New Zealand Gazette – 1994 – No. 112

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✨ Blackjack Rules



31 OCTOBER NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

3.0 Cards, Number of Decks and Value

3.1 Blackjack shall be played with six to eight decks of cards and one cutting card.

3.2 The value of the cards in each deck shall be as follows:

(a) a card from two to ten (inclusive) shall have its face value;

(b) a jack, queen or king shall have a value of ten;

(c) an ace shall have a value of eleven except where that would give a player or the dealer a point total in excess of twenty-one, in which case it shall have a value of one.

3.3 No player or spectator shall handle, alter or withdraw any cards used in the game of blackjack, except as expressly permitted by these rules, and no dealer or other person shall permit a player or spectator to do so. The dealer shall at all times deal the cards.

4.0 Wagers

4.1 Prior to the first card being dealt for each round, each player at the game of blackjack shall make a wager against the dealer which shall:

(a) win if the point total of the player is twenty-one or less and that of the dealer is in excess of twenty-one;

(b) win if the point total of the player exceeds that of the dealer without either exceeding twenty-one;

(c) win if the player has a blackjack and the dealer has achieved a point total of twenty-one in more than two cards;

(d) lose if the dealer has a blackjack and the player has achieved a point total of twenty-one in more than two cards;

(e) except as provided in sub-paragraphs (c) and (d) above, be a stand off if the point total of the player is the same as that of the dealer or if the dealer and the player both have a blackjack;

(f) lose if the point total of the player is in excess of twenty-one;

(g) lose if the point total of the dealer exceeds that of the player without either exceeding twenty-one.

4.2 Except as otherwise provided in these rules, no wager shall be made, altered or withdrawn after the first card of a round has been removed from the shoe.



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