N.J. Admin. Code § 13:69F-37.7

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 13:69F-37.7 - Procedure 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 the rules of the Division. Once the procedures required by N.J.A.C. 13:69F-37.4 have been completed, the stacked deck of cards shall be placed in the dealing shoe either by the dealer or by the automated card shuffling device.

(b) The dealer shall announce "No more bets" prior to dealing any cards.

(c) Each card shall be removed from the dealing shoe with the hand of the dealer that is the closest to the dealing shoe and placed on the appropriate area of the layout with the opposite hand.

(d) 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. One card face down to each player;

2. One card face down to the area designated for the dealer's hand under a cover card;

3. A second card face down to each player; and

4. A second card face down to an area designated for the dealer's hand under the cover card.

(e) After two cards have been dealt to each player and to the area designated for the dealer's hand, and after all community cards have been dealt, the dealer shall remove the stub from the manual dealing shoe and, except as provided in (f) below, place the stub in the discard rack without exposing the cards.

(f) The dealer shall be required to count the stub at least once every five rounds of play in order to determine that the correct number of cards are still 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 were misdealt (a player or the area designated for the placement of the dealer's hand has more or less than two cards) but 52 cards remain in the deck, all hands shall be void. 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.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:69F-37.7