Patent ID: 7753798
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a card identification system to evaluate card games played with a number of playing cards at a gaming table, the method comprising: determining by the card identification system a starting sequence of the playing cards in a set of playing cards from which at least one card game will be dealt; reading from each of a number of dealt playing cards forming a first hand dealt from the set of playing cards respective machine-readable identifying information with at least one playing card hand reader of the card identification system; reading from each of a number of dealt playing cards forming a second hand dealt from the set of playing cards respective machine-readable identifying information with the at least one playing card hand reader; automatically and independent of a knowledge the starting sequence, determining a respective identity of each of the number of dealt playing cards forming the first hand dealt from the set of playing cards based on identifying information read from the dealt playing cards forming the first hand; automatically and independent of the knowledge the starting sequence, determining by the card identification system the respective identity of each of a number of dealt playing cards forming the second hand dealt from the set of playing cards based on identifying information read from dealt playing cards forming the second hand; for each dealt playing card forming the first hand, automatically determining by the card identification system whether the respective identity determined independent of knowledge of the starting sequence of the respective dealt playing card matches a respective expected identity of a respective playing card expected to be in the first hand before any wagers are resolved, wherein an expectation of respective playing card to be in the first hand is based at least in part on the knowledge of the starting sequence; and for each dealt playing card forming the second hand, automatically determining by the card identification system whether the respective identity determined independent of knowledge of the starting sequence of the respective dealt playing card matches a respective expected identity of a respective playing card expected to be in the second hand before any wagers are resolved, wherein an expectation of respective playing card to be in the second hand is based at least in part on the knowledge of the starting sequence.