Automated house way indicator and commission indicator

A system for enabling play of a casino table card game in which at least one of a rank and suit of a set of playing cards is automatically determined, a commission is taken by a house, multiple randomized sets of playing cards of known composition are formed and delivered to players in the game and to a dealer in the game, and the dealer's cards are set by following house way instructions, the system comprising:

• an automatic card shuffler that shuffles playing cards and delivers randomized sets of physical cards, the shuffler equipped with a playing card reading system that reads at least one of a rank and suit of markings on each of the playing cards, wherein the automatic card shuffler has a processor that receives the read card information from the playing card reading system and determines a composition of each individual set of playing cards dispensed;
• a gaming table with a gaming surface;
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• at least one video monitor on or proximate the gaming surface in communication with a processor programmed with house way rules for displaying instructions on how to set hands from a distributed set of cards according to a house way;
• wherein the monitor displays information on how to set a hand according to programmed house way rules for the dealer's hand and for players' hands, the monitor configured with an information input system to display instruction on players' hand setting;
• and
• wherein input to the processor provides information on an amount of a player's wager on the game, and the processor is configured to cause the monitor to display an amount for the commission on the amount of the player's wager.

A method of operating a casino table card game using physical playing cards that are distributed in sets to multiple play positions, comprising:

• providing a complete set of playing cards for use in the casino table card game;
• at least one player making a game wager on the casino table card game;
• delivering a randomized set of cards to each player and to the dealer from the complete set;
• reading rank and suit of playing cards in each set of cards with a reader to provide rank and suit information for each set;
• communicating the rank and suit information to a processor;
• dealing the sets of read playing cards to each player position;
• the processor identifying each individual card in each individual set dealt to each play position;
• the processor programmed with house way rules and determining a house way to set hands with cards from the set at each play position;
• either automatically or upon user request, the processor sending data to be displayed as information on a monitor of the house way to set the hands;
• and
• the player or dealer distributing cards from the set into the hands according to the displayed information;
• wherein house way rules are initially determined according to a decision tree and a file of all decisions made in the decision tree are compiled and saved in memory and the memory of the file is saved in the memory of the processor and used in displaying the information on the monitor.