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(b) require that any decks of cards issued as pre-shuffled be inspected and mixed in
accordance with section 6, shuffled by the dealer, and cut in accordance with this section.
7.5
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 each seated player for cutting until a seated player accepts
the cut. If no seated player accepts the cut, a casino employee shall cut the cards.
7.6
The person designated in rule 7.5 shall cut the cards by inserting 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. The dealer
shall then 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 at least 20 cards in from the back of the stack.
If 2 cutting cards are being used, the second shall be placed at the back of the stack.
7.7
The stack of cards shall then be placed in the card shoe or continuous shuffler for the
commencement of play, following which the dealer shall burn the cards, that is:
(a) remove the first card from the card shoe or shuffler face up;
(b) draw, face down, additional cards equal in number to the face value of the first card drawn;
and
(c) place the first and additional cards drawn in the discard rack or container.
7.8
Where the game is conducted using a continuous shuffler, rules 7.5 and 7.6 shall not apply to
cards that are being shuffled in accordance with rule 7.2, and no cutting card need be placed with
the stack of cards in the shuffler.
7.9
For the purposes of rule 7.7, a 10, jack, queen and king shall have a face value of 10 and an ace a
face value of 1.
7.10
The casino operator may, after any round of play, direct that the cards in play at the table be
replaced, in which event the new cards shall be checked, shuffled and cut in accordance with
sections 6 and 7 except where pre-shuffled cards are introduced and accepted as such.
8.0 Initial Deal
8.1
Two hands shall be dealt in the game, one being the Player’s Hand and the other the Banker’s
Hand.
8.2
Immediately before the start of each round of play and after all wagers are on the table, the dealer
shall call “No more bets” and then begin dealing the cards.
8.3
Where no wagers have been placed on the table, the casino operator may, at the request of a
patron, deal up to 3 rounds of cards without any wager being placed. Nothing in this rule prevents
any person from wagering on any of those rounds should they choose to do so, in accordance with
these rules.
8.4
The dealer shall deal an initial 4 cards from the card shoe or automatic shuffler. The first and
third cards shall respectively constitute the first and second cards of the Player’s Hand and the
second and fourth cards shall respectively constitute the first and second cards of the Banker’s
Hand.
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Online Sources for this page:
VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 2004, No 56
Gazette.govt.nz —
NZ Gazette 2004, No 56
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Amendment No. 19 to Rules of Casino Table Games
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🏛️ Governance & Central Administration6 April 2004
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