Patent ID: 7434805

Claim:
A casino table card game playing system comprising a display screen and a playing card delivery shoe for use in the play of the casino table card game of baccarat from which delivery shoe cards may be dealt, the delivery shoe comprising: a) an area for receiving a first set of playing cards useful in the play of the casino table card game of baccarat; b) a first card mover that moves playing cards from the first set to a playing card staging area wherein at least one playing card is staged in an order by which playing cards are removed from the first set of playing cards and moved to the playing card staging area; c) s second playing card mover that moves playing cards from the playing card staging area to a delivery area wherein playing cards removed from the staging area to a delivery end are moved in the same order by which playing cards were removed from the first set of playing cards and moved to the playing card staging area; and d) at least one playing card reading sensor that reads at least one playing card value of each playing card separately after each playing card has been removed from the area for receiving the first set of playing cards and before removal from the playing card delivery area; wherein there is a communication link between the at least one playing card reading sensor and a processor, which the processor analyzes data from the at least one sensor according to rules of play of the game of baccarat and determines results including cumulative rank of each player's hand and dealer's hand and wins and losses of play for a round of play of baccarat based upon data from the at least one sensor, the processor being communicatively linked to the display screen to provide image information to be displayed on the display screen.