Patent ID: 8342533

Claim:
A method of operating a playing card handling device having a playing card input receiver, a playing card output receiver and a compartmental playing card receiver positioned between the playing card input receiver and the playing card output receiver, the method comprising: transporting a plurality of playing cards from the playing card input receiver toward the compartmental playing card receiver; sensing an identity of a respective one of the plurality of playing cards as the playing cards are transported toward the compartmental playing card receiver; assigning an expected identity of a respective one of the playing cards to be stored in a respective one of a plurality of playing card receiving compartments of the compartmental playing card receiver of the playing card handling device; transporting at least some of the plurality of playing cards into the plurality of playing card receiving compartments; sensing an identity of a particular playing card received in one of the playing card receiving compartments of the compartmental playing card receiver; determining whether the sensed identity of the particular playing card corresponds to the expected identity assigned to the playing card receiving compartment; and producing an anomaly signal if it is determined that the sensed identity does not correspond to the expected identity.