✨ Casino Gaming Rules
5.2 At the start of play, and at the recommencement of play following any period during which the table has been vacant, the house shall be the banker for the first round. After that round the bank shall be offered counter clockwise around the table to each player in turn, starting with box number 1.
5.3 No player may accept the bank as a player/banker unless he/she:
(a) played in the previous round of play;
(b) controls a box; and
(c) has sufficient funds to cover 50% (if accepting the bank as a co-banker) or 100% (otherwise) of the total of the wagers placed by the other players against the bank.
When offered the bank, a player may elect to co-bank with the house pursuant to these rules.
5.4 A player/banker may hold the bank for no more than 2 consecutive rounds before it must be offered to the other players, counter clockwise around the table, beginning with the box to the right of the player/banker.
5.5 The casino operator may at its discretion allow 2 or more players wagering on a box to share the bank.
5.6 If no player entitled to do so elects to accept the bank, the house will be the banker.
6.0 Wagers
6.1 Each player in a round, other than the player/banker (if any), shall make a wager against the bank, which shall:
(a) win if:
(i) the player’s high hand is higher than the banker’s high hand and the player’s low hand is higher than the banker’s low hand, or
(ii) the banker and the player have the same value hand and the player’s high tile is of a higher ranking than the banker’s high tile;
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VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 1998, No 20
NZLII —
NZ Gazette 1998, No 20
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