Abstract: A pai (tile) arranging apparatus for an automatic playing table for a game known by the trademark Mah-Jongg, which includes a hopper provided in the playing table, a mixing unit which includes a turntable provided in the hopper, an orientation control unit for controlling orientations of plural pais (tiles), a transferring unit for transferring the tiles, an orientation detecting unit for detecting the orientations of the tiles, and an orientation correcting unit which is operative in response to a detecting signal of the orientation correcting unit.