To qualify for liberation from U.S. paper shufflers a foreign firm must establish that its shares mostly trade overseas.

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Where paper-shufflers and parts makers were doing the same job for different models, systems are being unified and jobs cut.

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Shuffle Master, based in Las Vegas, Nevada, makes automated card shufflers for games such as blackjack and is trying hard to break into the videogame market.

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