New Zealand Gazette – 1999 – No. 9

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✨ Casino Table Games Rules Amendment



230 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 9

3.0 Division 2 - Blackjack

Table Layout and Equipment

3.1 Rule 3.3 of this division is hereby deleted and the following substituted:

"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;

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

(e) at the option of the casino operator, an automatic shuffler capable of holding 6 to 8 decks of cards."

3.2 Section 3 of this division is hereby amended by inserting after rule 3.3 the following:

"3.4 Where an automatic shuffler is used, 2 sets of 6 to 8 decks of cards, each set a different colour, shall be used in the game."

Opening of Table for Gaming

3.3 Section 6 of this division is hereby amended by inserting after rule 6.3 the following:

"6.4 Notwithstanding rule 6.2, when an automatic shuffler is used, each set of 6 to 8 decks of cards may be loaded into the automatic shuffler without visual inspection by any player, after having first been:

(a) chemmy shuffled;

(b) stacked; and

(c) riffle shuffled."

Shuffle and Cut of Cards

3.4 Rule 7.1 of this division is hereby deleted and the following substituted:

"7.1 The cards shall be shuffled 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;

(d) at the discretion of the casino supervisor following any period during which the table has been vacant;"



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