Patent ID: 7059602

Claim:
A method for delivering subsets of randomly mixed cards from a first group of cards, comprising: providing at least one first group of multiple playing cards to a playing card randomization apparatus; forming at least one subset of randomized playing cards within the apparatus from the first group of playing cards; delivering to a single delivery tray a first at least one subset of randomized playing cards for use in a game, the first at least one subset of randomized playing cards being delivered to the delivery tray as a whole first at least one subset of randomized playing cards; forming at least one additional subset of randomized playing cards within the apparatus from remaining playing cards from the at least one first group of playing cards; and upon manual removal of the first at least one subset of randomized playing cards from the delivery tray, automatically delivering the at least one additional subset of randomized playing cards into the delivery tray as a second group.