Shuffled playing cards and manufacturing method thereof
AssigneeAngel Playing Cards Co., Ltd.
InventorYasushi Shigeta
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Abstract
The present invention provides shuffled playing cards which eliminate the need for a game host to shuffle cards before games by taking a lot of time as well as eliminate the possibility of cheating. A shuffled playing cards (1) obtained by shuffling a predetermined number of decks of playing cards (12) using a shuffling machine is packaged as an individual pack. The shuffled playing cards (1) is individually packaged and sealed with an adhesive label (13). A bar code (13a) which represents a unique shuffled card ID has been printed on the adhesive label (13). The shuffled card ID is registered in a database by being associated with information which allows identification of a shuffling machine used to shuffle the playing card set.
Claims11
A method for manufacturing a package of shuffled playing cards comprising the steps of:
- shuffling a predetermined number of decks of playing cards to thereby produce a set of shuffled playing cards;
- packaging the set of shuffled playing cards;
- generating a shuffled card ID, the shuffled card ID being different for each set of shuffled playing cards;
- attaching the shuffled card ID to the package of the shuffled playing cards;
- capturing an image of side edges of the shuffled playing cards in the package;
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- registering the image in a database, the image being associated with the shuffled card ID.
A package of shuffled playing cards in which a predetermined number of decks of playing cards are shuffled and individually packaged, the package comprising:
- a shuffled card ID attached to the package of the shuffled playing cards, wherein the shuffled card ID provides information related to identification of at least one of a shuffling machine or a shuffling machine group used to shuffle the predetermined number of decks of playing cards.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.