System including card game dispensing shoe and method
First Claim
1. A game monitoring system for a Blackjack card game including a dealer hand at least one player hand of cards where a player makes a wager and exercises options with respect to the player'"'"'s hand according to the rules of the game, the system comprising:
- a shoe including a housing having an outlet slot, said housing sized to store a plurality of playing cards defining a card inventory and configured for a dealer to dispense said cards one at a time through said outlet slot to complete said hands according to the rules of the game;
a scanner to scan said playing cards and generate a set of scanner signals determinative of the identity of cards dispensed from the shoe to each hand;
meansan input device for acquiring data representing the wager(s) made by the player;
a memory storing data representing at least one predetermined Blackjack game play criteria in relation to at least one of the player'"'"'s wager or the cards dealt to at least one of said hands and data representing the constituency of the card inventory; and
a computer processor to receive said scanner signals and said wager data, said processor configured to compare said acquired data to said at least one predetermined game play criteria to determine adherence by the player to said at least one predetermined game play criteria, and further configured to select the number of cards to remain in the inventory and not dealt from the shoe for reconstitution and reshuffling of the inventory, said processor processing the scanner data signals to determine depletion of cards from the inventory by dealing, and to leave said selected number of cards undealt and in response thereto, sending a signal to command reconstitution and re-shuffling of the inventory.
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Abstract
A system and method including card game dispensing shoe includes a scanner that discerns the value and suit of each card dispensed, and includes a CPU and a memory storing data such as rules for dealing cards, data representing player strategy criteria and card inventory data. The CPU, with the scanner data and wagering data can determine player proficiency in regards to player strategies, can determine whether the card inventory is in favor of the player, determine player first card advantage and can, on a floating basis, determine permitted deck penetration. The system and method can be incorporated into games to be broadcast over a communications network such as the Internet.
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20 Claims
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1. A game monitoring system for a Blackjack card game including a dealer hand at least one player hand of cards where a player makes a wager and exercises options with respect to the player'"'"'s hand according to the rules of the game, the system comprising:
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a shoe including a housing having an outlet slot, said housing sized to store a plurality of playing cards defining a card inventory and configured for a dealer to dispense said cards one at a time through said outlet slot to complete said hands according to the rules of the game; a scanner to scan said playing cards and generate a set of scanner signals determinative of the identity of cards dispensed from the shoe to each hand; meansan input device for acquiring data representing the wager(s) made by the player; a memory storing data representing at least one predetermined Blackjack game play criteria in relation to at least one of the player'"'"'s wager or the cards dealt to at least one of said hands and data representing the constituency of the card inventory; and a computer processor to receive said scanner signals and said wager data, said processor configured to compare said acquired data to said at least one predetermined game play criteria to determine adherence by the player to said at least one predetermined game play criteria, and further configured to select the number of cards to remain in the inventory and not dealt from the shoe for reconstitution and reshuffling of the inventory, said processor processing the scanner data signals to determine depletion of cards from the inventory by dealing, and to leave said selected number of cards undealt and in response thereto, sending a signal to command reconstitution and re-shuffling of the inventory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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9. A game monitoring method for a Blackjack card game which includes a dealer hand at least one player hand of cards where a player makes a wager and exercises options with respect to the player'"'"'s hand according to the rules of the game, the method comprising:
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dealing cards according to the rules of the game to the hands fromproviding a shoe which includes a housing having an outlet slot configured for dealing cards according to the rules of the game to the hands, said housing sized to store a plurality of playing cards defining a card inventory; scanning said playing cards and generating a set of scanner signals determinative of the identity of cards dealt from the shoe to each hand;
acquiring data representing the wager made by the player;storing data in a memory representing at least one predetermined Blackjack game play criteria in relation to at least one of the player'"'"'s wager or the cards dealt to at least one of said hands and data representing the constituency of the card inventory; a computer processor receiving said scanner signals and said wager data, said processor comparing said acquired data to said at least one predetermined game play criteria to determine adherence by the player to said at least one predetermined game play criteria; selecting the number of cards to remain in the inventory and not dealt from the shoe before reconstitution and reshuffling of the inventory; and said processor processing the scanner data signals to determine depletion of cards from the inventory by dealing, and to leave said selected number of cards undealt and in response thereto sending a signal to command reconstitution and re-shuffling of the inventory. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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19. A game monitoring system for a Blackjack card game including a dealer hand and at least one player hand of cards where a player makes a wager and exercises options with respect to the player'"'"'s hand according to the rules of the game, the system comprising:
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a shoe including a housing having an outlet slot, the housing sized to store a plurality of playing cards defining a card inventory and configured for a dealer to dispense the cards one at a time through the outlet slot to complete the hands according to the rules of the game; a scanner to scan the playing cards and generate a set of scanner signals determinative of the identity of cards dispensed from the shoe to each hand; an input device for acquiring data representing the wager made by the player; a memory storing data representing at least one predetermined Blackjack game play criteria in relation to at least one of the player'"'"'s wager or the cards dealt to at least one of the hands and data representing the constituency of the card inventory; and a computer processor to receive the scanner signals and the wager data, the processor configured to compare the acquired data to the at least one predetermined game play criteria to determine adherence by the player to the at least one predetermined game play criteria, and further configured to select the number of cards to remain in the inventory and not dealt from the shoe for reconstitution and reshuffling of the inventory, the processor processing the scanner signals to determine depletion of cards from the inventory by dealing, and to leave the selected number of cards undealt and in response thereto, sending a signal for reconstitution and re-shuffling of the inventory. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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