What is a deck of marked cards?
Marked cards are printed or altered so that the cheater can know the value of specific cards while only looking at the back.
Visible Marks
Card marking is the process of altering poker in a method only apparent to marker or conspirator, such as by adding visible marks to a card.
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Invisible Ink Marks
The card marking can be one process of marking the poker with invisible ink or luminous juice marks on the back by hand, pens or marking machine.
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Barcode Edge Marks
"Marking cards" usually occurs when a person tries to physically alter cards in an attempt to gain an edge on their opponent.
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Invisible Ink Marked Cards for Sale
Barcode Marked Deck Scanner
The developing history of marking cards
Nowadays, marked cards are one of poker cheating devices which are only apparent to some specific detective devices. However, the cheating cards at the very beginning are not like these. Marked playing cards have been experiencing for a long time and it still keeps upgrading and perfecting in the card marking technology. One guy said on the Quora that ever since there were playing cards, there have been marked decks for cheating playing cards games.
1stly, the original ways to make marks for naked eyes that can see
Date back to 14 century, poker cards appeared. Along with the great popularity of poker games, some people started to make some cards markings. Bending and crimping cards are the first way to mark cards. But in this way, people can only knew about one or two cards like spade A or K because others will suspect if you bend many cards. And then, there were lots of patterns appearing on poker’s back. Cheaters used pinprick bumps, cut-out work to make some very small defects to help poker player to know each card’s suit and number.
2ndly, Advanced invisible ink marks of marked cards for people with special device to see
The above old and traditional ways to make some markings which are visible to our human eyes are over! Using luminous ink magic cards has been swept poker cheating industry by storm! They are made by our technicians who operate professional card marking machines and use perfect proportions of invisible ink. The back markings and edge markings in luminous invisible ink are totally flawless to our human naked eyes. Only with the help of poker cheating devices can we read each card’s suit, number at perfect clarity.
A. Cheating marked cards with invisible marks on the back
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Marked cards with back markings are the most common but useful cheating cards for poker players to use. The back marking cards can be with special luminous ink marks for infrared detectors. They can be eyewear such as infrared contact lenses or IR poker sunglasses, or infrared camera lens with a screen to check the marks. Usually the back marked decks for infrared glasses or contact lenses are much easier and helpful for they can use by one person and no need to get a partner's help such as that for the infrared camera marking cards.
B. Barcode marked decks of playing cards
Barcode marked cards are the other poker marked cards’ variant. To take advantage of edge markings, poker scanner is necessary. In 2000-2008, barcode marked cards appeared and developed in using decreasing QR code pattern to only stand for different number. In 2009-2013, segment code was used in marked cards which is much easier for analyzer to detect it, however it may make some mistakes when analyzer conduct the result. And from 2013 until now, cyclic code brings barcode marked poker into much higher level. The cyclic code is similar to the payment code we use now.
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In comparison between cyclic code and segment code, the former one is much easier and faster for poker cheating devices to detect it accurately. Same as ultimate marked cards, barcode marked playing cards are also completely invisible to naked eyes, invisible ink contact lenses and gambling sunglasses. Before precession in luminous ink, ordinary poker like Copag, KEM, Bee, Bicycle, Aviator and Fournier will be polished on the four sides.
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3rdly, No X-ray device to see clean playing cards instead of marked cards
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Recently an attractive idea and some information on the Internet about the X ray contact lenses and some said X-ray cards. To be a new ideal idea, the X Ray contact lenses for seeing through all the playing cards, including the clean cards and the marked cards, go fast on the Internet, and many guys are attracted by the so-called amazing device. And many poker players or related guys ask if we sell the X-ray contact lenses and how much that would be. In fact, it's not the problem of how much, but to be or not to be? There are articles and videos about the x ray contact lenses seen through playing cards, and many people believe that without any doubt.
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X-Ray Lenses Seeing Cards?
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Above all, marked cards involving ultimate marked cards and barcode marked playing cards can be customized in the aspect of markings pattern if you want. And you can also send your cards to us for processing. Or if you are interested in reading more in-depth information about marked cards, just feel free to contact for more!