CARD-HANDLING DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS, ASSEMBLIES, AND COMPONENTS

1 . A card-handling device comprising:

a card input configured to receive playing cards;

an imaging device positioned between the card input and a card-shuffling apparatus, the card-shuffling apparatus including multiple compartments;

a card output; and

a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the card-handling device to:

capture images of the playing cards with the imaging device as the playing cards are transported between the card input and the card-shuffling apparatus;

identify non-conforming cards from the captured images;

place the non-conforming cards in a designated compartment of the multiple compartments in the card-shuffling apparatus;

shuffle an order of conforming playing cards in the card-shuffling apparatus; and

output at least one playing card to the card output after the at least one playing card has been shuffled by the card-shuffling apparatus.

2 . The card-handling device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the card-handling device to capture images of the playing cards including identifying a rank and a suit of the playing cards.

3 . The card-handling device of claim 2 , wherein the instructions cause the card-handling device to identify playing cards that do not include a recognizable rank and suit as non-conforming cards.

4 . The card-handling device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the card-handling device to output the non-conforming cards from the designated compartment separate from the conforming playing cards.

5 . The card-handling device of claim 4 , wherein the instructions cause the card-handling device to output the non-conforming cards after all conforming playing cards are output from the card-shuffling apparatus.

6 . The card-handling device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the card-handling device to randomly assign to each conforming card of the conforming cards a random compartment of the multiple compartments and shuffle the order of the conforming playing cards by moving each conforming card to the random compartment.

7 . The card-handling device of claim 1 , wherein the non-conforming cards are one or more of a flipped card, a cut card, a promotional card, or a joker card.

8 . The card-handling device of claim 1 , further comprising a card-flipping apparatus positioned between the imaging device and the card-shuffling apparatus.

9 . The card-handling device of claim 8 , wherein instructions cause the card-flipping apparatus to flip at least one non-conforming card of the non-conforming cards and deliver the at least one non-conforming card back to the imaging device.

10 . The card-handling device of claim 1 , wherein the card input is configured to receive the playing cards in a first orientation and the card output is configured to receive the at least one playing card in a second orientation substantially transverse to the first orientation.

11 . A method of handling playing cards, the method comprising:

receiving playing cards at an input;

designating a compartment of multiple compartments in a card shuffling apparatus as a non-conforming playing card compartment;

capturing images of the playing cards;

identifying non-conforming playing cards from the images of the playing cards;

moving the non-conforming playing cards into the non-conforming playing card compartment;

assigning respective compartments of the multiple compartments to conforming playing cards of the playing cards; and

moving the conforming playing cards to the respective compartments.

12 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising unloading the non-conforming playing cards from the non-conforming playing card compartment separate from the conforming playing cards.

13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein assigning respective compartments of the multiple compartments to the conforming playing cards comprises randomly assigning respective compartments of the multiple compartments to the conforming playing cards.

14 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising unloading the conforming playing cards from the respective compartments in a randomized order.

15 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising unloading the non-conforming playing cards from the non-conforming playing card compartment before unloading the conforming cards from the respective compartments.

16 . The method of claim 11 , wherein receiving the playing cards at the input comprises receiving the playing cards in an orientation substantially parallel with an associated table.

17 . The method of claim 11 , wherein further comprising unloading at least one card of the non-conforming playing cards or the conforming playing cards into an output with the at least one card in an orientation substantially transverse to an associated table.

18 . A card-handling device configured to be mounted to a table, the card-handling device comprising:

a card input configured to receive playing cards at a top surface of the table;

an imaging device positioned between the card input and a card-shuffling apparatus, the card-shuffling apparatus including multiple compartments;

a card output configured to output cards to the top surface of the table; and

a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by

at least one processor, cause the card-handling device to:

capture images of the playing cards with the imaging device as the playing cards are transported between the card input and the card-shuffling apparatus;

identify non-conforming playing cards from the captured images;

place the non-conforming playing cards in a designated compartment of the multiple compartments in the card-shuffling apparatus; and

output the non-conforming playing cards to the card output separate from conforming playing cards in an orientation substantially transverse to the top surface of the table.

19 . The card-handling device of claim 18 , wherein the instructions cause the card-handling device to randomly assign to each conforming card of the conforming cards a random compartment of the multiple compartments and shuffle an order of the conforming playing cards by moving each conforming card to the random compartment.

20 . The card-handling device of claim 18 , wherein the instructions cause the card-handling device to:

assign to each conforming card of the conforming cards an assigned compartment of the multiple compartments; and

shuffle an order of the conforming playing cards by outputting each conforming card from the assigned compartment in a random order.