Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
Section 655a.13 - Irregularities(a) A card that is found face up in the shoe or the deck while the cards are being dealt may not be used in that round of play and shall be placed in the discard rack. If more than one card is found face up in the shoe or the deck during the dealing of the cards, all hands shall be void, all wagers shall be returned to the players and the cards shall be reshuffled.(b) A card drawn in error without its face being exposed shall be used as though it were the next card from the shoe or the deck.(c) If any player or the area designated for the placement of the community cards is dealt an incorrect number of cards, all hands shall be void, all wagers shall be returned to the players and the cards shall be reshuffled.(d) If any of the community cards are inadvertently exposed prior to each player having either folded or placed a 3rd Street, 4th Street or 5th Street Wager as provided in § 655a.11 (relating to procedures for completion of each round of play), all hands shall be void, all wagers shall be returned to the players and the cards shall be reshuffled.(e) If an automated card shuffling device is being used and the device jams, stops shuffling during a shuffle or fails to complete a shuffle cycle, the cards shall be reshuffled.(f) If an automated dealing shoe is being used and the device jams, stops dealing cards or fails to deal cards during a round of play, the round of play shall be void, all wagers shall be returned to the players and the cards shall be removed from the device and reshuffled with any cards already dealt.(g) If an automated card shuffling device or automated dealing shoe malfunctions and cannot be used, the automated card shuffling device or automated dealing shoe shall be covered or have a sign indicating that the automated card shuffling device or automated dealing shoe is out of order placed on the device before any other method of shuffling or dealing may be utilized at that table.The provisions of this § 655a.13 amended August 30, 2019, effective 8/31/2019, 49 Pa.B. 4956.The provisions of this § 655a.13 amended under 4 Pa.C.S. §§ 1202(b)(30) and 13A 02(1) and (2).