4740

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 180

shall retrieve the tiles dealt to boxes without wagers and place them undisclosed in the designated area to the right of the float (from the dealer’s perspective).

8.4 After the tiles have been delivered, the players (other than the player/banker) shall, subject to rule 8.5 of this division, set their own tiles and then place them face down in two stacks of two, one stack being the low hand and the other the high hand, on the table.

8.5 The dealer may, at the request of a player, set the player’s hand, in which event the dealer shall do so the house way, after all of the other players have set their hands but before the banker’s hand is set.

8.6 The tiles delivered to a co-banker shall be set by the dealer the house way.

8.7 At the request of a player/banker other than a co-banker, the dealer shall set the player/banker’s hand the house way, and the hand so set shall be confirmed by the player/banker.

8.8 Once a player (other than a player/banker) has returned his/her tiles to the playing area, the player’s hand is considered set and shall not be touched again by any player.

8.9 Each player shall be responsible for the correctness of the setting of his/her hand, irrespective of whether the hand was set by the dealer.

8.10 Subject to rule 8.11 of this division, only the player controlling a box is permitted to handle and set the tiles. No player or spectator shall mark, alter or withdraw any tile used in the game, and no dealer or other person shall permit a player or spectator to do so.

8.11 Subject to rule 8.6 of this division, where the provisions of rule 4.5 apply the player/bankers may jointly decide the setting of the tiles.

8.12 The tiles must remain within the table area and in view of the dealer, and players may not:

(a) exchange tiles, nor

(b) except as expressly permitted by these rules, exchange or communicate, or cause to be exchanged or communicated, in any way any information regarding their hand.

8.13 Players shall not, except as expressly permitted by these rules, communicate in any form during a round of play until after the chung has been removed from the banker’s tiles.

8.14 Subject to rule 8.21 of this division, no tiles shall be exposed until all of the players’ hands (other than the player/banker’s) have been set, and then the banker’s tiles shall be the first to be exposed and then set.

8.15 After the tiles are exposed, the dealer shall signify the low hand by a vertical placement of the tiles, and the high hand by a horizontal placement of the tiles, in relation to the dealer.

8.16 Upon opening and matching each player’s hand, the dealer shall declare whether the hand has won (‘‘Jung’’), has lost (‘‘Che’’), or constitutes a push (‘‘Jowl’’) in accordance with part 6 of this division.

8.17 Pushes are indicated by the dealer tapping the table at least twice near the player’s tiles.

8.18 The players may view any unused tiles after all payouts are completed. These tiles shall not be handled by the players.

8.19 Where a player is the only person wagering on a box, he/she may concede his/her wager by indicating with a sweeping motion with his/her hand towards the dealer. The tiles shall then be picked up by the dealer and placed in the designated area without being exposed, and the player’s wager is lost and removed. After a player’s hand has been conceded it cannot be returned to play.

8.20 The game supervisor may view the tiles of a conceded hand at his/her discretion.

8.21 Notwithstanding the foregoing rules in this division, when the house is the sole banker and there is only one player playing, the player may expose his/her tiles face up on the table.

9.0 Procedures for Methods of Play

9.1 When the house is the sole banker:

(a) the chung shall be placed on box number one and the banker’s tiles delivered to that box. After collecting all tiles not in play, the dealer shall move the banker’s tiles from box number one to a position directly in front of the float tray;

(b) no wagers shall be accepted on box number one;

(c) the dealer shall arrange and set the house’s hand the house way after all of the players’ hands have been set;

(d) the dealer shall expose the house’s hand in front of the float tray before exposing the players’ hands;

(e) the game supervisor shall confirm that the house’s hand has been set the house way;

(f) the dealer shall then, in relation to each of the players’ hands in turn, counter clockwise from box number one, expose and match the hand;

(g) all losing wagers shall be picked up immediately and placed in the float tray, and the related tiles placed in the designated area;

(h) if a hand constitutes a push, the tiles shall be removed and placed in the designated area and the wager shall remain;

(i) after all of the hands at the table have been exposed the dealer shall pay, in accordance with rule 6.16 of this division, all winning wagers, box by box counter clockwise from box number one, picking up the tiles when payment is made and placing them in the designated area.

9.2 When a player/banker is banking and the house is not participating in the bank:

(a) the chung shall be placed on the player/banker’s box and the player/banker’s tiles delivered to that box;

(b) after all of the other players have made their wagers, the player/banker shall make a wager by placing an amount equal to or greater than the total of those wagers in the player/banker’s box. If the player/banker fails to cover the total of the other players’ declared wagers, the game shall be conducted in accordance with either rule 9.1 or rule 9.3 of this division;

(c) the player/banker shall set his/her hand after all of the other hands have been set and the chung has been removed from his/her tiles, and may expose his/her hand, provided however that the dealer may set the hand instead in accordance with rule 8.7 of this division;

(d) after the player/banker’s hand has been set, the dealer shall bring it in front of the float tray and ensure that the hand is exposed to the players;

(e) the dealer shall then, in relation to each of the other players’ hands in turn, counter clockwise from the player/banker’s box, expose and match the hand;

(f) all losing wagers shall be picked up immediately and placed in the losing wager area and the related tiles placed in the designated area;

(i) if a hand constitutes a push, the tiles shall be removed and placed in the designated area and the wager shall remain;

(j) after all of the hands at the table have been exposed the dealer shall pay, in accordance with rule 6.16 of this division, all winning wagers with chips from the losing wager area, box by box counter clockwise from the