New Zealand Gazette – 1998 – No. 20

Page 461

✨ Casino Game Rules



29 JANUARY NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 461

  1. General Rules

4.1 Maximise the point count of the low hand providing the low hand achieves Harmony 3 or better.

4.2 If it is not possible to set the low hand at Harmony 3 or better, then maximise the point count of the high hand providing a high hand of 8 or better can be achieved.

4.3 If a high hand of 8 or better cannot be achieved, then maximise the point count of the low hand.

  1. High Ranking Tiles

5.1 If possible, when the low hand is 7 or less, play the highest ranking tile in the low hand; however if there is a choice, do not play the 2 highest ranking tiles in the same hand.

5.2 If possible, when the low hand is 8 or better, play the highest ranking tile in the high hand; however if there is a choice, do not play the 2 highest ranking tiles in the same hand.

5.3 However, if the house is seeking to maximise the point count of the high hand, strengthen the high hand by adding the highest ranking tile.

5.4 If there is a Teen in 1 hand and a Day in the other, play the Teen in the high hand unless the 2 remaining tiles are:

(a) 4/5 or

(b) 10/11,

in which event play the Teen in the low hand.
  1. Exceptions to General Play

6.1 Where the four tiles are 6, 7, 11 and any non-pairing tile, maximise the low hand even if Harmony 3 or better is not achieved in the low hand.

6.2 Where a hand can be played as either 8/8 or 7/9 in the low and high hands (respectively), play it as 7/9 unless one of the tiles is Low 10.



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