Card game with counting

An apparatus comprising:

• a computing device configured to be coupled to a card table, in which the computing device includes a processor and a non-transitory medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that are executable by the processor;
• and
• an optical sensor configured to be coupled to a card shoe and configured to hold a plurality of playing cards, in which the optical sensor is configured to generate an image of cards of the plurality of playing cards as the cards are drawn from the card shoe and communicate identifying information to the computing device;
• in which the computing device is configured to:
• determine a number of players in a card game at the card table;
• control a display of a mobile computing device of at least one player of the card game at the card table to present rules of the card game and an option to wager on an intermediate event in the card game after a card has been drawn from the card shoe and while the card game is being played;
• receive from the sensor an indication that a card has been drawn from the card shoe, the indication including an identity of the drawn card;
• receive, from the at least one player, a request for a statistic describing the card game played at the card table;
• determine an updated value of the statistic based at least in part on the identity of the drawn card;
• adjust the rules of the card game by an adjustment when the updated value of the statistic is at least one of greater than a first threshold value and less than a second threshold value;
• and
• control the display to present the rules of the card game, as adjusted, and an outcome of a wager on the intermediate event.