Patent ID: 8011661

Claim:
A playing card shuffling device comprising: a) a playing card input area, b) at least one processor and c) a playing card removal area; a playing card shuffling zone through which playing cards move and are shuffled when passing from the playing card input area to the playing card removal area; and a visual display on the playing card shuffling device and in information communication with the at least one processor of the playing card shuffling device; wherein the at least one processor is programmed to provide displayable information to the visual display that is an amount of time remaining or an amount of time expired in a procedure being performed by the shuffling device, or a portion of a procedure remaining or a portion of a procedure performed in a procedure being performed by the shuffling device, the procedure selected from the group consisting of a) shuffling procedure, b) verification procedure, c) calibration procedure, d) security procedures, and e) card position identification procedure; and wherein the visual display displays the provided displayable information.