Card dispensing shoe having a counting device and method of using the same
First Claim
1. An apparatus for determining at least one count during dealing of a set of playing cards, comprising:
- means for holding said set of cards;
means for sensing a mark on each of said plurality of cards as each of said cards is dealt, said mark indicative of a value of each card and further indicative of said card belonging to said set;
means for incrementing said at least one count resulting in at least one accumulated count as each card is dealt; and
means for displaying said at least one accumulated count.
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Abstract
A system which uses a specially coded deck of cards indicating the value and suit of the card or a value related to the count of the card as well as whether the card belongs to a particular set of cards senses the code on the card and sends the detected signal to a processor. The processor determines a running count, a betting count, a true count or other information related to the profitability of a particular wager or particular action, such as an insurance bet as well as an indication of whether the card belongs to the particular set of cards assigned to the table. The counts are displayed centrally and/or remotely from the shoe which dispenses the cards. The electronics for the system may be internally included as part of the shoe or externally included as a separate unit in which the shoe is secured.
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30 Claims
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1. An apparatus for determining at least one count during dealing of a set of playing cards, comprising:
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means for holding said set of cards; means for sensing a mark on each of said plurality of cards as each of said cards is dealt, said mark indicative of a value of each card and further indicative of said card belonging to said set; means for incrementing said at least one count resulting in at least one accumulated count as each card is dealt; and means for displaying said at least one accumulated count. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus for determining at least one count continuously incremented during dealing of a set of cards, said apparatus comprising:
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means for sensing a code on each card of said set and generating a signal for each card indicative of said code; means for processing said signal to increment said at least one count relating to said cards which have been dealt resulting in at least one accumulated count indicative of relative distribution of said dealt cards; and means for displaying said at least one accumulated count. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for calculating at least one count or other indication of relative distribution relating to playing cards dealt from a set of coded playing cards during a game of blackjack, the method comprising the steps of:
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initializing said at least one count to establish an initial value for said at least one count; sensing a code on each of said playing cards, said code indicative of a value of said card and whether said card belongs to said set; generating a signal indicative of said sensed code; processing said signal to increment said at least one count and providing an accumulated count for each of said at least one counts; and displaying each of said accumulated counts. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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