US20220143488A1 - Packing box of playing cards - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to playing cards used in card games, and particularly, to shuffled playing cards packed as an individual pack after being shuffled in a random manner, a packing box for packing an individual set of playing cards.
- a dealer sets one or more decks of playing cards in a card shooter or the like, and deals cards to game players by shooting the cards one by one out of the card shooter or the like. In so doing, to ensure fairness of the games, the cards need to be dealt at random. Therefore, a game host has to sufficiently shuffle the playing cards randomly in order to ensure a random order of arrangement of the playing cards before the playing cards are set in the card shooter.
- the shuffled playing cards used in various card games such as poker, baccarat, bridge or blackjack include, ordinary, 416 cards if eight decks of cards are used. Eight decks of playing cards have 416 cards, and the height thereof is approximately 125 mm. Therefore, when the dealer tries to set such 416 playing cards in a card shooter or the like at one time, it may be impossible to house the cards neatly since they get misaligned, which is a problem and hampers the efficient operation of the games. There is also a problem of possible cheating such as the insertion/removal or switching of cards when the cards are housed in a card shooter.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and aims to provide a packing box of playing cards and shuffled playing cards with which the game host can readily set playing cards in a card shooter or the like prior to a game, and that can eliminate the possibility of cheating.
- the present invention provides a packing box of playing cards that has, in an assembled state, a shape of a rectangular parallelepiped with six faces that are front and rear faces, right and left side faces, and top and bottom faces, and encases the playing cards, the packing box including zippers or cutoff units in two locations at a predetermined interval, the zippers or the cutoff units including cut lines in parallel with a longitudinal direction of the rectangular parallelepiped shape, and a central band in a central portion defined by the zippers or the cutoff units provided in the two locations, wherein the right and left side faces of the packing box can be removed by removing the zippers or the cutoff units such that side faces of the playing cards are exposed.
- the present invention provides shuffled playing cards that are housed in a packing box and encased therein in a shuffled state, and sealed, the shuffled playing cards containing a number of cards that can form a predetermined number of decks, the packing box being a packing box that has a shape of a rectangular parallelepiped with six faces that are front and rear faces, right and left side faces, and top and bottom faces, and that has zippers or cutoff units in two locations at a predetermined interval, the zippers or the cutoff units including zipper lines or cut lines in parallel with a longitudinal direction of the rectangular parallelepiped shape, and a central band provided in a portion defined by the zippers or the cutoff units provided in the two locations, wherein the right and left side faces of the packing box can be removed by removing the zippers or the cutoff units along the zipper lines or the cut lines such that side faces of the playing cards are exposed.
- the present invention it is possible to achieve an easier handling of a predetermined number of decks of shuffled playing cards to be used in card games so that the cards can be set to a shoe in a safe and reliable manner, thereby improving the operability of games at casinos, reducing the operation cost and improving safety.
- FIG. 1A is a perspective view of a packing box packing shuffled playing cards according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention
- FIG. 1B is a perspective view showing a state in which the packing box packing the shuffled playing cards is partially broken to show a portion of the cards.
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the side faces of the shuffled playing cards of Embodiment 1 of the present invention are exposed.
- FIG. 3 is a bottom view of a packing box of the shuffled playing cards according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state in which a cut card is inserted in the shuffled playing cards.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a state in which the shuffled playing cards are housed in a shooter.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a procedure according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention for housing the shuffled playing cards in a shooter.
- FIG. 7 shows a cut card being inserted into a package of shuffled playing cards according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 are perspective views of a package of shuffled playing cards, a carton containing multiple packages of shuffled playing cards and a container containing multiple cartons according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGS. 1A and 1B are perspective views each illustrating a packing box of Embodiment 1 packing shuffled playing cards.
- a packing box 2 of shuffled playing cards 1 has the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped with six faces, namely, a front face 3 , a rear face 4 , a left side face 5 , a right side face 6 , a top face 7 and a bottom face 8 so as to encase the shuffled playing cards 1 in an assembled state.
- the packing box 2 includes zippers 11 provided in two locations at a predetermined interval, each of which includes zipper-shaped cut lines 10 arranged in parallel with a longitudinal direction (an arrow L) of the rectangular parallelepiped shape, and has a central band 12 in the central portion defined by the zippers 11 provided in the two locations.
