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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 b

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.

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Apparatus for dealing coded playing cards in accordance with at least one predetermined hand, comprising: a housing, an opening in the housing for introducing at least one coded playing card into the apparatus, means for electro-optically reading the coded cards one at a time as the coded cards are

Apparatus for dealing coded playing cards in accordance with at least one predetermined hand, comprising: a housing, an opening in the housing for introducing at least one coded playing card into the apparatus, means for electro-optically reading the coded cards one at a time as the coded cards are moved manually past the reading means, card guide means operatively associated with the reading means for guiding only one card at a time past the reading means, a pad of high-friction material located approximately in the center of the card guide means for preventing more than one card at a time from entering the card guide means, means for comparing the code read from each card against the predetermined hand to determine to which player position the card should be dealt, and indicating means to provide a visual indication of which player position the card should be dealt to.