New Zealand Gazette – 2000 – No. 50

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✨ Casino Rules Continuation



12 MAY NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1101

6.4 Notwithstanding rule 6.2, when an automatic shuffler is used, each set of four to eight 48 card 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.

7.0 Shuffle and Cut of Cards

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;

(e) at the direction of a game supervisor or casino supervisor where there is reason to suspect that the randomness of the shuffle has been compromised; and

(f) if any card has been exposed prior to the cards entering the shoe.

7.2 After the cards have been shuffled they shall be cut. The dealer shall offer the stack of cards, with the backs facing away from him/her, to the seated players for cutting.

7.3 The player to cut the cards shall be seated and be:

(a) the first player to the table immediately before the start of play; or

(b) the player on whose box the cutting card or the first of the cutting cards, as the case may be, appeared during the previous round of play; or

(c) the player at the farthest point to the right of the dealer if the cutting card or the first of the cutting cards, as the case may be, appeared in the dealer’s hand during the previous round of play; or

(d) the player at the farthest point to the left of the dealer if the cards are being shuffled and cut as a result of having been introduced into the game under rule 7.7.

7.4 If the player designated in rule 7.3 declines to cut the cards the cut shall be offered to each other seated player, moving clockwise around the table, until a seated player accepts the cut. If no such player does so a casino employee shall cut the cards.

7.5 The person designated by rule 7.3 or 7.4 shall cut the cards by placing the cutting card or one of the cutting cards, as the case may be, into the stack at least one deck in from either end.

7.6 When the cutting card has been inserted into the stack the dealer shall take all of the cards in front of the cutting card and place them at the back of the stack, and then insert the cutting card into the stack no more than half way in from the back of the stack. If two cutting cards are being used the second shall be placed at the back of the stack. The stack of cards shall then be placed in the card shoe for the commencement of play.

7.7 The casino operator may, after any round, direct that the cards be replaced, in which event the new cards shall be checked, shuffled and cut in accordance with sections 6 and 7.



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

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