I didn't know that about Paulson. Gemaco makes a decent playing card though, I have no problem picking up a Gemaco made deck. The most fun one that comes to mind is the Lennart Green deck. Are Paulson and Gemaco decks being pumped out of the same facility now as well?
On Casinos I think those cats know the tried and true methods for deck shuffling and card use are the best, if they take a beating on something new it's on them for not doing their homework and having active trials run. It's not like they have a shortage of dealers who can fling hands out, nor the soft ware to recognize trends and actively calculate win/loss results from a video feed.
Paulson cards are made in Las Vegas, Nevada, while Gemācos are made in Blue Springs, Missouri.
Which "cats" are you referring to? Gemāco? (Finally found the way to make an "ā" instead of just an "a"...)
GPI provided them with a product that was labeled as "Verified Preshuffled Multipaks" and was indeed supposed to be preshuffled - but it wasn't. The casino didn't learn of this until after a "multipack" was in play and several hands were dealt - they only see the cards facing up, not the ones facing down. It wasn't blackjack, but mini-baccarat - a game I have to confess I'm not as familiar with. There's no "trial runs" when putting new cards into play - they've probably been getting the Gempaks for a while already without a hitch.
I think that kind of product is already on its way out, anyway. I've seen casinos use a device I can only describe as some kind of "progressive reshuffler" - you scoop up some cards, drop them in the machine, and rather than reshuffling just those cards and putting them at the back of the shoe, it reshuffles the cards and drops them randomly in the shoe - in essence, it's reshuffling the entire shoe and not just the recently-used cards. A system like this throws card counting straight out the window as well as eliminating the need for pre-shuffled decks.