N.J. Admin. Code § 13:69F-25.7

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 13:69F-25.7 - Procedures for dealing the cards from a manual dealing shoe

(a) If a casino licensee chooses to have the cards dealt from a manual dealing shoe, the dealing shoe shall meet the requirements of 13:69E-1.19. Once the procedures required by 13:69F-25.4 have been completed, the stacked deck of cards shall be placed in the dealing shoe either by the dealer or by an automated card shuffling device.

(b) Prior to dealing any cards and once all ante wagers have been placed, the dealer shall announce "No more bets."

(c) In dealing the cards, each card shall be removed from the dealing shoe with the hand of the dealer that is closest to the dealing shoe and placed on the appropriate area of the layout with the opposite hand. The dealer shall, starting with the player farthest to his or her left and continuing around the table in a clockwise manner, deal the cards as follows:

1. Two consecutive cards face down to each player;

2. Two consecutive cards face down to the area designated for the placement of the dealer's cards; and

3. Five consecutive cards face down in a cross formation to the area designated for the placement of the community cards, with the first three community cards being dealt from the dealer's left to right in a horizontal array and the remaining two community cards being dealt to the top and bottom of the center card in the horizontal array to complete a vertical array of three cards.

(d) After two cards have been dealt to each player and the dealer, and five cards have been dealt to the area designated for the placement of the community cards, the dealer shall remove the stub from the manual dealing shoe and, except as provided in (e) below, place the stub in the discard rack without exposing the cards.

(e) The dealer shall be required to count the stub at least once every five rounds of play in order to determine that the correct numbers of cards are still present in the deck. The dealer shall determine the number of cards in the stub by counting the cards face down on the layout.

1. If the count of the stub indicates that 52 cards are in the deck, the dealer shall place the stub in the discard rack without exposing the cards.

2. If the count of the stub indicates that the number of cards in the deck is incorrect, the dealer shall determine if the cards were misdealt. If the cards have been misdealt (a player or the area designated for the placement of the dealer's cards has more or less than two cards, or the area designated for the community cards has more or less than five cards), but 52 cards remain in the deck, all hands shall be void pursuant to 13:69F-25.12. If the cards have not been misdealt, all hands shall be considered void and the entire deck of cards shall be removed from the table pursuant to 13:69E-1.18.

(f) Notwithstanding the provisions of (e) above, the counting of the stub shall not be required if an automated card shuffling device is used that counts the number of cards in the deck after the completion of each shuffle and indicates whether 52 cards are still present. If the automated card shuffling device reveals that an incorrect number of cards are present, the deck shall be removed from the table in accordance with the provisions of 13:69E-1.18.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:69F-25.7