Patent ID: 7537216
Filing Date: 2009-05-26
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A method of arranging a plurality of playing cards in preparation for a playing card game, each playing card of the plurality of playing cards having a respective rank of a set of ranks and a respective suit of a set of suits and each playing card of the plurality of playing cards associated with a respective playing card value of a set of playing card values, the method comprising: computationally generating a pseudo-random sequence of playing card values from a set of playing card values, each of the playing card values corresponding to at least one of a respective rank of the set of ranks or a respective suit of the set of suits; for each playing card in the plurality of playing cards, sorting a respective playing card of the plurality of playing cards into a respective sorted-card holder of a number of sorted-card holders independent of the pseudo-random sequence of playing card values and by at least one of the respective rank or the respective suit of the respective playing card, wherein each respective playing card sorted into a respective sorted-card holder of the number of sorted-card holders has at least one of the identical rank or the identical suit of another playing card, if any, sorted into the respective sorted-card holder of the number of sorted-card holders; and for multiple playing cards, sequentially removing a respective playing card from a respective sorted-card holder in accordance with the generated pseudo-random sequence of playing card values based on at least on one of the respective rank or the respective suit of the respective playing card in an order, wherein a sequence of the playing card values associated with the multiple removed playing cards corresponds to the order in which the multiple removed playing cards were removed from the sorted-card holders, and the sequence of the playing card values associated with the multiple removed playing cards matches at least a portion of the generated pseudo-random sequence of playing card values.