New Zealand Gazette – 1999 – No. 10

Page 259

✨ Casino Tournament Rules



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(b) where the chips in the tournament were issued as part of a cash or colour buy-in remain the property of the casino operator, and be exchanged for cash chips, at the end of the session.

6.0 Application - Blackjack

6.1 Subject to rule 6.2:

(a) the general rules contained in division 1 of these rules; and

(b) the rules of blackjack contained in division 2 of these rules,

shall apply to the game of tournament blackjack. Where there is an inconsistency between any rule contained in this division and any of the general rules or the rules of blackjack, the rules in this division shall prevail when tournament blackjack is being played.

6.2 The following rules shall not apply to the game of tournament blackjack:

(a) section 9 and rules 10.2 and 10.4 of division 1; and

(b) rules 5.3, 5.8, 7.1, 8.7, 8.8, and sections 14 and 15 of division 2.

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

(a) a betting marker, which shall be used to indicate the player at the table who is to make the first bet at the beginning of a round, pursuant to rules 4.7 and 4.8; and

(b) where the duration of a session is determined by a number of shoes, a shoe number indicator which shall indicate to the players at the table which shoe (whether the first, second, and so on) of the session is in play at that time.

6.4 The dealer shall shuffle the cards so that they are randomly intermixed, in accordance with rule 6.3 of division 2 of the rules:

(a) immediately before the start of a session;

(b) at the end of the round following the round during which the cutting card or the first of the cutting cards, as the case may be, is reached in the shoe;

(c) at the discretion of the casino supervisor following any period during which the table has been vacant.

6.5 Subject to blackjack rule 8.2 and 8.3 of division 2, the casino operator may choose to commence the dealing of each round, with the player holding the betting marker. The dealer will continue in a clockwise direction around the table as in rule 8.2 of division 2, until all players have two cards, and the dealer has one.

6.6 The dealer will act on the player’s hand, with the betting marker, as in rule 8.3 of division 2.



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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, Blackjack