New Zealand Gazette – 1996 – No. 7

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✨ Casino Rules Continuation



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7.4 The person designated in rule 7.3 shall cut the cards by placing the cutting card or one of the cutting cards, as the case may be, 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. Where a second cutting card is used, it shall be placed at the back of the stack.

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

(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 container.

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

7.7 The casino manager or shift manager may, after any round of play, direct that the cards in play at the table shall be replaced. If he/she does so a Government inspector shall be notified and, except where pre-shuffled cards are introduced and accepted as such, the new cards shall be checked, shuffled and cut in accordance with parts 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 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 shall respectively constitute the first and second cards of the Player’s Hand and the second and fourth cards shall respectively constitute the first and second cards of the Banker’s Hand.

8.4 The game may, in the discretion of the casino operator, be conducted in accordance with any one of the following styles of dealing: “Style A”, “Style B” and “Style C”. A shoe which commences in a particular dealing style shall continue in that style until its completion, unless a Government inspector directs or approves otherwise.



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🏭 Rules of Mini Baccarat (continued from previous page)

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12 January 1996
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