AUTOMATIC SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ACCURATE CARD HANDLING

A playing card handling device comprising a card storing area that supports a stack of playing cards, the storing area having a playing card support surface, including a card removing system that removes playing cards individually from the bottom of the stack. A pivoting arm is moved by a motor between at least two positions, wherein in a first position the end of the arm opposite a pivot is disengaged from a playing card at the top of the stack and in a second position the end of the arm is engaged with a playing card at the top of the stack. A processor directs movement of the pivoting arm between its position when a predetermined number of cards is present in the card storing area of the card handling device.