Patent ID: 7213812

Claim:
A playing card delivery shoe for use in the play of the casino table card game of baccarat from which delivery shoe cards maybe dealt comprising a) an area within the card delivery shoe for receiving a first set of playing cards useful in the play of the casino table card game of baccarat; b) first card mover that moves playing cards from the first set to a playing card staging area within the card delivery shoe wherein at least one playing card is staged in an order by which playing cards are removed from the first set of and moved to the playing card staging area; c) second playing card mover that moves playing cards from the playing card staging area within the card delivery shoe to a delivery area wherein playing cards removed from the staging area to the delivery shoe 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; d) a visual display in communication with the card delivery shoe that indicates the results of a round of play by indicating at least whether a Player hand or Dealer hand is a winning hand in the round of play and e) at least one playing card reading sensor that reads at least one playing card value of each playing card separately within the card delivery shoe 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 playing card reading sensors and a processor, which processor analyzes said data according to rules of play of the game of baccarat and determines results of play for a round of play of baccarat based upon said data, and the results are displayed on the visual display.