Patent ID: 8920229
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. An electronic gaming table adapted to host table games involving wagers, game play based on the wagers, and monetary awards based on the results of the game play, the electronic gaming table comprising: a physical surface adapted for the play of live table games that include the use of a plurality of playing cards; a single automated card handling device adapted to handle and detect the plurality of playing cards, wherein said single automated card handling device includes both of a first sensor adapted to sense a first identifier on a playing card and a separate second sensor adapted to sense a separate second identifier on the same playing card at or about the same time that the first identifier is sensed, wherein the first identifier indicates whether the playing card belongs at the electronic gaming table, and wherein the separate second identifier indicates a game value of the playing card; and a table controller coupled to said automated card handling device and adapted to control a plurality of electronic gaming table functions, wherein said table controller is adapted to facilitate a comparison of the results detected by the first and second sensors, and wherein said table controller is further adapted to facilitate the provision of an alert when an improper first identifier on a playing card is detected.