Patent ID: 8308163

Claim:
A table game system comprising: a plurality of playing cards, each of the cards including an ultraviolet-ray reaction code comprising code elements arranged along one side of a face of the card, the same ultraviolet-ray reaction code being provided along opposed sides of the face of the card, the ultraviolet-ray reaction code representing at least a number of a card; a card shooter apparatus comprising: a card housing for containing the cards; a card guide unit that guides cards which are pulled out one by one from the card housing; one or more black light sensors that read the ultraviolet-ray reaction code from each card guided by the card guide unit; and a win/lose determining means for automatically determining a result of a casino-style card game on the basis of the reading of the ultraviolet-ray reaction codes on the cards by the one or more black light sensors without manual input of information related to distribution of cards relative to players positions, wherein no other sensors are used to detect the distribution of cards relative to said players positions; and wherein at least the black light sensors and the win/lose determining means are contained integrally within the card shooter apparatus.