US20150190706A1 - Card randomizing method for wagering games - Google Patents

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US20150190706A1
US20150190706A1 US14/589,714 US201514589714A US2015190706A1 US 20150190706 A1 US20150190706 A1 US 20150190706A1 US 201514589714 A US201514589714 A US 201514589714A US 2015190706 A1 US2015190706 A1 US 2015190706A1
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  • the invention generally relates to systems and methods for providing multiple decks of randomly-ordered playing cards for use in the play of various games at a gaming table which are not reshuffled between game rounds.
  • Games such as baccarat, blackjack and various poker-based table games are popular games to play for entertainment. These are card-based wagering games which rely on one or more decks of randomly-ordered standard playing cards to provide a fair game to both the gaming operators and players.
  • the decks are shuffled together, typically through the use of an automated card shuffler, and then dealt to players to form hands.
  • the decks of cards may be shuffled at the gaming table and dealt or placed in a card dealing device, such as a card shoe, which facilitates single card removal while maintaining the other cards in a stacked position to prevent any cards from being inadvertently revealed.
  • a card shoe Once the card shoe is filled with shuffled cards it is brought to the gaming table for use in a game, such as baccarat.
  • Gaming operators have an interest in preventing advantage play because it can negatively impact gaming revenue and make games less appealing to players who prefer to play games that are not subject to manipulation. Accordingly, new features that thwart advantage play without negatively impacting revenue, changing the odds of existing games or making game play less entertaining, among other things, are desirable.
  • the invention is generally directed to a system and method for thwarting advantage play in wagering games involving physical playing cards or electronically-reproduced (virtual) versions thereof.
  • Some embodiments of the invention are directed to a method for providing groups of randomized cards, which effectively function as a randomized card engine for card wagering games, the method comprising the steps of: shuffling a plurality of standard decks of physical playing cards to form a set of playing cards in a randomly-ordered condition; dividing the set of randomly-ordered playing cards into a plurality of subsets, wherein each subset contains an equal amount of cards; and providing each subset of the plurality of subsets for use in supplying randomized cards in a respective card wagering game.
  • the aforementioned method further step of drawing cards from each subset in each respective card wagering game.
  • the aforementioned method further includes the step of inserting each subset of the plurality of subsets into a respective playing card shoe for use in providing randomized cards in a card wagering game.
  • the aforementioned method further includes the step of delivering a playing card shoe including a subset of the plurality of subsets therein.
  • the plurality of standard decks of physical playing cards is twenty-four decks of fifty-two cards.
  • the plurality of subsets is three.
  • Some embodiments of the invention are directed to a method for providing a randomized card engine for live baccarat games comprising the steps of: shuffling twenty-four standard decks of physical playing cards using an automated shuffling device to form a set of randomly-ordered playing cards; dividing the set of randomly-ordered playing cards into a plurality of subsets, wherein each subset contains an equal amount of cards; and delivering or inserting each subset of the plurality of subsets into a respective playing card shoe for use in providing randomized cards in a card wagering game.
  • Some embodiments of the invention are directed to a computerized method for providing a randomized card engine for wagering games comprising the steps of: providing playing card data in a data storage device relating to each playing card of at least one standard deck of playing cards; a data processing device in communication with the data storage device and a random number generator facilitating use of the playing card data to simulate the random shuffling of a plurality of decks of playing cards into a virtual set of randomly-ordered playing cards and simulate the division of the virtual set into a plurality of virtual subsets, wherein each virtual subset contains an equal amount of playing cards; and displaying playing cards from the virtual subset on a display device in the play of a respective card wagering game.
  • the aforementioned computerized method further includes the step of storing each virtual subset in memory.
  • the display device and data processing device are mounted in a housing, while in others they are remotely positioned and/or in communication over a network such as the world wide web.
  • Some embodiments of the invention are further directed to a card wagering game, including a gaming table surface having a configuration of designated areas to position gaming implements thereon for facilitating play of the card wagering game, a card dealing shoe, wherein the card dealing shoe includes a card staging space and a card delivery; port for delivering cards in the play of the game, the card staging space including a randomized cards comprising a subset of randomly-ordered cards from a plurality of subsets of randomly-ordered cards drawn from a set of a plurality of standard fifty-two card decks of randomly-ordered playing cards.
  • the plurality of standard decks of physical playing cards is twenty-four decks of fifty-two cards.
  • the plurality of subsets is three.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary method of the invention
  • FIG. 2 illustrates an exemplary card delivery shoe for facilitating the methods of the invention
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of exemplary system components configured for use with methods according to some embodiments of the invention.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a method 10 for providing a randomized card engine for live card wagering games.
