Virtual 'video dealers' on their way to casinos

The Evening Sun (Penn.): An electronic table game made by Las Vegas-based Shuffle Master Inc. — in which the dealer is a prerecorded video image of a real person on a huge TV screen — is being reviewed by state regulators to determine if it is legal under Pennsylvania law. To pass muster, the odds must be random and the machine must not let one player's decisions affect another player's odds.

The Shuffle Master game seats players in a half-circle in front of two 42-inch plasma TVs, one of which shows the dealer and the other a tabletop view of the cards. The players each have a console and take turns playing.

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