Patent ID: 11938395
Assignee: ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A table game system comprising:
a set of shuffled playing cards composed of a plurality of decks of playing cards having a unique arrangement order;
a shuffled card ID, which is indicated on the set of shuffled playing cards as an ID code, for uniquely identifying the set of shuffled playing cards;
ID obtaining means for detecting the shuffled card ID;
a card shoe apparatus; and
a database being accessibly connected to the card shoe apparatus,
wherein the card shoe apparatus comprises:
a card housing unit for storing the shuffled playing cards,
an opening through which the playing cards are drawn from the card housing unit to a game table one by one onto the game table,
a card reading unit for reading information of each of the playing cards drawn from the card housing unit onto the game table,
a control unit having:
a winner/loser determination unit for judging a winner/loser of a card game based on the playing card information read by the card reading unit, and

a display unit for showing a result of the judgement by the winner/loser determination unit,

the control unit inputs the shuffled card ID detected by the ID obtaining means into the database,
the control unit identifies a current card set, which is used in a current game, with the shuffled card ID,
the database contains game table information, which indicates that one of the game tables on which the identified current card set is used, and specified events with the shuffled card ID,
and the specified events include at least one of (1) to (5):
(1) a reading error in the card reading unit of a card in the identified shuffled playing cards;
(2) an end of a game due to an operation of an end button to end the use of the shuffled playing cards currently set in the card shoe apparatus, or the drawing of a cut card from the shuffled playing cards currently set in the card shoe apparatus;
(3) an attempt to draw a card when no card should be drawn according to the rules of the card game;
(4) an attempt to move or insert a card in a direction opposite to a drawing direction of a card at the opening; and
(5) an occurrence of a preset irregular operation to be determined to be irregular by the card shoe apparatus.