New Zealand Gazette – 1999 – No. 10

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✨ Casino Tournament Rules



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3.6 Where a wager is inadvertently made and accepted in contravention of the applicable wager limits, it shall:

(a) if less than the permissible minimum be required to be increased to the minimum;

(b) if in excess of the permissible maximum be void to the extent of such excess.

3.7 Subject to rule 3.8, any player who loses all of his/her tournament chips before the end of a session shall be eliminated from the session, and no other player shall be permitted to wager on the player’s box or seated position.

3.8 If all of the participants in a session either:

(a) lose all of their chips; or

(b) are reduced to holding less than the required minimum wager in tournament chips,

in the same round, the casino operator may issue each of those players with a further amount of chips, which amounts shall be equal in value and shall not exceed in value the amount required to be held by each of the players at the beginning of the session, and a play-off shall take place.

3.9 Subject to reasonable notice, the tournament director may limit the time allowed to the players for making their respective wagers. If a player does not make a wager within the time so allowed, his/her wager may be limited to the table minimum.

4.0 Rules for Tournament Play

4.1 The tournament director shall be present while the tournament is in progress.

4.2 At the beginning of each session players shall be allocated a gaming table and a box number or seat at which to play. A player may wager on and control only the box or seat allocated to him/her.

4.3 At the request of the game supervisor a player shall provide his/her name for recording purposes.

4.4 At the beginning of a session each participating player shall hold tournament chips, which shall have been issued by the casino operator in accordance with the conditions of entry to the tournament. Subject to rule 3.8, no player may be issued with any further chips during a session.

4.5 No player may lend or borrow tournament chips, or introduce additional tournament chips to a table, during play.

4.6 No player may leave the table while a session is in progress, except in an emergency or with the consent of the tournament director.

4.7 At the beginning of a session the dealer shall place the betting marker in front of the player at the farthest point to the dealer’s left, or in the case of a left hand roulette table the dealer’s right, to indicate the player who is to make the first wager in the first round



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🏛️ Approval of Casino Games and Rules for Tournament Play (continued from previous page)

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
22 December 1998
Casino, Games, Rules, Tournament Play, Approval, Tournament Chips, Tournament Director, Conditions of Entry, Wager Limits, Elimination Rules, Play-off, Betting Marker