New Zealand Gazette – 1998 – No. 9

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✨ Casino Gaming Rules



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(a) have areas designated for the placement of wagers;

(b) bear inscriptions to the following effect:

(i) blackjack pays 3 to 2,

(ii)    dealer must stand on 17 and must draw to 16, and

(iii)   insurance pays 2 to 1, and

(c) be marked in a manner substantially similar to that shown in appendix 1 or appendix 2.

3.3 The following equipment shall also be used in the game:

(a) 4 to 8 decks of playing cards, provided however that the Super Sevens variation described in section 15 shall be played with 6 to 8 decks,

(b) 1 or (at the option of the casino operator) 2 cutting cards,

(c) a card shoe capable of holding all of the cards used in the game; and

(d) a discard rack capable of holding all of the cards used in the game

4.0 Playing Cards

4.1 The point value of the playing cards used in the game shall be as follows.

(a) a card from 2 to 10 inclusive shall have its face value;

(b) a jack, queen or king shall have a value of 10, and

(c) an ace shall have a value of 11 except where that would give a player or the dealer a point total of more than 21, in which case it shall have a value of 1.

4.2 No player or spectator shall handle, alter or withdraw any card used in the game, except as expressly permitted by these rules, and no dealer or other person shall permit a player or spectator to do so. The dealer shall at all times deal the cards



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🏛️ Notification of Approval of Casino Games and the Rules of those Games (continued from previous page)

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Casino, Gaming, Rules, Blackjack, Definitions, Table Layout, Equipment, Playing Cards, Card Values, Game Procedures