Low profile poker room shuffler

A card handing device for for delivering multiple pre-formed hands for use in a casino card game comprising:

• a device portion residing above a casino table surface which includes a bezel;
• a device portion that resides below the casino table surface;
• a control panel positioned on an exterior of the bezel;
• an unshuffled card input portal consisting of a card receiving cavity within the bezel;
• a shuffled card discharge portal consisting of a card delivery tray recessed within a bezel opening and having a support surface configured for receiving substacks of cards that constitute pre-formed hands;
• the size of the bezel opening enabling visual and physical access for removal of the hands from the device;
• the card delivery tray fixedly adjoined to the bezel and configured to repeatedly receive one substack (hand) at a time;
• a rotatable card receiver having a plurality of radially-arranged card storage nests which rotate about a common axis;
• each nest having an exit orifice and an entrance orifice;
• each nest configured to hold one substack which constitutes a play-ready hand;
• at least one microcontroller responsive to the control panel;
• a motor that rotates the card receiver incrementally and bidirectionally amongst the radially-arranged nests while producing centrifugal force;
• a card transport that moves cards from the input portal to the rotatable card receiver in the direction of the centrifugal force;
• at least one retainer that retains cards within the rotatable card receiver in opposition to centrifugal force;
• card substacks within each nest being aligned by the retainer;
• wherein the card handing device moves cards into the nests and out of the nests in the same centrifugal force direction;
• wherein hands are moved out of the nests at an elevation below the casino table surface;
• a slot-less elevator that elevates hands in preparation for transfer to the delivery tray;
• wherein the elevator descends to retrieve the next player's hand after each player's hand is retrieved from the delivery tray.