- the central band 12 is colored so as to be readily distinguishable from the other portions. As described in detail later, a configuration is achieved in which by removing the two zippers 11 along the cut lines 10 formed by zipper lines or a straight slit 13 , the left and right side faces 5 and 6 of the packing box 2 are removed such that the side edges of the shuffled playing cards 1 would be exposed. Note that it is possible to configure the zipper 11 as a cutoff unit to enable a cut along the cut line 10 with a thread or the like, as a variation.
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which side faces is of the shuffled playing cards 1 are exposed.
- the shuffled playing cards 1 are made up of a predetermined number of decks, and for example, in the case of eight decks of shuffled playing cards 1 , there are 416 cards.
- the shuffled playing cards 1 are shuffled by a conventional card shuffling device in advance in order for them to be arranged in a random order, housed in the packing box 2 that encases the shuffled playing cards 1 , sealed with a sealing material or a shrink packaging material, and then supplied to casinos or the like. Note that FIG.
- an ID code is used in the form of a bar code 14 or a QR (quick response) code.
- the ID code uniquely identifies each set of shuffled playing cards.
- an RFID or a RF-tag may be attached as the ID code.
- a method of housing the shuffled playing cards 1 in a shooter 15 that is used in a casino or the like will be described.
- the zippers 11 are removed along the cut lines 10 such as zipper lines and then the left and right side faces 5 and 6 of the packing box 2 are removed as described above, thereby exposing the side edges 1 s of the shuffled playing cards 1 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 5 .
- the shuffled playing cards 1 are held at a corner portion of the central band 12 and lifted, and then housed in a card housing portion 16 of the card shooter 15 for card games, as shown in FIG. 5 .
- the procedure for this will be described in detail below.
- circled numbers 1 to 3 indicating the procedural order for removing the zippers 11 are printed on the zippers 11 , as shown in FIG. 1 .
- the portion on the left of a zipper 11 is removed first to remove the left side face 5 of the packing box 2 , thereby exposing one side edge of each of the shuffled playing cards 1 within the packing box 2 (a first side edge exposure step).
- This first side edge exposure step may further include a card cut step of inserting a cut card 17 , which is used at a casino in order to stop the use of the shuffled playing cards 1 in the middle of games after that game as appropriate, into the shuffled playing cards 1 .
- the card cut step of inserting a cut card 17 into the shuffled playing cards 1 allows for: 1) dividing of the shuffled playing cards 1 into two parts by the cut card (the first half and second half) and then 2) exchanging positions of the two halves (the first half should be the backward position to the cut card and the second half should be in front position). This step is so called normally the “cut” in a card game. After the first “cut”, the cut card may again be inserted into the shuffled playing cards 1 at casinos in order to stop the use of the shuffled playing cards 1 going forward or after a few games after the cut card appears.
- FIG. 4 illustrates that card cut step. Since a player (customer) of the casino is requested to insert the cut card 17 into the shuffled playing cards 1 as the “cut”, there may be cheating if an index 100 of a shuffled playing card 1 at the place of insertion is seen when inserting the cut card 17 . Therefore, the shuffled playing cards 1 may be housed in the packing box 2 in advance such that when the cut card 17 is inserted, the side on which the index of the shuffled playing cards 1 is not printed (the upper left portion of the upper face 7 ) is on top (see FIG. 4 ). The procedural order for removing the zippers 11 may be indicated with the circled numbers printed on the zippers 11 such that the cut card 17 can be inserted from the left side edges 1 s where the shuffled playing cards 1 are exposed.
- FIGS. 6-2 and 6-3 the other zipper 11 of the packing box 2 on the other side is removed in the order indicated by the circled numbers 2 and 3 , and the right side face 6 of the packing box 2 is removed to expose the other side edges of the shuffled playing cards 1 within the packing box 2 , thereby achieving a state in which the shuffled playing cards 1 are wrapped only with the central band 12 (a second side edge exposure step) (see FIG. 2 ).
- FIG. 6-4 the rear corner of the central band 12 is held to lift together the shuffled playing cards 1 and the central band 12 (a lifting step).
- the central band 12 is torn at a portion thereof (e.g., a break line 18 ) to remove the central band 12 from the card housing portion 16 , thereby completing the housing with only the shuffled playing cards 1 left in the card housing portion 16 (a housing completion step).
