Systems, methods and articles to facilitate delivery of sets or packets of playing cards
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1. A method of operating a card handling system, the method comprising:
- for each of at least some of a number of participants, retrieving at least two playing cards from respective ones of a plurality of playing card receiving compartments of a first intermediary playing card receiver based on a number of pseudo-randomly generated virtual playing card values; and
for each of the at least some of the number of participants, forming a distinct set of playing cards from the at least two retrieved playing cards for delivery to the respective participant.
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Abstract
A system and method may provide sets or packets of playing cards for forming part or all of a hand of playing cards. Each set or packet may be formed before starting to form another set or packet. Sets or packets may be formed in respective playing card receiving compartments. The playing cards may be withdrawn from a plurality of playing card receiving compartments of an intermediary playing card receiver in random or pseudo-random fashion, which may, or may not, be based at least in part on the selected payout or house odds and/or house advantage.
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1. A method of operating a card handling system, the method comprising:
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for each of at least some of a number of participants, retrieving at least two playing cards from respective ones of a plurality of playing card receiving compartments of a first intermediary playing card receiver based on a number of pseudo-randomly generated virtual playing card values; and for each of the at least some of the number of participants, forming a distinct set of playing cards from the at least two retrieved playing cards for delivery to the respective participant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of operating a card handling system, the method comprising:
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transferring a plurality of playing cards from a playing card input receiver along at least one playing card transport path toward at least a first intermediary playing card receiver; locating at least some of the playing cards at least partially into respective ones of a number of playing card receiving compartments of the first intermediary playing card receiver, such that there is no more than one playing card in any one of the playing card receiving compartments of the first intermediary playing card receiver at a time; and for each of at least one playing card receiving compartment of a plurality of playing card receiving compartments of a second intermediary playing card receiver; retrieving at least two playing cards from respective ones of the playing card receiving compartments of the first intermediary playing card receiver based on a number of randomly generated virtual playing card values, and forming a distinct set of at least two playing cards at least partially received in the respective one of the playing card receiving compartments from the playing cards retrieved from the playing card receiving compartments of the first playing card receiver. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A processor-readable medium storing instructions that cause a processor to operate a playing card handing system, by:
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transferring a plurality of playing cards from a playing card input receiver along at least one playing card transport path toward at least a first intermediary playing card receiver; locating at least some of the playing cards at least partially into respective ones of a number of playing card receiving compartments of the first intermediary playing card receiver, such that there is no more than one playing card in any one of the playing card receiving compartments of the first intermediary playing card receiver at a time; and for each of at least one playing card receiving compartment of a plurality of playing card receiving compartments of a second intermediary playing card receiver; retrieving at least two playing cards from respective ones of the playing card receiving compartments of the first intermediary playing card receiver based on a number of randomly generated virtual playing card values, and forming a distinct set of at least two playing cards at least partially received in the respective one of the playing card receiving compartments of the second intermediary playing card receiver from the playing cards retrieved from the playing card receiving compartments of the first playing card receiver. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A card handing system, comprising:
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a playing card input receiver sized and dimension to receive a number of playing cards; a first intermediary playing card receiver comprising a plurality of playing card receiving compartments that each store at most one of the playing cards when in use; a second playing card receiver comprising a plurality of playing card compartments at least some of which each store at least two of the playing cards when in use; and a processor configured to cause a retrieval of at least two playing cards for each of at least some of a number of participants in a card game from respective ones of the plurality of playing card receiving compartments of the first intermediary playing card receiver based on a number of randomly generated virtual playing card values; and
to cause a delivery of the at least two retrieved playing cards for each of the participants to a respective one of the playing card receiving compartments of the second playing card receiver to form a respective distinct set of playing cards for delivery to the respective participant. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A card handing system, comprising:
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a playing card input receiver sized and dimension to receive a number of playing cards; a first intermediary playing card receiver comprising a plurality of playing card receiving compartments that each store at most one of the playing cards when in use; a second playing card receiver comprising a plurality of playing card compartments at least some of which each store at least two of the playing cards when in use; means for retrieving of at least two playing cards for each of at least some of a number of participants in a card game from respective ones of the plurality of playing card receiving compartments of the first intermediary playing card receiver based on a number of randomly generated virtual playing card values; and means for delivering of the at least two retrieved playing cards for each of the participants to a respective one of the playing card receiving compartments of the second playing card receiver to form a respective distinct set of playing cards for delivery to the respective participant. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31)
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32. A method of operating a playing card handling system, the method comprising:
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determining a number of random virtual playing card values; and forming a first set of at least two playing cards that will comprise at least a portion of a first hand of playing cards for a round of a card game based on at least some of the number of virtual playing card values, before delivering any playing cards to form a second set of at least two playing cards that will comprise at least a portion of a second hand of playing cards for the same round of the card game. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A playing card handling system, comprising:
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a playing card input receiver to receive a plurality of playing cards that are to be handled; a playing card output receiver having a single playing card receiving compartment to provide a respective set of at least two playing cards for forming at least a portion of each of at least two hands of playing cards dealt in a card game; at least a first intermediary playing card receiver comprising a plurality of playing card receiving compartments that each receive at most one playing card during use; at least a first playing card input transport path extending between the playing card input receiver and at least the first intermediary playing card receiver, along which the playing cards are transported from the playing card input receiver to at least the first intermediary playing card receiver; and at least a first playing card output transport path extending between the first intermediary playing card receiver and the playing card output receiver, along which the playing cards are transported from the first intermediary playing card receiver to the playing card output receiver without any intervening multiple compartment playing card receivers therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 57, 58, 59)
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51. A playing card handling system, comprising:
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at least a first intermediate playing card receiver comprising a plurality of playing card receiving compartments that each receive at most one playing card during use; a playing card output receiver to make accessible to a user a number of sets of at least two playing cards for each of a plurality of hands of playing cards; and at least a first playing card output transport path extending between the first intermediary playing card receiver and the playing card output receiver along which the playing cards are transported without stopping at any intervening locations therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 60)
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