Patent ID: 8262462

Claim:
A player system for facilitating participation in a card game by a player located remotely from a dealer of the card game, comprising: a communications module for receiving electronic information representing a remote playing card, the information comprising at least a rank and a suit of the remote playing card; a printing mechanism for: printing the information representing the remote playing card to a face of a local playing card, and outputting the printed local playing card to a flipping mechanism; a flipping mechanism for selectively dealing the printed local playing card to the player either face up or face down; and a door moveable between an open position and a closed position, wherein: the flipping mechanism includes an interior surface of the door; when the door is in the closed position, the flipping mechanism deals the printed local playing card to the player face down; and when the door is in the open position, the flipping mechanism deals the printed local playing card to the player face up.