Patent ID: 7591728

Claim:
A computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that when executed perform the steps of: receiving a first electronic signal from one of a plurality of remote users, wherein the first electronic signal is configured to physically randomize a plurality of cards at a card shuffling device without the utilization of a random number generator, and wherein each card has at least one identifier; receiving a second electronic signal configured to physically deal at least one card from the plurality of cards; determining, with a computer device, the identity of the at least one card dealt by determining the at least one identifier of the at least one card; transmitting a third electronic signal including identity information of the at least one card dealt through a network to at least one of the remote users; and receiving a fourth electronic signal from one of the plurality of remote users, the fourth signal electronically indicating a physical location within the plurality of cards to cut the plurality of cards, wherein the plurality of cards are physically cut at the location indicated.