Systems, methods and articles to facilitate delivery of playing cards

A playing card handling system, comprising:

• a playing card input receiver sized and positioned to receive a number of collected playing cards;
• a playing card output receiver comprising a ceiling, a rear wall, a pair of opposed side walls and a floor forming an enclosure, the enclosure open at a front thereof, the enclosure sized and dimensioned to receive a plurality of playing cards at least partially therein, the floor upwardly sloped from at least proximate the rear wall toward at least proximate the front of the playing card output receiver the ceiling disposed above the floor;
• at least one intermediary playing card receiver, the ceiling being flush with an access opening to limit access to the playing cards in the playing card output receiver when the playing card output receiver is in a lowered position comprising a plurality of playing card receiving compartments;
• an elevator motor;
• and
• a linkage movingly coupling the elevator motor to the playing card output receiver.