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Abstract

A compact card handling device for use in casinos possesses a card intake portal and two playing card discharge portals which are all accessible by a device operator. An optical recognition sensor cooperates with a microcontroller to interrogate the integrity of each card during an ongoing shuffling operation to discover unexpected cards, including unrecognized cards and flipped cards. Unexpected cards are immediately discharged to a dedicated portal for operator review. In the commonly encountered case of flipped cards, the operator may correct the orientation and re-insert a mis-oriented card into the device without interrupting the ongoing shuffling operation.

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