New Zealand Gazette – 2004 – No. 56

Page 1313

✨ Casino Table Games Rules



19 MAY 2004 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 56 1313

1.0 Interpretation

In this division, unless the contrary intention appears:

“Banker” means the seated player who, when the game is conducted in accordance with Dealing Style B, receives and handles the Banker’s Hand;

“Banker’s Box” means that part of the layout in front of the dealer controlling the cards that is designated as the playing area for the Banker’s Hand by the word “BANKER”;

“Banker’s Hand” means the cards dealt to the Banker’s Box pursuant to these rules;

“Commission” means the amount deducted from any winning wager on the Banker’s Hand pursuant to subparagraph (b) of rule 5.10;

“Continuous Shuffler” means a type of automatic card shuffler that shuffles all or most of the cards used in the game continuously as the game is being conducted;

“Initial Deal” means the dealing of the first 4 cards in a round of play, 2 each to the Player’s Hand and the Banker’s Hand;

“Natural” means a hand with, on the initial 2 cards dealt to the hand, a point count of 8 or 9;

“Non-Continuous Shuffler” means a type of automatic card shuffler that shuffles a set of 4 to 8 decks of cards used in the game as a batch before they are dealt;

“Player”, for the purposes of rules 3.4(e), 5.6, 8.8, 8.10, 8.11 and 8.13 to 8.15 inclusive, when the word begins with a capital letter, means the seated player who, when the game is conducted in accordance with Dealing Style B, receives and handles the Player’s Hand;

“Player’s Box” means that part of the layout in front of the dealer controlling the cards that is designated as the playing area for the Player’s Hand by the word “PLAYER”;

“Player’s Hand” means the cards dealt to the Player’s Box pursuant to these rules;

“Point Count”, in relation to a hand of cards, means a single digit number from 0 to 9 inclusive, which shall be determined by totalling the point values of the cards in the hand in accordance with rule 4.2;

“Table Differential” means the difference between the total amount wagered on the Banker’s Hand and the total amount wagered on the Player’s Hand in a round of play;

“Table of Play” means the set of mandatory instructions, contained in these rules, which dictate whether the Player and Banker stand or draw a third card after the initial deal;

“Tie” means that the Player’s Hand and the Banker’s Hand have the same point count after all cards required to be dealt to those hands pursuant to these rules have been dealt to those hands; and

“Void Hand” means a round of play which is conducted in accordance with the rules of baccarat, except that no wagers are permitted.



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🏛️ Amendment No. 19 to Rules of Casino Table Games (continued from previous page)

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
6 April 2004
Casino Control Authority, Rules, Amendment, Casino Table Games