- a portion thereof e.g., a break line 18
- the bar code 14 or other form of ID code, remains in the central band 12 .
- the bar code 14 or other form of ID code remains in the central band 12 , it is advantageous to retain the central band 12 after removal without discarding the same, and to dispose of or the like the shuffled playing cards 1 after the use thereof in the game by putting the shuffled playing cards 1 in a carton bag for disposal, with the corresponding central band 12 including the bar code 14 or other form of ID code attached thereto, so as to manage the disposal of each set of shuffled playing cards 1 while maintaining the connection with the housing of the cards 1 in the card shooter 15 with a computer or the like, by reading the bar code 14 or other form of ID code with a reader (not shown in the drawings).
- the top face 7 of the packing box 2 has a marking (UPPER) indicating that it is the top face, and an arrow 19 indicating the orientation of the shuffled playing cards 1 when inserted in the card housing portion 16 (indicating the front/rear of the shuffled playing cards 1 ), making it possible to house the shuffled playing cards 1 in the card shooter 15 in the proper orientation without fail.
- the shuffled playing cards 1 are housed such that their rear faces with the pattern thereon are in front.
- a sign for example, a mark 20
- a sign that indicates the place where the central band 12 is to be held and lifted is printed on the central band 12 of the packing box 2 , and thus, the place for lifting can be readily found.
- the shuffled playing cards for use in table card games, the housing box of the shuffled playing cards and the method of housing the same in a card shooter of the present invention enable the easy handling of a plurality of decks of shuffled playing cards and the proper housing of the shuffled playing cards in a card shooter, and thus, is useful for table card games held in casinos or the like.
- an RFID may be attached as the ID code to the cut card 17 instead of attaching an RFID (or a RF-tag) to the packing box 2 .
- the cut card 17 may be inserted into the shuffled playing cards 1 when they are packaged in the factory. This is advantageous in that it obviates the need for casinos to prepare the cut card 17 for the “cut”.
- the cut card 17 is inserted at the left side or right side of the shuffled playing cards 1 in this case and the player (customer) or dealer of the casino may easily find and pick the cut card 17 in the package box 2 .
- the RFID or a RF-tag
- the ID code may still be easily read from the RFID on or in the cut card 17 and the ID code uniquely identifies each set of shuffled playing cards.
- multiple packing boxes 2 of shuffled playing cards are contained in a carton CA and multiple cartons CA are contained in a container 300 disposed on a pallet PA.
- a carton ID including an RFID and a carton barcode 30 are attached to the each carton CA
- a container ID including an RFID and a container barcode 40 are attached to the container 300
- each carton ID and the container ID provides all information related to the ID codes of the packaging boxes 2 of shuffled playing cards contained in the carton CA or the container 300 .
- the carton IDs may be registered in a database and associated with the ID codes of the packaging boxes 2 of shuffled playing cards contained in the carton CA and the container ID may be registered in a database and associated with the carton IDs of the cartons CA contained in the container 300 and also associated with all of the packaging boxes 2 of shuffled playing cards contained in the container 300 .
- the carton ID or the container ID may be used to register all of the ID codes of the packaging boxes 2 upon delivery to a casino.
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- The present application is a continuation from U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/162,891 filed Oct. 17, 2018, which is a continuation application from U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/638,904 filed Jun. 30, 2017, now U.S. Pat. No. 10,143,911, which is a continuation from U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/958,407 filed Aug. 2, 2013, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,724,594, which claims priority to JP Pat. App. No. JP 2012-182741 filed Aug. 5, 2012; the content of each is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
- The present invention relates to playing cards used in card games, and particularly, to shuffled playing cards packed as an individual pack after being shuffled in a random manner, a packing box for packing an individual set of playing cards.
- In poker, baccarat, bridge, blackjack, and other card games, a dealer sets one or more decks of playing cards in a card shooter or the like, and deals cards to game players by shooting the cards one by one out of the card shooter or the like. In so doing, to ensure fairness of the games, the cards need to be dealt at random. Therefore, a game host has to sufficiently shuffle the playing cards randomly in order to ensure a random order of arrangement of the playing cards before the playing cards are set in the card shooter.