  • a plurality of standard decks of physical playing cards are converted into a randomized condition to form a set of randomly-ordered playing cards. It should be readily apparent that this step may be facilitated by an electromechanically automated card shuffling device.
  • the plurality of decks is at least twenty-four, that is, one thousand two hundred and forty eight playing cards without the joker cards included.
  • the set of randomly-ordered playing cards are divided into a plurality of subsets.
  • the subsets are divided such that each subset contains an equal or substantially equal amount of cards.
  • the subsets may include different amounts of cards.
  • the set may be divided into three subsets of four hundred and s cards each.
  • each subset of the plurality of subsets is inserted into a respective playing card shoe, such as playing card shoe 100 shown in FIG. 2 .
  • the subset of cards can be inserted into card staging space 102 between slide 104 and card delivery port 106 .
  • Playing card shoe 100 may then be placed on a gaming table surface (not shown) having designated areas for gaming implements, such as dealt cards and wagers.
  • a dealer may withdraw cards, preferably one at a time, from a card delivery port 106 on playing card shoe 100 in and during the play of a game.
  • method 10 provides many benefits, including an unknown constituency of cards in each card dealing shoe, which among other things, eliminates an assumption relied upon by advantage play counting techniques. In other words, method 10 better ensures the integrity of the game by making the cards less easily countable to advantage players that wager based on the cards already dealt from a card dealing shoe and the presumption that each card shoe holds all fifty-two cards of each deck in a plurality of decks of playing cards.
  • any card shuffling device and/or card dealing shoe may be used in connection with, and benefit from, the methods of the invention described herein, and in any location.
  • Cards may be randomized and divided into subsets in one or more remote locations, in a gaming establishment or elsewhere, such as prior to delivery to the gaming establishment, and the subsets transported to another location for use thereafter.
  • the set of cards may include standard fifty-two decks or modified decks, such as decks in which specific cards are removed to impact the game play or house advantage, particularly in connection with games that have wagers which may be subject to some form of advantage play methods that rely on the presumption of the available cards consisting of complete decks, such as Blackjack.
  • the methods of the invention may also be implemented in a system, such as a terminal, kiosk or networked systems involving live gaming play being transmitted to stationary terminals, kiosks or portable devices for additional game play, in partial or full electronic gaming systems, such as those either involving real or virtual wagering or real or virtual multiple decks of cards, or in multiplayer gaming platforms in which decks of cards are electronically simulated through use of a random number generator being mapped to numbers or number sets that simulate a set of randomized cards in a plurality of decks, and then simulate one or more subsets of the set being used in a game.
  • a system such as a terminal, kiosk or networked systems involving live gaming play being transmitted to stationary terminals, kiosks or portable devices for additional game play
  • partial or full electronic gaming systems such as those either involving real or virtual wagering or real or virtual multiple decks of cards, or in multiplayer gaming platforms in which decks of cards are electronically simulated through use of a random number generator being mapped to numbers or number sets that simulate a set of randomized cards in
  • FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary system 200 constructed in accordance with some embodiments of the invention.
  • System 200 includes data processing device 202 in communication with a data storage device, database or memory 204 , communication or data input/output device 206 and a display device 208 .
  • display device 208 and data processing device 202 that is, the data processing device configured for providing the features of the invention, are mounted in the same housing, while in other embodiments they may be mounted separately.
  • Exemplary embodiments include electronic gaming machines or tables, computers or smartphones.
  • Memory 204 includes playing card data relating to each playing card in a standard deck of fifty-two playing cards, which may include images of each card.
  • Processing device 202 simulates the random shuffling of a plurality of decks of playing cards by using the playing card data in memory 204 and a random number generator to form a virtual set of randomly-ordered playing cards, and then divides the virtual set into multiple virtual subsets. Each virtual subset may then be either transmitted, recorded or otherwise reproduced electronically and used in the play of a respective game, such as Baccarat, through the display of cards drawn from the virtual subset.
  • Display device 208 may be mounted at player positions in a gaming table or may display a table layout configuration thereon for players to interact with and play the wagering game as if playing a non-virtual wagering game.
  • any of the systems and methods of the invention may include various computer and network related software and hardware, such as programs, operating systems, memory storage devices, data input/output devices, data processors, servers with links to data communication systems, wireless or otherwise, and data transceiving terminals, and may be a standalone device or incorporated in another platform, such as an existing electronic gaming machine, portable computing device or electronic platforms with multiple player positions. It should be readily apparent that additional computerized or manual systems may also be employed in accordance with the invention in order to achieve its full implementation as a system, apparatus or method.

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