1. A secure card game monitoring apparatus, comprising: a card infeed tray; a card output tray; a card-handling system configured to deliver randomized sets of cards as a group to the card output tray; a control system configured to control operation of the apparatus; memory associated with the control system; a card recognition system in communication with the control system and the memory, the card-recognition system configured to automatically read card information and store the card information in the memory, the card information including rank and suit information; an input device in communication with the control system; and an authorization element configured to limit user access to data stored in the memory of the control system.