Playing card shuffler with differential hand count capability
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Abstract
A programmable card handling machine with a display and appropriate inputs for adjusting the machine to any of a number of games comprises inputs including a number of cards per hand selector, a card game selector, a number of hands delivered selector and a trouble-shooting input. These features also provide for interchangeability of the apparatus for many different games, for many types of cards or decks and in different locations thereby reducing the number of back-up machines or units required at a casino. The display may include a game mode or game selected display, and use a cycle rate and/or hand count monitor and display for determining or monitoring the usage of the machine. The card-handling machine is capable of randomly selecting numbers of cards to be delivered in a hand of cards to players and the dealer during a round of a casino table card game.
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49 Claims
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30. An apparatus for providing hands of playing cards in a casino table card game comprising:
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a playing card;
a delivery tray;
a playing card moving system moving playing cards from the container to the delivery tray and forming a hand of playing cards in the delivery tray;
an operator input interface; and
a processor containing software that directs the card moving system to randomly select how many playing cards will form the hand in the delivery tray upon operator direction through the operator input interface. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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33. An apparatus for providing hands of playing cards in a casino table card game comprising:
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a container receiving a first group of playing cards;
a playing card shuffling and playing card delivery system capable of forming random subsets of playing cards within the apparatus;
a playing card mover for moving the random subsets of playing cards to a delivery tray to form hands of playing cards; and
a processor controlling the card mover;
wherein the processor contains a program that, when activated by operator input, randomly selects at least one variation of card delivery steps selected from the group consisting of;
a) a number of playing cards in a hand of playing cards formed in the delivery tray, b) at least one hand in which a random number of playing cards will be provided, c) when random numbers of playing cards in at least one of player hands, common cards and a dealer hand are provided, d) whether at least one player hand or dealer hand will receive a random number of playing cards; and
e) a frequency at which random numbers of playing cards will be provided to at least one hand. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. An apparatus for randomizing playing cards and forming hands of playing cards comprising:
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a receiving area for a first set of playing cards;
a randomization area wherein the first set of cards is randomized;
a processor controlling playing card movement at least within the randomization area; and
a delivery tray where individual hands of playing cards are delivered or formed;
wherein multiple dealing programs are present in the processor and at least one program in the processor randomly selects a number of playing cards to be delivered or formed within the delivery tray. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A method of providing hands of playing cards for use in a casino table card game comprising:
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randomizing a first group of cards within an apparatus; and
providing hands of a number of randomized cards for delivery to locations on a casino game table;
wherein the number of randomized cards delivered to at least one hand during a round of play of the casino table card game is randomly determined. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49)
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