New Zealand Gazette – 1994 – No. 112

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✨ Gaming Rules and Procedures



(c) at the completion of the round following the round during which the cutting card appears otherwise than as the first card (refer rule 9.8);

(d) at the recommencement of play following any period that the table has been vacant.

7.2 After the cards have been shuffled, they shall be cut. The dealer shall offer the stack of cards, with the backs facing away from him/her, to the players to be cut. The dealer shall begin with the player seated in the lowest number position at the table and, working clockwise around the table, shall offer the stack to each player until a player accepts the cut. If no player accepts the cut, a casino supervisor shall cut the cards.

7.3 The person designated in rule 7.2 shall cut the cards placing the cutting card in the stack at least one deck in from either end. The dealer shall remove all of the cards in front of the cutting card to the back of the stack and then insert the cutting card at least twenty cards in from the back of the stack.

7.4 The stack of cards shall then be inserted in the dealing shoe for commencement of play, following which the dealer shall:

(a) remove the first card from the shoe face up;

(b) draw, face down, additional cards equal in number to the face value of the first card drawn; and

(c) place the first and additional cards drawn in the discard rack.

7.5 For the purposes of rule 7.4 a ten, jack, queen, and king shall have a face value of ten and an ace a face value of one.

7.6 The casino manager or shift manager may, after any round of play, direct that the cards in play at the table shall be replaced and, if he/she does so, the new cards shall be checked, shuffled and cut in accordance with rules 6 and 7 of this division.

8.0 Dealing of Initial Two Cards

8.1 There shall be two hands dealt in the game of mini baccarat, one of which shall be designated the Player’s Hand and the other the Banker’s Hand.

8.2 Immediately before the start of each round of play and after all wagers are on the table, the dealer shall announce “No more bets” and shall then begin dealing the cards.

8.3 The dealer shall deal an initial four cards from the shoe. The first and third cards dealt shall respectively constitute the first and second cards of the



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🏭 Shuffle and Cut of Cards (continued from previous page)

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Gaming, Card Shuffling, Cutting Card, Casino Procedures

🏭 Dealing of Initial Two Cards

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Gaming, Baccarat, Card Dealing, Casino Procedures