Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part VII - GAMING CONTROL BOARD › Subpart K - Table Games › Chapter 672a - FREE BET BLACKJACK › Section 672a.12 - Irregularities

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) A card found
				  face up in the shoe may not be used in that round of play and shall be placed
				  in the discard rack or in a segregated area of the double shoe.
(b) A card drawn in error without its face
				  being exposed shall be used as though it were the next card from the
				  shoe.
(c) After the initial two
				  cards have been dealt to each player and a card is drawn in error and exposed
				  to the players, the card shall be dealt to the players or dealer as though it
				  were the next card from the shoe. Any player refusing to accept the card may
				  not have any additional cards dealt to him during the round. If the card is
				  refused by the players and the dealer cannot use the card, the card shall be
				  placed in the discard rack.
(d) If
				  the dealer has 17 and accidentally draws a card for himself, the card shall be
				  placed in the discard rack.
(e) If
				  the dealer misses dealing his first or second card to himself, the dealer shall
				  continue dealing the first two cards to each player and then deal the
				  appropriate number of cards to himself.
(f) If there are insufficient cards remaining
				  in the shoe to complete a round of play, all of the cards in the discard rack
				  shall be shuffled and cut according to the procedures in §
										672a.5 (relating to shuffle and
				  cut of the cards). The first card shall be drawn face down and placed in the
				  discard rack and the dealer shall complete the round of play.
(g) If no cards are dealt to a player's hand,
				  the hand is dead and the player shall be included in the next deal. If only one
				  card is dealt to a player's hand, at the player's option, the dealer shall deal
				  the second card to the player after all other players have received a second
				  card.
(h) If after receiving the
				  first two cards the dealer fails to deal an additional card to a player who has
				  requested a card, then, at the player's option, the dealer shall either deal
				  the additional card after all other players have received their additional
				  cards but prior to the dealer revealing his hole card or call the player's hand
				  dead and return the player's original Blackjack Wager.
(i) If the dealer inserts his hole card into
				  a card reader device when the value of his first card is not an ace, king,
				  queen, jack or 10, the dealer, after notification to a floorperson or above,
				  shall continue play.
(j) If a card
				  reader device malfunctions, the dealer may not continue dealing the game of
				  Blackjack at that table until the card reader device is repaired or
				  replaced.
(k) 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.
(l) If an automated
				  shuffling device malfunctions and cannot be used, the device must be covered or
				  have a sign indicating that it is out of order placed on the device before any
				  other method of shuffling may be utilized at that table.