Patent ID: 8074987
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A system operable with a gaming table comprising: a first card receiving compartment for placing a plurality of playing cards; a first unit located under the gaming table to receive the playing cards from the receiving compartment, the first unit having a first reader and a controllable elevator having an elevator compartment sized to hold multiple stacked playing cards, the first reader configured to successively electronically read information on each of the playing cards of the plurality of playing cards individually as drawn one-by-one from the receiving compartment in an order in which they were placed in the receiving compartment, and the controllable elevator moveable to a card-loading position to receive at least some of the plurality of playing cards that have been read by the reader in a stacked arrangement and further moveable to a card-accessible position above the gaming table where at least some of the playing cards stacked within the elevator compartment are made accessible for game play; and a second, modular unit detachably coupleable to the first unit, the second, modular unit having a second card receiving compartment, an erasing device, and a printing device, wherein the erasing device is operable to erase at least a portion of the playing card passing thereby and the printing device is operable to provide an amount of printed matter to the at least the erased portion of the playing card.