Patent ID: 7717429

Claim:
A system comprising: a memory, having stored thereon, a set of instruction, in which, when executed by a computing device, the set of instructions cause the computing device to perform a method comprising the acts of: providing an indication of a deck of cards; playing a game using the deck of cards; determining a first value of a card count describing the deck of cards; determining at least one card used from the deck of cards in the game, in which rules for determining a winner of the game are defined by the rules of blackjack; determining a second value of the card count based on the first value and the at least one card; determining that the second value is at least one of greater than a first threshold and less than a second threshold; and in response to determining that the second value is at least one of greater than the first threshold and less than the second threshold, initiating a shuffling of the deck of cards prior to using the deck for any further games.