New Zealand Gazette – 1998 – No. 9

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✨ Casino Gaming Rules



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Players may then make an insurance wager by placing, before any further cards are dealt, the amount of the wager on that part of the insurance line corresponding to the box in which the player’s initial wager was placed

9.3 The amount of an insurance wager shall be:

(a) not more than half the amount staked in the player’s initial wager; and

(b) such that, if the wager wins, the dealer will be able to effect payment in chips.

9.4 All winning insurance wagers shall be paid at odds of 2 to 1.

9.5 All losing insurance wagers shall be collected by the dealer immediately after the dealer’s second card is drawn and before any additional cards are drawn.

9.6 Notwithstanding the other provisions of these rules, if the hand in relation to which an insurance wager was made is voided for any reason the insurance wager shall also be void.

10.0 Payment of Blackjack

10.1 If the dealer’s first card is a 2 to 9 inclusive and a player has blackjack, the dealer shall pay the blackjack at odds of 3 to 2 and remove the player’s cards to the discard rack before any further cards are dealt.

10.2 Subject to rule 10.3, if the dealer’s first card is an ace, king, queen, jack or 10 and a player has a blackjack, the dealer shall not make any payment on the blackjack nor remove the cards from the box until the dealer’s hand has been completed.

10.3 If the dealer’s first card is an ace and a player has a blackjack:

(a) the dealer shall at the player’s request pay the player immediately at odds of 1 to 1 in full settlement of the player’s wager, and the player may remove the wager and winnings from the box before the end of the round; and

(b) the dealer shall then collect the player’s cards and place them in the discard rack before any further cards are dealt, unless more than 1 person has wagered on the box to which the blackjack was dealt and not all of the persons so wagering elect to be paid immediately under


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

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Casino, Gaming, Rules, Blackjack, Wagers, Betting, Payouts, Card Handling