Abstract: A method and apparatus enable a game to be played based upon a plurality of cards. An automated dealing shoe dispenses each of the cards and recognizes each of the cards as each of the cards is dispensed. Player stations are also included. Each player station enables a player to enter a bet, request that a card be dispensed or not dispensed, and to convert each bet into a win or a loss based upon the cards which are dispensed by the automated dealing shoe.

Abstract: A bite detector for fishing of the type typically used with a fishing rod and reel combination which is placed at or near the tip of a fishing rod, consisting of a lightweight, housing for a circuit having a motion detection means displaced between a power source and an audio or visual signalling means, or both, typically a light and a piezo-electric buzzer. The bite detector of the present invention utilizes a motion detection means which employs a resilient spring or wire which is not orientation dependent. The motion detector means comprises a first electrical contact, preferably a small, helical spring disposed within a cavity or passageway comprising a second electrical contact. When sufficient motion or vibration occurs, such as that as may be encountered when a fish strikes a baited hook, the first electrical contact will come into contact with the second electrical contact which in some embodiments may be the walls of the cavity, thus completing the circuit and triggering the signalling means.