Playing card handling devices and related methods

A method of operating a card handling device, the method comprising:

• supporting a stack of playing cards with a support surface of a card storing area;
• individually moving cards from a bottom of the stack of playing cards in the card storing area with a card moving system of the card handling device;
• selectively applying a force to the stack of playing cards in the card storing area with a retractable arm in a contact position, the retractable arm being mounted to a support structure of the card handling device;
• and
• directing movement of the retractable arm from a retracted position entirely outside the card storing area to the contact position with a drive mechanism directed by a processor responsive to at least one predetermined parameter being met.

A method of moving cards within a card handling device, the method comprising:

• receiving a stack of playing cards within a card receiving area;
• moving individual cards from a bottom of the stack of playing cards, using at least one roller of a card moving system of the card handling device;
• receiving a signal with a processor that a remaining portion of the stack of playing cards within the card receiving area meets a predetermined value of a parameter;
• applying a downward force to a top of the remaining portion of the stack of playing cards with a retractable arm in a contact position responsive to the signal, the retractable arm being mounted to a support structure of the card handling device;
• maintaining the downward force with the retractable arm in the contact position until the remaining portion of the stack of playing cards has been removed from the card receiving area;
• and
• moving the retractable arm from the contact position to a retracted position entirely outside the card storing area with a motor-driven belt responsive to another signal indicating an absence of cards in the card receiving area.