Patent ID: 8919777

Claim:
A method of checking one or more shuffled decks of playing cards, wherein each of the one or more shuffled decks of playing cards are shuffled at random, each of the one or more shuffled decks of playing cards is contained within a corresponding package having a sealing label, and a shuffled card ID associated with the shuffled deck of playing cards is attached to the package, the method comprising the steps of: automatically detecting, using one or more processors, at least a rank of each card delivered by a card feeder from the one or more shuffled decks of playing cards; inspecting, using the one or more processors, the one or more shuffled decks of playing cards after shuffling; upon a condition that a shuffled deck of playing cards is determined to be defective based on the inspecting, treating or handling the set of playing cards which is determined to be defective as a defective item.