the game table controller computer in real time and to the central control computer in real time;
electronically measuring betting information and transmitting information to the central game controller computer in real time, said electronic measuring including use of data transmitted to the central game controller computer from the table game controller computer and the shuffler;
wherein information transmitted from the shuffler includes at least one datum relating to completion of a shuffling event that occurs only once during a complete shuffling and card removal sequence. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. An automatic card shuffler, comprising:
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A programmable controller;
A card randomizing mechanism; and
A data port;
wherein data relating to a specific single occurrence event that occurs only once within a single complete randomization or playing card hand delivery received by the controller is fed outside the card shuffler via the data port to at least one of a microprocessor, a central game computer, a table game computer and a G-Mod. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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28. A security system for a casino table card game comprising:
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a) a casino table with i) indicia thereon for the placement of wagers, ii) a data entry system with an associated computer, and iii) sensors that can detect the placement of at least one specific category of wager;
b) a shuffling device with a microprocessor integral to the shuffler for providing information regarding a specific single occurrence event that occurs only once within a single complete randomization or playing card hand delivery;
c) a central table gaming computer that receives information from the shuffler, receives information from the sensors, and receives information from the data entry system;
the associated computer, the microprocessor and the central table gaming computer communicating data among each other.
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