Tangam Systems announced today that it has entered into a worldwide product agreement with Shuffle Master, Inc. (NASDAQ Global Select Market: SHFL), whereby Shuffle Master will assist Tangam in promoting Tangam’s table game card recognition technology to casinos and other legal gaming establishments for use with table intelligence-gathering equipment. The agreement also establishes a framework for Tangam and Shuffle Master to work together to create innovative new products using each company’s complementary technologies.

Prem Gururajan, President of Tangam Systems, commented "Tangam is the leading provider of automated playing card reading technology for casino table games. Automated card recognition is a critical component of a complete intelligent table system and helps provide the full smart table value proposition in the areas of player development, game protection, productivity management and innovative new game content." Prem continued, "We are looking forward to working with Shuffle Master, the leading gaming industry provider of table game content and technology."

Shuffle Master Senior Vice President of Research and Development Jim Jackson said "Shuffle Master is pleased to work with Tangam to help introduce gaming operators and other gaming suppliers to the suite of table game card recognition products provided by Tangam Systems. The ability to retrieve, analyze and react to table game data is becoming increasingly important and we look forward to working with Tangam to expand the gaming industry’s awareness of this highly relevant new technology."