Breeding founded Shuffle Master in 1983 and went to work on his idea.
Such an invention would neutralize card counting. This prompted him to take out a $30,000 loan to develop an automatic shuffling machine that would enable each hand to be dealt from a new deck. It started when truck driver John Breeding read an article about how casinos were having issues with card counting in Blackjack. The history of the game is quite interesting and dates back to the early 1980s. Let it Ride is a popular casino table game that is based on traditional poker.