a card feed system for feeding cards into a card handling system is disclosed . the system includes a card input department with a playing card support surface , a front wall , a rear wall and two side walls . the playing card support surface slopes towards the front wall at an angle between 12 and 22 degrees . a slot is provided in the front wall to allow single cards to pass into the card handling system . the card feed system also includes a card moving system to advance cards through the slot .