(a) If a manual dealing shoe is used, the
dealing shoe must be located on the table in a location approved by the Bureau
of Casino Compliance in accordance with §
601a.10(g)
(relating to approval of table game layouts, signage and equipment). Once the
procedures required under §
645a.5 (relating to shuffle and
cut of the cards; procedures for determining the starting position for dealing
cards) 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, the dealer shall announce "no more bets" and:
(1) If the Fortune Bonus Wager, Emperor's
Treasure Wager or Dynasty Bonus Wager is being offered and a player makes a
Qualifying Wager, the dealer shall place an Envy lammer next to that player's
wager.
(2) If the Progressive
Payout Wager is being offered, the dealer shall use the progressive table game
system to prevent the placement of any additional Progressive Payout Wagers. If
any Progressive Payout Wagers have been made, the dealer shall collect the
wagers and, on the layout in front of the table inventory container, verify
that the number of value chips wagered equals the number of Progressive Payout
Wagers accepted by the progressive table game system. The dealer shall then
place the value chips into the table inventory container.
(c) The dealer shall determine the starting
position for dealing the cards using one of the procedures authorized under
§
645a.5(i).
(d) The dealer shall then deal the first card
to the starting position as determined in subsection (c) and, continuing around
the table in a clockwise manner, deal one card at a time to all other
positions, regardless of whether there is a wager at the position, and the
dealer, until each position and the dealer has seven cards. Each card dealt
shall be removed from the dealing shoe with the hand of the dealer that is
closest to the dealing shoe and placed face down on the appropriate area of the
layout with the opposite hand.
(e)
After seven cards have been dealt to each position and the dealer, the dealer
shall remove the stub from the manual dealing shoe and determine whether four
cards are left by spreading them face down on the layout. The four cards that
remain may not be exposed to anyone and shall be placed in the discard
rack.
(f) If more or less than four
cards remain, the dealer shall determine if the cards were misdealt. If the
cards were misdealt (a player position or the dealer has more or less than
seven cards), all hands shall be void and all wagers shall be returned to the
players. If the cards were not misdealt, all hands shall be void, all wagers
shall be returned to the players and the entire deck of cards shall be removed
from the table.
(g) If the dealer
determines the cards were dealt properly, the dealer shall collect any stacks
dealt to a position where there was no wager and place them in the discard rack
without exposing the cards.
