IP Library Granted Patent US 11,918,887
Granted Patent B2
US 11,918,887 · App. 16/923,779 · Granted Mar 5, 2024

Card game system and method of a table game

Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta (Shiga, JP)
Assignee: ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.
A63F1/00A63F1/14A63F1/18A63F2001/001
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,918,887
App. No.
16/923,779
Granted
Mar 5, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A table game system capable of providing a table game to provide a chance to bet more higher paid off odds and additional wagering opportunities during the play in a way that is not complicated is provided. The set of shuffled decks of playing cards has a 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 a bar code or a quick response (QR) code. The set of shuffled decks of playing cards has a special card which has been packaged together with other normal cards of the shuffled decks of playing cards in one package in a factory.

Claims (9)

1. A stack of shuffled decks of playing cards comprising:

a plurality of randomly shuffled playing cards, each playing card of the plurality of randomly shuffled playing cards having printed thereon a code representing a rank of the playing card; and

one or more special cards different in design from the plurality of randomly shuffled playing cards, each special card of the one or more special cards having printed thereon a special code, the one or more special cards being shuffled into a random position within the plurality of randomly shuffled playing cards or inserted into the plurality of randomly shuffled playing cards after the plurality of randomly shuffled playing cards have gone through a shuffling process, and

wherein the one or more special cards and the plurality of randomly shuffled playing cards are packaged together in one package in a factory and sealed, and the special code of each special card of the one or more special cards further indicates that the special card is a cut card indicating to stop use of the stack of shuffled decks of playing cards being currently used.

2. The stack of shuffled decks of playing cards according to claim 1 , wherein the special card is a cut card for indication to use a new set of shuffled decks of playing cards.

3. The stack of shuffled decks of playing cards according to claim 1 , wherein the special card is a special chance or bonus card for an exceptional award to a winner of a game.

4. The stack of shuffled decks of playing cards according to claim 1 , wherein the rank of the special card to be inserted into the shuffled decks of playing cards is determined by a random number from 0 to ten.

5. The stack of shuffled decks of playing cards according to claim 1 , wherein the package of the stack of shuffled decks of playing cards includes a cut card on an upper side or a lower side of the shuffled decks of playing cards.

6. The stack of shuffled decks of playing cards according to claim 1 , wherein the package of shuffled decks of playing cards includes a cut card in between 100 cards from the end for the shuffled decks of playing cards.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 8, 2021
From: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
To: ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057149/0078 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 8, 2020
From: SHIGETA, YASUSHI
To: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053153/0514 →