Patent ID: 11896891
Assignee: SG GAMING, INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 19:
20. The card-handling device of claim 16, wherein the card rotation device comprises:
a rotating elevator configured to receive the playing cards with major faces of the playing cards in a plane substantially parallel to the gaming surface and rotate the playing cards at least 90° in the plane substantially parallel to the gaming surface, and transport the playing cards from a first position above the card-handling device to a second position within the card-handling device;
a first card feed system for transporting the playing cards from the rotating elevator in an area below the gaming surface to the card-shuffling apparatus, the first card feed system comprising a first card pathway; and
an imaging system oriented along the first card pathway of the first card feed system configured to read at least one indicia of the playing cards being transported along the first card pathway of the first card feed system.