A set of ordered playing cards includes indicia of preceding and following cards. The indicia are on the face of each cards and preferably along the side and orientated corresponding to the card designation commonly on the top left and bottom right corner of each card. The first card in the ordered set references the last card as the preceding card, and the last card in the deck references the first card as the following card.

The Backhand Series is a collection of card counting games derived from the classic game of blackjack, but wholly novel and uniquely based on the concept of allowing a player to predict if/when the next card in the deck when added to their initial player hand comprising of two cards dealt to the player face up from a standard deck of playing cards with the jokers removed, will cause their initial hand value to exceed a total hand value of 21. The Series is comprised of three individual card games with the following names: Backhand, the card game; Buffalo Bayou Backhand and Missouri City Backhand.

A method of making traditional playing card-based games of skill much accessible and easy to play and analyze by having colors replace traditional suits.

A deck of playing cards for use in playing a game is described herein. The deck of playing cards includes a plurality of playing cards including a plurality of card symbols. The plurality of card symbols are selected from a set of card symbols. Each playing card includes a set of card symbols including at least three card symbols. Each card symbol has an associated rank and suit and each of the card symbols being different.

There is provided a shuffled playing card, wherein a suit and a rank are printed on one surface of a card base sheet, and a back pattern is printed on another surface, different sheet IDs for one card base sheet or each of a plurality of card base sheets are printed on the card base sheet, one deck or a plurality of decks are formed by individual cards cut by a cutting machine from the card base sheet, the one deck or the plurality of decks are shuffled by a shuffle machine to form a set of shuffled playing cards, different shuffled playing card IDs for each set are assigned to the shuffled playing card as ID codes, and the sheet ID of the playing card constituting the shuffled playing card and the shuffled playing card ID are associated with each other in a database.

An anti-static playing card is a plastic playing card having a front surface and a back surface, wherein each of the surfaces has a first anti-static paint layer in which a surfactant and a coloring agent are added for displaying a suit and a number on the front surface and displaying a pattern on the back surface, and each of the surfaces has a transparent second anti-static paint layer that has a surfactant added therein and is coated over the first anti-static paint layer, so that the anti-static playing card is prevented from accumulation of static electricity.

A chess-like board game with a commercial name of Starship Chess provides a one-on-one tactical space combat game, like the game of chess between two versatile playing pieces. The game is played by two players and each player has a fully maneuverable starship, complete with manageable resources, engines, weapons, and shields. Each player must navigate his starship in order to gain an advantage over the player's opponent with respect to direction and position. A starship can engage, withdraw, replenish, and reposition to plan out attacks. Players must learn to think ahead, predict opposing player's tactics, and outwit the opponent to win.

Disclosed is the use of a card distribution device to securely deliver a side game for a base card game played on a gaming table. The side game provides odds that allows a larger prize than available in the base card game. Special symbol playing cards are added to each standard 52-card deck to create a special deck of playing cards. The side game allows for an automobile, or other merchandise prize, as a top award, without changing the base game being played at the gaming table. The special symbol cards are used only for side game win evaluation and then replaced with additional standard playing cards to form new hands for continued play of the base game. The various embodiments include various security features for verification of winning hands. Novel ways of forming packets of replacement cards by the card distribution device are also disclosed.

There is provided a shuffled playing card, wherein a suit and a rank are printed on one surface of a card base sheet, and a back pattern is printed on another surface, different sheet IDs for one card base sheet or each of a plurality of card base sheets are printed on the card base sheet, one deck or a plurality of decks are formed by individual cards cut by a cutting machine from the card base sheet, the one deck or the plurality of decks are shuffled by a shuffle machine to form a set of shuffled playing cards, different shuffled playing card IDs for each set are assigned to the shuffled playing card as ID codes, and the sheet ID of the playing card constituting the shuffled playing card and the shuffled playing card ID are associated with each other in a database.

A deck of playing cards is provided in which the cards are each marked with equally-distributed ranks and suits, and are further marked with unequally distributed slot machine symbols. The deck enables games in which hands may be ranked according to whether they constitute winning combination of slot machine symbols combined with their ranking as poker hands. The playing cards may be provided in the form of a physical deck or as digital images shown on a digital display.