Patent ID: 7950663
Filing Date: 2011-05-31
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A method of providing cards to a dealer in the casino table card game of baccarat for manual delivery of the cards by a dealer comprising: providing a card delivery shoe; placing a set of physical playing cards within a card infeed area of the card delivery shoe; mechanically moving physical playing cards in the order in which the physical playing cards are removed from the set of cards from the card infeed area to a card delivery area where at least some cards become stationary; reading individual cards for at least value after the physical cards are removed from the card infeed area and before the cards become stationary in the card delivery area; providing physical playing cards as distinct hands of the playing cards for use in a game of baccarat; and a dealer manually delivering the distinct hands of the playing cards to locations identifying at least a player hand and a banker hand; wherein there is a communication link between card reading sensors and a processor, which processor analyzes said data according to rules of play of the game of baccarat and determines results of play for a round of play of baccarat based upon said data and automatically provides a signal identifying the results of the round of play.