Casino Gaming Rules




208 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 9

(b) stacked, and

(c) riffle shuffled.

7.0 Shuffle and Cut of Cards

7.1 The dealer shall shuffle the cards so that they are randomly intermixed:

(a) immediately before the start of play;

(b) when the cutting card or the first of the cutting cards, as the case may be, is drawn as the first card of the new round;

(c) at the end of the round during which the cutting card or the first of the cutting cards, as the case may be, appears otherwise than as the first card, and

(d) at the recommencement of play following any period during which the table has been vacant.

7.2 After the cards have been shuffled they shall be cut. The dealer shall offer the stack of cards, with the backs facing away from him/her, to the seated players for cutting.

7.3 The player to cut the cards shall be seated and be:

(a) the first player to the table immediately before the start of play; or

(b) the player on whose box the cutting card or the first of the cutting cards, as the case may be, appeared during the previous round of play; or

(c) the player at the farthest point to the right of the dealer if the cutting card or the first of the cutting cards, as the case may be, appeared in the dealer’s hand during the previous round of play; or

(d) the player at the farthest point to the left of the dealer if the cards are being shuffled and cut as a result of having been introduced into the game under rule 7.7.

7.4 If the player designated in rule 7.3 declines to cut the cards the cut shall be offered to each other seated player, moving clockwise around the table, until a



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