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.
Claims10
A method for manufacturing a package of shuffled playing cards comprising the steps of:
- shuffling a predetermined number of decks of playing cards;
- packaging the predetermined number of shuffled decks;
- attaching a shuffled card ID to the package of the shuffled playing cards, wherein the shuffled card ID is different for each package of shuffled playing cards and is associated with production information of the shuffled playing cards within the package;
- capturing image data associated with an image showing side edges of the shuffled playing cards in the package together with the shuffled card ID;
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- registering the image data in a database, the image data being associated with the shuffled card ID.
A method for manufacturing a package of shuffled playing cards comprising the steps of:
- shuffling a predetermined number of decks of playing cards;
- packaging the predetermined number of shuffled decks;
- attaching a shuffled card ID to the package of the shuffled playing cards, wherein the shuffled card ID is different for each package of shuffled playing cards and is associated with production information of the shuffled playing cards within the package;
- associating an image showing side edges of the shuffled playing cards in the package together with the shuffled card ID;
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- registering the image in a database, the image being associated with the shuffled card ID.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.