Card Handlers
For a online casino, the more poker and blackjack games played per hour, the bigger the take. So while humans still hand out the cards, much of the pre-deal action is handled in super-fast electronic fashion. A newly opened deck might first be put into a Deck Checker machine. This not only guarantees that you are playing with a full deck, it ensures that there are no bent or damaged cards. A typical device can be set to recognize a variety of face designs, can be pre-loaded with up to eight decks, and can perform its duties in under 15 seconds. Once checked, the decks might then be loaded into an automatic shuffler. These can either be free-standing affairs, or built flush right into a game table. Top of the line models can handle both paper and plastic cards. You can tell it to shuffle up a single deck to use for Holdem, or a multi-deck for games such as Baccarat. At top speed, the unit can thoroughly shuffle six decks in three minutes and in such a way as to provide the type of randomness despised by card counters and loved by casino owners. Makers of these devices claim a 25 percent increase in productivity when compared to the lowly shuffling performed by earthlings.
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