Patent Document ID: 20150165306
Application ID: 14630453
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of using a card shuffler apparatus, the method comprising: measuring at least one of a weight and a thickness of a stack of playing cards positioned over a card support surface within the card shuffler apparatus to obtain at least one first measurement; dispensing all cards in the stack of playing cards from the card shuffler apparatus and counting a number of the cards dispensed from the card shuffler apparatus upon dispensing all cards in the stack of playing cards from the card shuffler apparatus; repositioning cards of the stack of playing cards dispensed from the card shuffler apparatus over the card support surface within the card shuffler apparatus; measuring at least one of a weight and a thickness of the stack of playing cards repositioned over the card support surface within the card shuffler apparatus to obtain at least one second measurement; and comparing the at least one second measurement with the at least one first measurement.