An excellent gaming table layout includes a bet area for a player, a bet area for a banker, a bet area for a tie, a bet area for a player pair, and a bet area for a banker pair which are arranged in a plurality of rows for each player position in a gaming table layout, and a system is capable of evaluating whether or not a gaming table layout is excellent by photographing a game token with a camera device or the like, recognizing a type of the game token and the number of game tokens, and further calculating a ratio of an amount of money bet on a side bet is provided.

A card shuffler system includes an automatic card shuffler for shuffling playing cards and a shuffler transport device coupled to the automatic card shuffler to move and support the automatic card shuffler. The shuffler transport device includes a base assembly for moving along a ground surface, a vertical support, and an adjustment assembly coupled to the vertical support. The vertical support extends from the base assembly and is coupled to the automatic card shuffler to cantilever the automatic card shuffler over the base assembly. The adjustment assembly adjusts the height of the automatic card shuffler between at least a first height and a second height along a vertical axis. The vertical adjustment of the shuffler may facilitate installation of the shuffler at an installation point.

A scale apparatus is described. The scale apparatus may include a housing sized to fit within a playing card tuck box; a pressure plate operable to measure a weight of a plurality of objects; a wireless transmitter; and a microcontroller in communication with the pressure plate and the wireless transmitter. The microcontroller may be configured to: continuously measure the weight on the pressure plate; when the weight holds steady for a sequence of measurements, transmit a first weight measurement via the wireless transmitter; measure a change in the weight; and when the change in the weight is steady, transmit a second weight measurement via the wireless transmitter.

A scale apparatus is described. The scale apparatus may include a housing sized to fit within a playing card tuck box; a pressure plate operable to measure a weight of a plurality of objects; a wireless transmitter; and a microcontroller in communication with the pressure plate and the wireless transmitter. The microcontroller may be configured to: continuously measure the weight on the pressure plate; when the weight holds steady for a sequence of measurements, transmit a first weight measurement via the wireless transmitter; measure a change in the weight; and when the change in the weight is steady, transmit a second weight measurement via the wireless transmitter.

A triple blackjack card table, which can let players using at least one deck of special designed playing card to play a new blackjack game and can bet up to 6 bets at a time, comprising: a table structure, with a surface that has a plurality of player areas, and each of the player area is provided with a first bet location, a second bet location, and a third bet location, these bet locations are arranged vertically, and three split locations are adjacent to the three bet locations, the either bet location and the corresponding split location are arranged horizontally; and two table legs, which are set under the table structure. The triple blackjack card table is designed to accommodate the special designed playing cards. These cards cannot be used on any other card table, and this card table also cannot be used with other standard playing cards.

A card display and retention system for displaying graded card collections and memorabilia. The card display and retention system has a single-piece display body with a pocket defined. The pocket includes sidewalls, an adhesive within each pocket, and a card holder configured to be inserted into the pocket and be retained by only the pocket and the adhesive. The display body defines a plurality of pockets that are sized to retain a plurality of card holders that contain cards.

Various embodiments include apparatus, systems, and methods relating to protective packaging for shipping items. In some embodiments, a protective packaging system may include a shipping container and a foam insert assembly. The shipping container may encase an interior portion. The foam insert assembly may be configured to conformally encapsulate one or more shipping items within the interior portion of the shipping container, e.g., so as to protect the one or more shipping items from mechanical impact damage (e.g., bending) and/or environmental damage (e.g., exposure to moisture) during shipping.

An inspection system of a chip includes a reading device and a determining unit. The reading device is configured to count a number of chips stored in a storage case, the chips associated with a table game and including a chip having a radio tag, read the radio tag while the chips are stored in the storage case, and acquire chip information. The determining unit is configured to compare the chip information of the chips in the storage case with a physical number of the chips in the storage case, determine that there is an abnormal chips among the chips stored in the storage case based on a determination that the counted number of the chips does not match a physical number of the chips in the storage case, and output a result associated with an indication of the abnormal chip.

An inspection system of a chip includes a reading device and a determining unit. The reading device is configured to count a number of chips stored in a storage case, the chips associated with a table game and including a chip having a radio tag, read the radio tag while the chips are stored in the storage case, and acquire chip information. The determining unit is configured to compare the chip information of the chips in the storage case with a physical number of the chips in the storage case, determine that there is an abnormal chips among the chips stored in the storage case based on a determination that the counted number of the chips does not match a physical number of the chips in the storage case, and output a result associated with an indication of the abnormal chip.

A management system for game tokens includes a player identification device installed at a predetermined location in a casino facility to identify a player and thereby identify that the player is at the predetermined location, a database storing information on holders of game tokens, and a management device referring to the database to determine whether there is an anomaly in the holder information, wherein the management device determines whether or not there is an abnormality in the combination of the predetermined location where the player identified by the player identification device is located and the holder information stored in the database.