Patent ID: 7029009

Claim:
A playing card delivery shoe from which cards may be dealt comprising a) an area for receiving a first set of cards; b) first card mover that moves cards individually, one at a time, from the first set to a card staging area wherein at least one card is staged in an order by which cards are removed from the first set of cards and moved to the card staging area; c) second card mover that moves cards individually, one at a time, from the card staging area to a delivery area wherein cards removed from the staging area to the delivery area are moved individually one at a time, in the same order by which cards were removed from the first set of cards and moved to the card staging area; and d) card reading sensors that read at least one element of information of card rank, card suit or card value of each card separately individually, one at a time after each card has been removed from the area for receiving the first set of cards and before removal from the card delivery area, wherein the card delivery area includes a slot enabling removal of cards from the shoe individually, one at a time.