A sorting device for the sorting of gaming chips comprises a base frame, a collection container, an oblique transport disc adjoining the collection container, the oblique transport disc separating and receiving gaming chips, a gaming chip characteristic identification system positioned adjacent the transport disc, a transfer device distributing the gaming chips in removal units according to characteristics identified in the gaming chip characteristic identification system. The sorting device has a transport for transferring the gaming chips directly from the transport disc to the removal units, and a radially external region of the transport disc contains recesses into which the gaming chips are separated. The sorting device is provided with at least one ejector that can be inserted at least partially from one side of the transport disc into the recesses to lift an edge of the gaming chips above a front face of the transport disc lying opposite the at least one ejector, whereby a blade located on a removal unit slides under the gaming chip with a lifted edge, and the gaming chip with a lifted edge is placed on the blade.