Modular dealing shoe for casino table card games

A playing card delivery shoe used in the play of the casino table card game of blackjack. The shoe may comprise: an area for receiving a first set of playing cards useful in the play of the casino table card game of blackjack; a first card mover that moves playing cards from the first set of playing cards to a playing card staging area wherein at least one playing card is staged in an order by which playing cards are removed from the first set of playing cards and moved to the playing card staging area; a second playing card mover that moves playing cards from the playing card staging area to a delivery area wherein playing cards removed from the staging area to the delivery shoe are moved in the same order by which playing cards were removed from the first set of playing cards and moved to the playing card staging area; and playing card-reading sensors that read at least one playing card value of each playing card separately after each playing card has been removed from the area for receiving the first set of playing cards and before removal from the playing card delivery area. There is a communication link between the playing card-reading sensors and a processor, and the processor analyzes the data and displays certain game-related data on a display device.