58 Pa. Code § 679a.10 - Procedures for dealing the cards from an automated dealing shoe

(a) If the cards are dealt from an automated dealing shoe, the following requirements shall be observed:

(1) After the procedures required under § 679a.5 (relating to shuffle and cut of the cards) have been completed, the cards shall be placed in the automated dealing shoe.

(2) Prior to the shoe dispensing any stacks of cards, the dealer shall announce "no more bets."

(b) The dealer shall deliver the first stack of three cards dispensed by the automated dealing shoe face down to the player farthest to the dealer's left who has placed an Ante Wager in accordance with § 679a.7(d)(1) (relating to wagers). As the remaining stacks are dispensed to the dealer by the automated dealing shoe, the dealer shall, moving clockwise around the table, deliver a stack face down to each of the other players who has placed an Ante Wager. The dealer shall then deliver a stack of three cards face down to the area designated for the placement of the dealer's cards.

(c) After each stack of three cards has been dispensed and delivered in accordance with subsection (b), the dealer shall remove the stub from the automated dealing shoe and, except as provided in subsection (d), place the cards in the discard rack without exposing the cards. If a player has placed a Pair Bonus Wager, after removing the stub from the automated dealing shoe, the dealer shall deal an additional card face down to the area of the layout for the player's fourth card. Except as provided in subsection (d), the dealer shall then place the cards in the discard rack without exposing the cards.

(d) If an automated card shuffling device, which counts the number of cards in the deck after the completion of each shuffle and indicates whether 52 cards are present, is not being used, the dealer shall count the stub at least once every 5 rounds of play to determine if the correct number 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.

(e) 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.

(f) 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 but 52 cards remain in the deck, 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) Notwithstanding the requirements in subsections (b) and (c), if a certificate holder is utilizing an automated dealing shoe that automatically reshuffles the cards, the dealer may distribute four cards to each player and the dealer provided that as the cards are dispensed and distributed to each player:

(1) The top card of a stack dealt to a player who placed a Pair Bonus Wager shall be moved off the top of the stack and placed face down on the table layout until it is revealed by the dealer in accordance with § 679a.11(d)(2) (relating to procedures for completion of each round of play).

(2) The top card of a stack dealt to a player who did not place a Pair Bonus Wager and to the dealer shall be collected and placed face down in the discard rack.

(h) If specified in its Rules Submission form required under § 601a.2 (relating to table games Rules Submissions), a certificate holder may deal one community card to be used by all players who placed a Pair Bonus Wager authorized under § 679a.7(d)(3), instead of dealing each player who placed a Pair Bonus Wager an additional card as provided in subsection (c). If the certificate holder elects to utilize one Pair Bonus community card, the community card shall be dealt after each player who placed an Ante Wager and the dealer have three cards. The community card shall be dealt to the area on the table layout designated for the placement of the Pair Bonus community card.

Notes

58 Pa. Code § 679a.10

The provisions of this § 679a.10 amended August 30, 2019, effective 8/31/2019, 49 Pa.B. 4956.

The provisions of this § 679a.10 amended under 4 Pa.C.S. §§ 1202(b)(30) and 13A 02(1) and (2).

This section cited in 58 Pa. Code § 679a.5 (relating to shuffle and cut of the cards); 58 Pa. Code § 679a.7 (relating to wagers); and 58 Pa. Code § 679a.11 (relating to procedures for completion of each round of play).