Patent ID: 8919775

Claim:
A system for billing usage of an automatic card handling device, comprising: a card handling device having a controller, the card handling device configured to physically shuffle an input set of cards and deliver an output set of cards resulting from the shuffling; a communication device operably coupled to the controller, the communication device configured to at least send information including card handling usage parameters of the card handling device across a communication port, wherein the card handling usage parameters include information about operational acts performed by the card handling device associated with physical usage of the card handling device in play of a game; and a computing device, remote from the card handling device, operably coupled to the communication port through a network, the computing device configured to receive the information including the card handling usage parameters of the card handling device, and configured to generate a usage fee for use of the card handling device based at least in part on the card handling usage parameters of the card handling device.