Patent ID: 7407438
Filing Date: 2008-08-05
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A method of providing cards to a dealer in the casino table card game of blackjack for manual delivery of the cards by a dealer from a card delivery device comprising: placing a set of cards within a card infeed area of a card delivery device; mechanically moving cards in the order in which cards are removed from the set of cards from the card infeed area, with cards being no more than partially overlapped between the card infeed area and the card delivery area, to a card delivery area of the card delivery device where at least some cards become stationary; reading individual cards for at least value of card count after the cards are removed from the card infeed area and before the cards become stationary in the card delivery area; wherein there is a communication link between card reading sensors in the card delivery device and a processor, which processor analyzes said data and automatically displays displayable information of card count based on the read card information of card count on a display device.