EX-23.1 4 a2094402zex-23_1.htm EXHIBIT 23.1
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Exhibit 23.1

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors
Shuffle Master, Inc.:

        We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of Shuffle Master, Inc. on Form S-8 of our report dated December 12, 2001, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Shuffle Master, Inc. for the year ended October 31, 2001.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Minneapolis, Minnesota
November 18, 2002



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