New Zealand Gazette – 2000 – No. 50

Page 1099

✨ Pontoon Game Rules



12 MAY NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1099

3.0 Table Layout and Equipment

3.1 Pontoon shall be played at a table having on one side up to seven boxes for the players and on the opposite side a place for the dealer. Each pontoon table shall have a drop box attached to it.

The layout cloth covering the pontoon table shall:

(a) have areas designated for the placement of wagers;

(b) bear inscriptions to the following effect:

(i) pontoon pays 3 to 2,

(ii) dealer must draw to a hard total of 16 or a soft total of 17, and

(iii) insurance pays 2 to 1; and

(c) be marked in a manner substantially similar to that shown in appendix 1.

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

(a) four to eight 48 card decks (having had the four tens removed from each deck i.e. ten of hearts, diamonds, spades and clubs);

(b) one or (at the option of the casino operator) two 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 four to eight 48 card decks of cards.

3.4 Where an automatic shuffler is used, two sets of four to eight 48 card decks, each set a different colour, shall be used in the game.

4.0 Playing Cards

4.1 The point value of the playing cards used in the game shall be as follows:

(a) a card from two to nine inclusive shall have its face value;

(b) a jack, queen or king shall have a value of 10; and

(c) an ace shall have a value of 11 except:

(i) where that would give a player or the dealer a point total of more than 21, in which case it shall have the value of 1, or

(ii) when doubling down, in which case any ace contained in the player’s initial deal shall have the value of 1.

4.2 No player or spectator shall handle, alter or withdraw any card used in the game, except as expressly permitted by these rules, and no dealer or other person shall permit a player or spectator to do so. The dealer shall at all times deal the cards.

5.0 Wagers

5.1 Before the first card is dealt in a round, each player shall make a wager against the dealer which shall:

(a) win if the player’s point total is less than 21 and the dealer’s exceeds 21;

(b) win if the player’s point total exceeds the dealer’s without either exceeding 21;



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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

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

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
5 May 2000
Casino, Games, Rules, Approval, Pontoon