Multi-deck automatic smart card shuffler and security system configured to shuffle and deliver hands for a casino table game such as baccarat

A card dealing module for dealing a Baccarat hand comprising:

• a processor;
• a dealing area configured to receive six cards from a plurality of cards out of a card shuffler mechanism;
• a retractable cover positioned about said dealing area adjacent to said card shuffler mechanism, said retractable cover configured to open and close based on one or more sensors determining that a pre-established number of cards are within said dealing area;
• and
• wherein said processor is configured to:
• (i) calculate, based on the rank and order of said six cards, a total number of cards needed to play said Baccarat hand wherein said total number of cards is either four, five or six cards;
• (ii) cause a first four cards to be positioned for removal from said dealing area by a human dealer;
• (iii) cause zero, one or two of said remaining cards to said positioned for removal from said dealing area by a human dealer and (iv) responsive to zero cards or one card being moved in step (iii), cause movement of said two or one remaining cards as part of the six cards for inclusion in a next hand of Baccarat.

An automatic card shuffler configured to deal Baccarat hands comprising:

• a processor;
• a dealing area configured to receive six cards from a plurality of cards being shuffled by said automatic card shuffler;
• one or more imaging devices, said imaging devices configured and positioned to capture at least a rank and order of each card being moved to said area;
• and
• wherein said processor is configured to:
• (i) calculate, based on the rank and order of said six cards, a total number of cards needed to play said Baccarat hand wherein said total number of cards is either four, five or six cards;
• (ii) cause a first four cards to be positioned for removal from said dealing area by a human dealer;
• (iii) cause zero, one or two of said remaining cards to said positioned for removal from said dealing area by a human dealer and (iv) responsive to zero cards or one card being moved in step (iii), cause movement of said two or one remaining cards as part of the six cards for inclusion in a next hand of Baccarat.