Patent ID: 8931779
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A method of delivering groups of playing cards to a card game and delivering at least one bonus card, comprising: automatically feeding a plurality of playing cards from an infeed area of a card handling device into playing card intermediate storage compartments designated to receive playing cards using a card infeed system to move the plurality of playing cards and a control system to assign each playing card of the plurality to a respective playing card intermediate storage compartment, wherein a group of cards is formed in at least one playing card intermediate storage compartment; automatically feeding at least one bonus card from the infeed area into a bonus card intermediate storage compartment, the bonus card intermediate storage compartment being designated to receive only at least one bonus card and comprising an intermediate storage compartment other than the playing card intermediate storage compartments using the card infeed system to move the at least one bonus card and the control system to assign the at least one bonus card to the bonus card intermediate storage compartment; automatically selectively delivering a group of playing cards from a playing card intermediate storage compartment to an output area of the card handling device using a card output system to move the group of playing cards and the control system to assign playing cards of the plurality to a respective delivered group; and automatically selectively delivering at least one bonus card from the bonus card intermediate storage compartment to the output area using the card output system to move the at least one bonus card and the control system to assign the at least one bonus card to the respective delivered group.