Patents Assigned to Ball Gaming International, Inc.
  • Method, apparatus and article employing multiple machine-readable indicia on playing cards
    Patent number: 7222852
    Abstract: A stacked set of playing cards are supported to expose an information bearing portion bearing a first machine-readable indicia and an information bearing portion bearing a second machine-readable indicia, such that each of the first and second machine-readable indicia from a number of cards are read by at least one reader. The second machine-readable indicia may provide redundancy, or may be related to the first machine-readable indicia to allow the authentication of the playing card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Ball Gaming International, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Soltys, Richard Huizinga