Playing cards and table game system

A table game system comprising playing cards and a card shooter apparatus, the playing cards being provided with a code not readable under a lighting condition of visible light, but readable under lighting conditions other than the visible light, and a card shooter apparatus having a capability to read the code out of the playing cards by being provided on a game table, wherein:

• the code of the playing cards, which comprises a plurality of code elements arranged in at least two rows and two columns, represents at least suit and rank information of the playing cards;
• the code elements include at least two types of mark which differ in length in a column direction corresponding to a reading direction of the code;
• row-by-row combinations of the code elements arranged in a row direction orthogonal to the code reading direction can be identified uniquely;
• the suit and rank information of the playing cards represented by the code can be identified based on the row-by-row combinations of the code elements;
• and
• the card shooter apparatus comprises:
• a card guide unit which guides the playing cards drawn one by one out of a card receptacle unit onto the game table,
• at least two code sensors which is placed at locations corresponding to columns of the code elements on the playing cards guided and moved by the card guide unit, and read the code elements out of the playing cards on a row by row,
• an identification means which identifies the suit and rank information of the playing cards represented by the code based on the row-by-row combinations of the code elements read by the at least two code sensors,
• a determination means which determines results of a card game based on the suit and rank information of the playing cards identified by the identification means, and
• a first output means which outputs the results produced by the determination means.