I have a Hollywood Casino in my playing area that uses a rose colored, two piece drop type discard rack. Makes deck estimation kind of a pain.
Luckily, I don't play there often as there's better rules elsewhere.
Wonder how the industry sources all their playing cards. In-house, couple of big suppliers contracted to multiple casino corporations etc.
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You mean there's anything other than the rose tinted two piece drop types? That's all I see in my state haha. Vegas was a little different IIRC, but it didn't bother me with the estimation. I just look at both the shoe and discard tray and make an estimation. I'm usually sitting at 3rd base, so the tray is right in front of me.Originally Posted by metronome
They buy them from playing card manufacturers. Usually a casino wants special features on their cards - like their name or logo on the back, what color the back is, and a non-standard face design (like Tech Art or No Peek).
One of the casino managers calls up the territory representative or a distributor for one or more of the big playing card manufacturers (USPCC, Gemaco, Paulson, Grimaud), explains their requirements, probably sends some artwork over, gets a price quote, and if they like it, buys them.
A casino with a dozen 6 deck tables that changes the cards daily will go through 42 dozen (about 500) decks a week, assuming hand shuffles. Double that for machine shuffles, where you've got one shoe in the shuffler and one shoe in play. (This "obvious" calculation included so that the minimum order quantity on custom cards doesn't seem out of line. I believe USPCC wants 2500 deck minimum for custom, but that's like... a 2-4 week supply, for this size house.)
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