The invention relates to a system for receiving cards for a processing machine, said receiving system including a frame having a bottom above which a receptacle is arranged intended to receive a stack of cards and having an opening which extends over the height of the receptacle, and on either side of said opening, a slender element which is elastic and which has a first end fastened to the frame at a top portion of the opening, and a second end fastened to the frame at a bottom portion of the opening, where each slender element is opposite the opening and intended to be in front of the edges of the cards present in the receptacle.