Poker machine and playing card collating method therefor

A poker machine, comprising:

• a card feeding device for feeding playing cards, wherein the card feeding device comprises a panel fixed at the top of a base, a control disk is set in the center of the panel, and the control disk is driven to move up and down by a central lifting mechanism, when the control disk is raised, a card feeding port is formed underneath the control disk for feeding the playing cards, when the control disk is lowered, the card feeding port is covered;
• a card collating device configured to collate the playing cards to face the same side and send them out, wherein the card collating device is provided under the control disk, the card collating device comprises a card collating base fixed on the base, a center of the card collating base is provided with a center rotating disc that is driven to rotate by a rotating electric motor, a card collating channel outer side wall is set around the card collating base, an arc-shaped card collating channel for organizing the playing cards is formed between the center rotating disc and the card collating channel outer side wall, a bottom of the arc-shaped card collating channel is provided with multiple conveying rollers for delivering the playing card, one end of the arc-shaped card collating channel is provided with a card collating channel outlet for the playing card to be sent along its lengthwise direction;
• wherein a width of the arc-shaped card collating channel is less than a length of the playing card and greater than a width of the playing card, a distance between the two adjacent conveying rollers is less than the length of the playing card, and a width of the card collating channel outlet is similar to the width of the playing card;
• a dealer configured to send the playing cards to a card receiving device one by one, wherein the dealer is fixed on the base and located under the card collating base, the dealer comprises a storage box and a card dealing device, and an upper opening of the storage box is located under the card collating channel outlet, one side of the bottom of the storage box communicates with a card feeding channel of the card dealing device;
• the card dealing device comprises a card distributing mechanism for separating a stack of playing cards in the storage box into single pieces of playing cards and sending them to a delivery mechanism, the delivery mechanism for identifying front and back sides of the playing card and delivering the playing card to a card flipping mechanism, and the card flipping mechanism for flipping the playing card as needed and sending the playing card to the card receiving device;
• the card receiving device for receiving the playing cards, wherein the card receiving device comprises a plurality of card receiving boxes arranged around the dealer, wherein the card receiving boxes are driven to rotate relative to the dealer through a rotation drive mechanism.