I bet most people are unaware how expensive card shufflers are $20,000 US is typical. But really leasing shufflers is far more common.
One company, Shufflemaster (SHFL), had a monopoly on the market. But Bally bought SHFL and then Scientific Games bought Bally.
I've heard the patent (or whatever it is) SHFL has expires very soon. There may be a rush of new companies trying to get in on this expensive market.
Other ridiculously expensive casino equipment is a small mirror/prism. It's affixed to a card table in front of the dealer. Two cards are inserted face down but the prism reflect back the card number and suit so the dealer can see it. This small simple thing is only leased costing $100 per table per month.
I'm a recently suddenly out of work slot tech forgive my reminiscing.
One company, Shufflemaster (SHFL), had a monopoly on the market. But Bally bought SHFL and then Scientific Games bought Bally.
I've heard the patent (or whatever it is) SHFL has expires very soon. There may be a rush of new companies trying to get in on this expensive market.
Other ridiculously expensive casino equipment is a small mirror/prism. It's affixed to a card table in front of the dealer. Two cards are inserted face down but the prism reflect back the card number and suit so the dealer can see it. This small simple thing is only leased costing $100 per table per month.
I'm a recently suddenly out of work slot tech forgive my reminiscing.
Edit: table not tanke