In my part if the central to upper Midwest, all I believe are using 8 deck shoes.
The non-Macau style games are all using dual deck continuous shuffle decks. Once the shoe is finished, the dealer removes approximately one deck from the discard tower and washes on the table. Repeats 8 times. Then reinserts into the machine. Removes the other shuffled stack, cuts, burns, places into shoe.
Macau style games are a bit different all over. But most in Midwest and Vegas are basically, pre shuffled shoe in locked plexiglass container is put on table from floor supervisor, zip lock ID cut & opened, deck cut by player if desired and cards burned.
I have witnessed a few casinos willing to do a quick mini shuffle of those after pre-shuffled shoe opened. Depends on property and staff.
The non-Macau style games are all using dual deck continuous shuffle decks. Once the shoe is finished, the dealer removes approximately one deck from the discard tower and washes on the table. Repeats 8 times. Then reinserts into the machine. Removes the other shuffled stack, cuts, burns, places into shoe.
Macau style games are a bit different all over. But most in Midwest and Vegas are basically, pre shuffled shoe in locked plexiglass container is put on table from floor supervisor, zip lock ID cut & opened, deck cut by player if desired and cards burned.
I have witnessed a few casinos willing to do a quick mini shuffle of those after pre-shuffled shoe opened. Depends on property and staff.