The present invention features a playing card shuffling device, which through
the use of a small image capturing means, captures an image of the face value of
each card and stores the image in memory. This image is sorted in the format of
a bitmap image. The operator of the machine would be able to recall through the
use of a key pad, the images of the cards that comprised the individual hands in
the previous game. This feature allows for verification of a winning hand after
a game has been completed. Thereby, a quick recheck of hands before paying a winning
hand is performed. The face value of each card is determined by character recognition
software. These card values would be stored in memory for archival access for use
in monitoring the randomness of the game and determining the number of winning hands.