- It should be noted that a conventional card shuffling device for shuffling cards is disclosed in, for example, WO 2009/069708.
- The shuffled playing cards used in various card games such as poker, baccarat, bridge or blackjack include, ordinary, 416 cards if eight decks of cards are used. Eight decks of playing cards have 416 cards, and the height thereof is approximately 125 mm. Therefore, when the dealer tries to set such 416 playing cards in a card shooter or the like at one time, it may be impossible to house the cards neatly since they get misaligned, which is a problem and hampers the efficient operation of the games. There is also a problem of possible cheating such as the insertion/removal or switching of cards when the cards are housed in a card shooter.
- The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and aims to provide a packing box of playing cards and shuffled playing cards with which the game host can readily set playing cards in a card shooter or the like prior to a game, and that can eliminate the possibility of cheating.
- To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a packing box of playing cards that has, in an assembled state, a shape of a rectangular parallelepiped with six faces that are front and rear faces, right and left side faces, and top and bottom faces, and encases the playing cards, the packing box including zippers or cutoff units in two locations at a predetermined interval, the zippers or the cutoff units including cut lines in parallel with a longitudinal direction of the rectangular parallelepiped shape, and a central band in a central portion defined by the zippers or the cutoff units provided in the two locations, wherein the right and left side faces of the packing box can be removed by removing the zippers or the cutoff units such that side faces of the playing cards are exposed.
- To achieve the above object, the present invention provides shuffled playing cards that are housed in a packing box and encased therein in a shuffled state, and sealed, the shuffled playing cards containing a number of cards that can form a predetermined number of decks, the packing box being a packing box that has a shape of a rectangular parallelepiped with six faces that are front and rear faces, right and left side faces, and top and bottom faces, and that has zippers or cutoff units in two locations at a predetermined interval, the zippers or the cutoff units including zipper lines or cut lines in parallel with a longitudinal direction of the rectangular parallelepiped shape, and a central band provided in a portion defined by the zippers or the cutoff units provided in the two locations, wherein the right and left side faces of the packing box can be removed by removing the zippers or the cutoff units along the zipper lines or the cut lines such that side faces of the playing cards are exposed.
- With the present invention, it is possible to achieve an easier handling of a predetermined number of decks of shuffled playing cards to be used in card games so that the cards can be set to a shoe in a safe and reliable manner, thereby improving the operability of games at casinos, reducing the operation cost and improving safety.
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FIG. 1A is a perspective view of a packing box packing shuffled playing cards according toEmbodiment 1 of the present invention, andFIG. 1B is a perspective view showing a state in which the packing box packing the shuffled playing cards is partially broken to show a portion of the cards. -
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the side faces of the shuffled playing cards of Embodiment 1 of the present invention are exposed. -
FIG. 3 is a bottom view of a packing box of the shuffled playing cards according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state in which a cut card is inserted in the shuffled playing cards. -
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a state in which the shuffled playing cards are housed in a shooter. -
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a procedure according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention for housing the shuffled playing cards in a shooter. -
FIG. 7 shows a cut card being inserted into a package of shuffled playing cards according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 8 are perspective views of a package of shuffled playing cards, a carton containing multiple packages of shuffled playing cards and a container containing multiple cartons according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. -
Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to the attached drawings.FIGS. 1A and 1B are perspective views each illustrating a packing box of Embodiment 1 packing shuffled playing cards. Apacking box 2 of shuffledplaying cards 1 has the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped with six faces, namely, afront face 3, arear face 4, aleft side face 5, aright side face 6, atop face 7 and abottom face 8 so as to encase theshuffled playing cards 1 in an assembled state. Thepacking box 2 includeszippers 11 provided in two locations at a predetermined interval, each of which includes zipper-shaped cut lines 10 arranged in parallel with a longitudinal direction (an arrow L) of the rectangular parallelepiped shape, and has acentral band 12 in the central portion defined by thezippers 11 provided in the two locations. - The
