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player/banker’s box, picking up the tiles when payment is made and placing them in the designated area;

(k) the sum remaining in the losing wager area shall be handed to the player/banker, less commission, in accordance with rule 6.17 of this division;

(l) if there are insufficient funds in the losing wager area to pay winning wagers, the shortfall shall be taken from the player/banker’s wager.

9.3 When the player/banker and the house are co-bankers:

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

(b) after all of the other players have made their wagers, the co-banker shall make a wager by placing an amount equal to or greater than 50% of the total of those wagers in the co-banker’s box;

(c) the dealer shall take the co-banker’s wager, together with an equivalent amount from the float tray, and place them in the banker wager area;

(d) the dealer shall place the banker’s tiles directly in front of the float tray;

(e) the dealer shall set the banker’s hand the house way after all of the other hands have been set, and may permit the co-banker to expose two of the four tiles in the hand before the hand is set;

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

(g) all losing wagers shall be picked up immediately and placed in the losing wager area, 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 with chips from the losing wager area, box by box counter clockwise from the co-banker’s box, picking up the tiles when payment is made and placing them in the designated area;

(j) the total remaining in the losing wager area after settlement of the players’ wagers shall be divided equally between the co-bankers;

(k) the house’s share of that sum, and the house’s original wager, shall be returned to the float tray and the co-banker’s original wager returned to him/her. The sum remaining in the losing wager area shall be handed to the co-banker, less commission, in accordance with rule 6.17 of this division;

(l) if there are insufficient funds in the losing wager area to pay winning wagers, the shortfall shall be taken from the co-banking wager. Any funds left after the settlement of all winning and losing wagers by the other players shall be divided in two, and the house’s portion placed in the float tray and the co-banker’s portion handed back to him/her.

10.0 Irregularities

10.1 If any tile is exposed during stacking, the dealer shall perform a laja.

10.2 If more than two tiles are exposed during a laja, a reshuffle will occur.

10.3 If the dealer exposes two or more tiles:

(a) in a player’s hand, the player may call his/her hand void, provided he/she does so before viewing the remaining tiles in the hand;

(b) in the player/banker’s hand, the player/banker may call his/her hand void, provided he/she does so before viewing the remaining tiles in the hand. If the player/banker chooses to void his/her hand pursuant to this rule, the round of play shall be declared void and the tiles reshuffled.

10.4 If one exposed tile is dealt to any hand, this shall not constitute a misdeal. The dealer shall turn the tile over and the game shall continue.

10.5 The game supervisor may direct the dealer to reshuffle if he/she considers it appropriate to do so due to the exposure of tiles or suspected tile tracking.

10.6 If any tiles are exposed in the house’s hand, the hand shall be played.

10.7 If the player/banker exposes any of his/her own tiles, the hand shall be played.

10.8 If it is discovered that the house’s hand is not set the house way, whether the house is the sole banker or there is a co-banker:

(a) the hand may be re-set provided the dealer has not exposed the first player’s hand; otherwise

(b) the hand shall stand.

This rule shall also apply to the hand of a player/banker which has been set by the dealer at the player/banker’s request.

10.9 When all boxes are in play, the house is banking (either alone or with a co-banker), and any of the players is believed to be communicating the values of the tiles held, the house may, in its discretion, remove a box or player from play. Where this rule applies, a casino supervisor shall be notified immediately and shall decide whether to remove a box from subsequent rounds of play.

10.10 If a decision is made to remove a box from play, that box shall be determined by the dealer shaking the dice and, having determined the total of the dice, counting counter clockwise from box number one. The box corresponding to the total of the dice shall be that removed from play. A marker button denoting “Off” shall be placed on that box.

10.11 Notwithstanding rule 10.10 of this division, if the total of the dice indicates that the box of the casino operator should be removed from play, the procedure shall be repeated until the result indicates another box.

10.12 A casino supervisor shall decide when a box taken out of play pursuant to rule 10.9 may be reintroduced into play, and when a player removed from play may rejoin the game.

10.13 Where a player is or players are suspected of viewing another player’s tiles, or collecting information from any of the other players, whether active or inactive, a casino supervisor may:

(a) direct the player or players so suspected to set his, her or their hands prior to the other players handling theirs;

(b) restrict players suspected of collusion from playing at the same table;

(c) direct the players at the table to speak in English only.

10.14 If the dealer should distribute the tiles incorrectly, the round of play shall be declared void and all of the tiles reshuffled, whether or not any of the players has handled any of the tiles.

10.15 If the dealer, in the course of exposing a player’s hand, accidentally knocks down or mixes up the tiles of that player, the dealer shall set the disturbed tiles the house way.

10.16 If any of the tiles in a hand become accidentally mixed with any of the tiles in another hand, and a reconstruction is not possible, the hands involved shall be void.

10.17 If a player is not present to set his/her tiles, the dealer shall set the tiles the house way, and the player shall accept responsibility for any subsequent result.