1. A method of identifying unexpected cards in a card-handling device, comprising: determining identifying information of a card utilizing a card recognition system of the card-handling device; adding the determined identifying information to a running inventory of identifying information for detected cards in a memory of the card-handling device; comparing at a processor of the card-handling device the running inventory to a database of identifying information correlating to a set of expected cards; generating at the processor an alert signal indicating that the identifying information for the card is not in accordance with the set of expected cards; receiving a signal at the processor from a user input of the card-handling device indicating that the detected card was removed from play after it was withdrawn from the card-handling device; and responsive to the signal, removing the identifying information for the card from the running inventory in the memory utilizing the processor.