1. A method for shuffling cards with a card shuffling apparatus having a first card receiver, a plurality of card receiving compartments movable relative to the first card receiver, and a second card receiver, the method comprising: randomly selecting a card receiving compartment of the plurality of card receiving compartments; moving at least one card from the first card receiver to the selected compartment, wherein at least one card is movable into an empty compartment and when there is already a card in the selected compartment; maintaining a rolling count of a number of cards in each card receiving compartment of the plurality of card receiving compartments; and authorizing an unloading of the selected compartment to the second card receiver only if the selected compartment has received at least a predetermined minimum number of a plurality of cards.