central band 12 is colored so as to be readily distinguishable from the other portions. As described in detail later, a configuration is achieved in which by removing the twozippers 11 along thecut lines 10 formed by zipper lines or astraight slit 13, the left and right side faces 5 and 6 of thepacking box 2 are removed such that the side edges of the shuffledplaying cards 1 would be exposed. Note that it is possible to configure thezipper 11 as a cutoff unit to enable a cut along thecut line 10 with a thread or the like, as a variation. -
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which side faces is of theshuffled playing cards 1 are exposed. The shuffledplaying cards 1 are made up of a predetermined number of decks, and for example, in the case of eight decks of shuffledplaying cards 1, there are 416 cards. The shuffledplaying cards 1 are shuffled by a conventional card shuffling device in advance in order for them to be arranged in a random order, housed in thepacking box 2 that encases theshuffled playing cards 1, sealed with a sealing material or a shrink packaging material, and then supplied to casinos or the like. Note thatFIG. 1 shows a state in which thepacking boxes 2 housing theshuffled playing cards 1 each have attached thereon a bar code 14 (also serving as a seal), thebar codes 14 having mutually different ID codes (identification codes). The sets of shuffledplaying cards 1 have mutually different card arrangement orders due to shuffling, and thus, each set is unique. Therefore, in order to identify each set, an ID code is used in the form of abar code 14 or a QR (quick response) code. The ID code uniquely identifies each set of shuffled playing cards. In an exemplary embodiment, an RFID (or a RF-tag) may be attached as the ID code. - Next, with reference to
FIGS. 5 and 6 , a method of housing theshuffled playing cards 1 in ashooter 15 that is used in a casino or the like will be described. When theshuffled playing cards 1 are housed in thecard shooter 15 to be used in a casino or the like, thezippers 11 are removed along thecut lines 10 such as zipper lines and then the left and right side faces 5 and 6 of thepacking box 2 are removed as described above, thereby exposing theside edges 1 s of theshuffled playing cards 1 as shown inFIGS. 2 and 5 . Thereafter, theshuffled playing cards 1 are held at a corner portion of thecentral band 12 and lifted, and then housed in acard housing portion 16 of thecard shooter 15 for card games, as shown inFIG. 5 . The procedure for this will be described in detail below. - In the
packing box 2 where theshuffled playing cards 1 are housed, circlednumbers 1 to 3 indicating the procedural order for removing thezippers 11 are printed on thezippers 11, as shown inFIG. 1 . In accordance with this order, as shown inFIG. 6-1 , the portion on the left of azipper 11 is removed first to remove theleft side face 5 of thepacking box 2, thereby exposing one side edge of each of the shuffledplaying cards 1 within the packing box 2 (a first side edge exposure step). This first side edge exposure step may further include a card cut step of inserting acut card 17, which is used at a casino in order to stop the use of theshuffled playing cards 1 in the middle of games after that game as appropriate, into theshuffled playing cards 1. The card cut step of inserting acut card 17 into theshuffled playing cards 1 allows for: 1) dividing of theshuffled playing cards 1 into two parts by the cut card (the first half and second half) and then 2) exchanging positions of the two halves (the first half should be the backward position to the cut card and the second half should be in front position). This step is so called normally the “cut” in a card game. After the first “cut”, the cut card may again be inserted into theshuffled playing cards 1 at casinos in order to stop the use of theshuffled playing cards 1 going forward or after a few games after the cut card appears. -
FIG. 4 illustrates that card cut step. Since a player (customer) of the casino is requested to insert thecut card 17 into the shuffledplaying cards 1 as the “cut”, there may be cheating if anindex 100 of a shuffledplaying card 1 at the place of insertion is seen when inserting thecut card 17. Therefore, the shuffledplaying cards 1 may be housed in thepacking box 2 in advance such that when thecut card 17 is inserted, the side on which the index of the shuffledplaying cards 1 is not printed (the upper left portion of the upper face 7) is on top (seeFIG. 4 ). The procedural order for removing thezippers 11 may be indicated with the circled numbers printed on thezippers 11 such that thecut card 17 can be inserted from the left side edges 1 s where the shuffledplaying cards 1 are exposed. - Next, as illustrated in
