Patent ID: 8556262

Claim:
A table game system comprising: a plurality of playing cards, each of the cards including an ultraviolet-ray reaction code comprising at least two separate sets of code elements arranged along one side of a face of the card, the same ultraviolet-ray reaction code being provided along an opposed side of the face of the card, the ultraviolet-ray reaction code representing at least a number of a card; and a card shooter apparatus comprising: a card housing for containing the cards, a card guide unit that guides cards one by one from out of the card housing, one or more card detecting sensors arranged along a guiding direction of the card guide unit for detecting backward and forward movement of a card passed along the card guide unit, the card detecting sensors being configured to detect the backwards movement of a card when the card has been slipped back into the card shooter after the card is guided out of the card shooter, and one or more black light sensors that read the ultraviolet-ray reaction code from each card guided by the card guide unit.