Table game system

A table game system comprising:

• a shuffled playing card set composed of playing cards from a plurality of decks shuffled to have a unique arrangement order, a uniquely identifiable shuffled card ID being attached to the shuffled playing card set;
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• a card shoe apparatus that includes a barcode reader capable of identifying the shuffled card ID, the card shoe apparatus being configured to house the shuffled playing card set such that the playing cards can be dealt one by one onto a game table, wherein each one of the playing cards includes a code that identifies a rank of the card, wherein the card shoe apparatus comprises:
• a card housing unit for housing the shuffled playing card set;
• an opening for drawing the playing cards from the card housing unit one by one;
• a code reading unit that reads the code attached to each drawn playing card identifying the rank of the drawn playing card;
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• a control unit that stores rules of a card game and includes a winner/loser determination unit that determines the winner/loser of the card game based on the code identifying the ranks of the drawn playing cards read by the code reading unit, wherein the control unit includes a memory for storing a plurality of association tables, each of the plurality of association tables associating the code included on each playing card with the rank of the playing card;
• wherein the code included on each playing card in the shuffled card set is attached using a specific association table selected from the plurality of association tables stored in memory,
• wherein the shuffled card ID attached to the shuffled card set contains information for identifying the specific association table;
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• wherein the code reading unit is configured to determine whether the code on each of the drawn playing cards in the shuffled card set matches a rank for each drawn playing card defined in the specific association table.