FIGS. 6-2 and 6-3 , theother zipper 11 of thepacking box 2 on the other side is removed in the order indicated by the circlednumbers right side face 6 of thepacking box 2 is removed to expose the other side edges of the shuffledplaying cards 1 within thepacking box 2, thereby achieving a state in which the shuffledplaying cards 1 are wrapped only with the central band 12 (a second side edge exposure step) (seeFIG. 2 ). Next, as illustrated inFIG. 6-4 , the rear corner of thecentral band 12 is held to lift together the shuffledplaying cards 1 and the central band 12 (a lifting step). While the shuffledplaying cards 1 and thecentral band 12 are lifted together, the shuffledplaying cards 1 and thecentral band 12 are housed in thecard housing portion 16 of thecard shooter 15, as shown inFIG. 5 (a housing step). Next, thecentral band 12 is torn at a portion thereof (e.g., a break line 18) to remove thecentral band 12 from thecard housing portion 16, thereby completing the housing with only the shuffledplaying cards 1 left in the card housing portion 16 (a housing completion step). Note that as illustrated inFIG. 6-4 , thebar code 14, or other form of ID code, remains in thecentral band 12. Since thebar code 14 or other form of ID code remains in thecentral band 12, it is advantageous to retain thecentral band 12 after removal without discarding the same, and to dispose of or the like the shuffledplaying cards 1 after the use thereof in the game by putting the shuffledplaying cards 1 in a carton bag for disposal, with the correspondingcentral band 12 including thebar code 14 or other form of ID code attached thereto, so as to manage the disposal of each set of shuffledplaying cards 1 while maintaining the connection with the housing of thecards 1 in thecard shooter 15 with a computer or the like, by reading thebar code 14 or other form of ID code with a reader (not shown in the drawings). - In
Embodiment 1, thetop face 7 of thepacking box 2 has a marking (UPPER) indicating that it is the top face, and anarrow 19 indicating the orientation of the shuffledplaying cards 1 when inserted in the card housing portion 16 (indicating the front/rear of the shuffled playing cards 1), making it possible to house the shuffledplaying cards 1 in thecard shooter 15 in the proper orientation without fail. Normally, when housed in thecard shooter 15, the shuffledplaying cards 1 are housed such that their rear faces with the pattern thereon are in front. In addition, a sign (for example, a mark 20) that indicates the place where thecentral band 12 is to be held and lifted is printed on thecentral band 12 of thepacking box 2, and thus, the place for lifting can be readily found. - The shuffled playing cards for use in table card games, the housing box of the shuffled playing cards and the method of housing the same in a card shooter of the present invention enable the easy handling of a plurality of decks of shuffled playing cards and the proper housing of the shuffled playing cards in a card shooter, and thus, is useful for table card games held in casinos or the like.
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FIG. 7 , an RFID (or a RF-tag) may be attached as the ID code to thecut card 17 instead of attaching an RFID (or a RF-tag) to thepacking box 2. In this case, thecut card 17 may be inserted into the shuffledplaying cards 1 when they are packaged in the factory. This is advantageous in that it obviates the need for casinos to prepare thecut card 17 for the “cut”. Thecut card 17 is inserted at the left side or right side of the shuffledplaying cards 1 in this case and the player (customer) or dealer of the casino may easily find and pick thecut card 17 in thepackage box 2. In this case the RFID (or a RF-tag) may not be attached to thepackage box 2 but the ID code may still be easily read from the RFID on or in thecut card 17 and the ID code uniquely identifies each set of shuffled playing cards. - According to an exemplary embodiment of the invention,
multiple packing boxes 2 of shuffled playing cards are contained in a carton CA and multiple cartons CA are contained in acontainer 300 disposed on a pallet PA. As shown inFIG. 8 , a carton ID including an RFID and acarton barcode 30 are attached to the each carton CA, and a container ID including an RFID and acontainer barcode 40 are attached to thecontainer 300, and each carton ID and the container ID provides all information related to the ID codes of thepackaging boxes 2 of shuffled playing cards contained in the carton CA or thecontainer 300. The carton IDs may be registered in a database and associated with the ID codes of thepackaging boxes 2 of shuffled playing cards contained in the carton CA and the container ID may be registered in a database and associated with the carton IDs of the cartons CA contained in thecontainer 300 and also associated with all of thepackaging boxes 2 of shuffled playing cards contained in thecontainer 300. The carton ID or the container ID may be used to register all of the ID codes of thepackaging boxes 2 upon delivery to a casino. - Now that the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described in detail, various modifications and improvements thereon will become readily apparent to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, the spirit and scope of the present invention is to be construed broadly and not limited by the foregoing specification.
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