01-032 Table-played playing cards

01-032
Table-played playing cards

I have bought 4 packs of playing cards from Amazon at a cost of USD 12.79. They are not ordinary playing cards. The manufacturer is “Bee”. The cards are printed in USA, in top casino quality. And most importantly, they are used.

Table-played playing cards

On Amazon, a box of 12 pack brand new “Bee” playing cards only costs USD 24.99. Why should I spend more than 3 bucks on a pack of used cards, when a pack of brand new cards would just cost me 2 bucks? The reason is, these cards are the real deal. The cards are real Vegas casino playing cards that actually been used by official dealers at popular Las Vegas casinos.

Cards are printed by the US manufacturer "Bee"

Casinos have to periodically remove playing cards from circulation to prevent gamblers from using marks on them to gain an advantage. Ideally, all playing cards must be replaced at the end of each 8 hours shift. But in practice, the dealers have all the rights to replace the cards whenever they feel necessary, which can be as frequent as half an hour. You can imagine after a day of operation, there would be millions of used playing cards heading to landfill.

The pack is resealed with a label saying
the deck was actually played on casino table

Some casinos collect those used cards, clip the corners or stamp a hole straight through the center of the deck to show that they have already been used in play. This helps to reduce fraud, and it is also a way to show that the pack of cards was used at a genuine table in an official game. Each card receives the same treatment equally, which makes these playing cards useful for gaming outside of their original homes.

Cards are in French suits with jumbo-sized corner index

The used cards, and their boxes, are then sent to local community centers. Inside, people manually sort the 52 cards in order, seal them with a label and resell the cards to the second hand market. Table-played playing cards are not only cards with a story behind. Purchasing them can also help the local community.

Tabled-played playing cards are in French-suit with jumbo-sized index on four corners, allowing a much easier gameplay on casino tables. Cards are for real money business so their qualities are always the topmost. Jokers are removed as there are no rooms for them in the Vegas.

Casino logo is printed on the backside

My packs are from 3 different casinos of Las Vegas – Golden Nugget (1946), Atlantis (1972) and South Point (2005). Two of these casinos are even older than me.

The decks can be used to play any games that do not require a Joker. But as the cards are from casino tables, why don’t we use them to play Blackjack? 

General Information

Player	2 to 10
Playing Time	30 mins
Age	8+
Year Released	1700
Designer	(Public Domain)
Publisher	Bee
Family	Betting and Bluffing, Push your luck
Score	4.7 (Board Game Geek)

Specifications

Card size	Poker size (63mm x 88mm, 2.5" x 3.5")
Deck size	52 cards
# of suits	4 – diamonds (♦), clubs (♣), hearts (♥) & spades (♠)
Details	For each suit, there are: 1x A 1x 2 1x 3 1x 4 1x 5 1x 6 1x 7 1x 8 1x 9 1x 10 1x J 1x Q 1x K  And there are no Jokers.

Gameplay

Where to buy?

Amazon.

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