Patent ID: 8505919

Claim:
A rotary card shuffling and selection machine, said machine comprising: a support structure, an axel extending generally perpendicularly from support structure for establishing a generally horizontal rotary axis; a wheel supported on said axel for rotation about said rotary axis, said wheel including a hub section defined within an outer rim, said hub section having a front face, said hub section including a plurality of card slots, the total number of said plurality of card slots comprising a predetermined number, each of said card slots extending axially from an open end through said front face of said hub to a bottom and defining a slot depth, said plurality of card slots disposed in equal circumferential increments about said rotary axis, a friction element disposed in each of said card slots, said wheel including a plurality of dividers, the total number of said plurality of dividers equal to said predetermined number of said card slots, said plurality of dividers disposed in equal circumferential increments about said rotary axis, said plurality of dividers arranged in generally equal radial spacing from said rotary axis; a first flapper supported by said support structure adjacent said outer rim of said wheel, said first flapper comprising a first resilient paddle extending into an interference position relative to said dividers so that as said wheel is spun about said rotary axis said plurality of dividers sequentially strike and displace said first resilient paddle thereby progressively slowing said spinning wheel to a stop; a plurality of cards, the total number of said plurality of cards equal to said predetermined number of said card slots, one of said cards removeably disposed in each of said card slots, each said card bearing an indicia suitable to decide the outcome of a game of chance.