US Patent Issued on June 3 for "Multi-deck automatic smart card shuffler and security system configured to shuffle and deliver hands for a casino table game such as baccarat" (Nevada Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,683, issued on June 3.

"Multi-deck automatic smart card shuffler and security system configured to shuffle and deliver hands for a casino table game such as baccarat" was invented by Michael Earnest Riordan (Las Vegas), Louis Wilson DeGregorio (Las Vegas), Steven Louis Forte (Las Vegas) and Dino Louis DeGregorio (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A card shuffler and dealing module shuffles eight decks of cards (or less) and delivers Baccarat hands (or other games) to a dealer. Cards are randomly selected from two pre-shuffle bins and delivered to a connected or integral dealing module. The card shuffler initially selects and de...