✨ Blackjack Rules
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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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7.3 After the initial deal the dealer, beginning with the player at the farthest point to the left of the dealer and continuing clockwise around the table, shall announce the player’s point total and allow each player in turn to indicate whether he/she wishes to double down, split pairs, stand (i.e. have no further cards) or draw (i.e. take further cards).
7.4 As each player indicates his/her decision(s), the dealer shall deal face up whatever additional cards are required to give effect to such decision(s), and shall announce the point total of the player’s hand after each additional card is dealt.
7.5 After the decisions of each player have been completed and any additional cards required have been dealt, the dealer shall deal a second card face up to his/her hand. Any additional cards to the dealer’s hand shall then be dealt face up, after which the dealer shall announce his/her point total.
7.6 At the conclusion of a round of play the dealer shall:
(a) collect all of the players’ cards remaining on the layout face up, in order, starting with the cards of the player to the farthest right of the dealer and moving counter-clockwise around the table;
(b) place them face down in the discard rack;
(c) collect the dealer’s cards face up from right to left; and
(d) place the dealer’s cards face down in the discard rack on top of the players’ cards.
7.7 Subject to rule 7.8, whenever the cutting card is reached during a round, the dealer shall continue dealing the cards until that round of play is completed after which the cards used in the game shall be reshuffled.
7.8 Whenever the cutting card is drawn as the first card of a new round, the cards shall be reshuffled immediately.
7.9 Each player at the table shall be responsible for correctly computing the point total of his/her hand and no player shall be entitled to rely on the point total announced by the dealer.
8.0 Payment of Blackjack
8.1 If the first face up card dealt to the dealer is two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight or nine and a player has blackjack, the dealer shall announce and pay the blackjack at odds of three to two and shall remove the player's cards to the discard rack before any player receives a third card.
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VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 1994, No 112
NZLII —
NZ Gazette 1994, No 112
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