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AssigneeShuffle Master, Inc.
InventorsPhilip Stephen Smith, Ezra Christopher MacKenna, Donald T. Bush, Daymon B. Savage, Atilla Grauzer, Oliver M. Schubert, James V. Kelly, James B. Stasson, Feraidoon Bourbour, Paul K. Scheper
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A gaming system simulates events in a casino table card wagering game where there has traditionally been a dealer, whether or not the dealer is an active player in the game. Two distinct video areas are preferably provided, one providing video images of a virtual dealer, and the second video display providing a simulation of a table top for player cards, and optionally also dealer cards. The players have individual play areas with player input, and these play areas have individual processing intelligence that communicates directly with at least one processor. Delivery order of cards is determined by actual shuffling or randomization of a physical deck of cards, reading the cards, then creating an electronic file of the order of the shuffled or randomized cards, then using an order of cards contained in the electronic file to deliver virtual cards to players, dealer and flop as needed.
An automated gaming system comprising a gaming table, a mechanical card shuffling device associated with the gaming table, a card reader in the mechanical card shuffling device communicating read card information to at least one processor and an upright video display panel comprising:
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