New Zealand Gazette – 2000 – No. 50

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✨ Casino Games Approval

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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 50

Notification of Approval of Casino Games and the Rules of those Games

Pursuant to section 63 of the Casino Control Act 1990, the Casino Control Authority on 5 May 2000 resolved that, with effect from 12 May 2000, the rules set out in the schedule hereto be approved as the Pontoon Rules.

J. A. Collins, Chairperson, Casino Control Authority.

SCHEDULE

DIVISION 15 - PONTOON

Section 1 Interpretation
Section 2 Application
Section 3 Table Layout and Equipment
Section 4 Playing Cards
Section 5 Wagers
Section 6 Opening of Table for Gaming
Section 7 Shuffle and Cut of Cards
Section 8 Dealing of Cards
Section 9 Interim Settlement and Surrender
Section 10 Insurance
Section 11 Payout Odds
Section 12 Doubling Down
Section 13 Splitting Pairs
Section 14 Drawing of Additional Cards
Section 15 Wagering on Boxes
Section 16 Irregularities
Appendix 1 Pontoon Table Layout

1.0 Interpretation

In this division unless the contrary intention appears:

“Box” means an area on the pontoon table layout designated for the placement of wagers;

“Hard Total” means the point total of a hand which contains no aces or which contains one or more aces, each of which is counted as 1 in value;

“Initial Deal” means the dealing of the first two cards to each player and the first card to the dealer;

“Insurance Wager” means an optional additional wager which may be made by a player in accordance with section 10;

“Pontoon” means an ace and any card having a point value of 10 dealt as the initial two cards to a player or a dealer;

“Round” means a period of play beginning when the first card is removed from the shoe by the dealer and ending when all the cards are collected by the dealer and placed in the discard rack;

“Soft Total” means the point total of a hand containing an ace when the ace is counted as 11 in value; and

“Surrender” means the dealer’s offer to the player of the option to forfeit half the player’s original wager, after any interim settlement, and prior to any further cards being dealt where the dealer has a jack, queen, king or ace as a first card.

2.0 Application

The rules contained in this division, together with the general rules contained in Division 1, shall apply to the game of pontoon.

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

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated5 May 2000
KeywordsCasino, Games, Rules, Approval, Pontoon
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J. A. Collins, Chairperson, Casino Control Authority

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