Abstract: A card dispenser and display apparatus for securely loading, maintaining, removing and displaying game cards during the playing of a game. The apparatus includes a housing and a generally planar base. The inner space of the housing is configured to contain a plurality of cards having a uniform height and width. The inner space of the housing has a width that is substantially equal to the uniform width of the plurality of cards, at least a portion of which housing has a height that is lower than the uniform height of the plurality of cards, thereby enabling a user to manually lift a card from the front of the housing to move the card to the back of the housing, as well as enabling the removal of a deck of playing cards from the housing.

Abstract: A card shuffler that moves cards one at a time from the bottom of a group that may be a deck in a deck-crib, to randomly designated single-card receptacles in a receiving or dealing rack, and a method for shuffling and for dealing cards. Either the deck-crib or the receiving rack is moved by a motor to align a single-card receptacle, randomly selected from among remaining empty single-card receptacles, with an outfeed slot of the deck-crib to receive each card to be moved from the deck-crib. A space is provided in the dealing rack in one embodiment, where a dealer's hand can reach cards and remove them from the dealing rack. A controller can cause the dealing rack to move so as to allow a selected number of cards to be removed by the dealer for dealing as a player hand or a dealer hand. A card reader may be included, and positions in the receiving or dealing rack of cards identified by the card reader can be stored in memory in the controller.

Abstract: An electronic poker system is a system for reducing slowdowns and errors during play while delivering an authentic poker experience for players. The system includes a table where players are able to sit at a plurality of player stations while a live dealer sits at a dealer station. Each player's cards are shown on at least one flexible display while community cards and other game information is shown on at least one game display that is visible to all players. Each of the at least one flexible display is secured to a playing surface of the table through a tether device. A gameplay control unit automates many functions such as dealing player cards, dealing community cards, fixing dealer mistakes, and folding player hands. The live dealer is able to initiate these functions through at least one dealer input device.

Abstract: A used card handling device includes both a card cancelling device and a card sorting unit, as well as an imaging device, a transport mechanism for transporting cards between the card imaging, cancelling, and sorting devices or units, and a controller for controlling the card imaging, cancelling, sorting, and transporting devices or units. The sorting device includes a holding device for each type of card, and output pockets to which the holding devices distribute the cards in a desired order.

Abstract: A gaming system comprises a plurality of tournament tables in at least one physical location wherein multiple players play identical hands of the same game thereby playing a game of skill with equal opportunity given to each player to win. The system including for each hand played a set of pre-packaged duplicate hands distributed to each tournament table so that each player in a tournament group will play an identical hand of cards.

Abstract: Playing cards that include a machine-readable bar code in the form of a number of mutually parallel and juxtaposed bars, wherein the code is adapted to be read by light sensitive detectors. Each playing card includes at least one six-position binary code in which a bar is either present or absent at each of the six positions. The code includes a reference code in the form of an additional bar in at least one further position adjacent to the six-position binary code. The reference code is positioned for detection by a light sensitive detector. The binary code is intended to be read by means of the light sensitive detectors when the existence of the reference code is detected.

Abstract: Playing cards are marked with binary codes adjacent both side edges of the face of each card in a standard deck. The code includes a precode which signals a card reader to read the code in proper bit sequence depending on the direction of card movement past the reader. The binary code includes six bits to represent face value and suit of the card, and a four-bit error detection code which can detect errors of two bits in the code.A deck of coded cards is dealt either manually or automatically according to at least one predetermined program. The coded cards are passed over photocells which read the binary codes on the face of the card. The photocell outputs are sent to a microprocessor, which compares the code to the predetermined program and directs the card to the appropriate player location.

Abstract: A computer system for duplicate bridge scoring utilizes a compact data card to remain attached to a duplicate board during the session of play. The card is arranged for encoding of data round-by-round rather than by player line. The computer unscrambles the pair numbers by formula or reference, the variable number of tables for each of the sections being communicated to the computer after the session starts. The data card is made sufficiently compact by the aid of the round-by-round array; by unique type style and arrangement; by utilizing machine language for the bridge score. The machine language is arranged to comport with standard readers having twelve read heads on quarter inch centers. Unique holders for the data cards utilize concealer tabs that at all times during the play session remain with the duplicate board.