Patent ID: 8444147

Claim:
A device for verifying groups of cards and for forming a random set of playing cards, the device comprising: a card receiving area sized and shaped to receive an initial set of playing cards; a randomizing system comprising moving parts configured to randomize an order of the initial set of playing cards, wherein at least one of the moving parts of the randomizing system is deactivated when the device is used only for verification; a card collection surface in a card collection area of the randomizing system sized and shaped to receive playing cards from the initial set one at a time and, when the device is being used only for verification, cards received on the card collection surface without randomizing the initial set of playing cards; a processor programmed to control the randomizing system, to deactivate the at least one of the moving parts of the randomizing system when the device is used only for verification, and to activate the at least one of the moving parts of the randomizing system when the device is used for forming a random set of playing cards; and an image capture device positioned to read rank and suit of each card before being received on the card collection surface.