Cellular shuffler system and method

摘要

An automatic card handling device (110), having a card handling device (130) that includes a controller, said card handling device configured for shuffling an input set of cards and delivering an output set of cards resulting from the shuffling; and a communication module (146) operably coupled to the controller, wherein the communication module is configured for sending and receiving information related to operation of the card handling device across a communication port (148) configured for operable coupling to a cellular network (136), wherein said information related to the operation of the automatic card handling device includes information about the use of said card handling device; and wherein a factor in a usage fee for said card handling device is said use of said card handling device.