Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part VII - GAMING CONTROL BOARD › Subpart K - Table Games › Chapter 679a - THREE CARD PRIME › Section 679a.8 - rocedures for dealing the cards from a manual dealing shoe

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(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 §
										679a.5 (relating to shuffle and
				  cut of the cards) have been completed, the stacked deck of cards shall be
				  placed in the dealing shoe by the dealer or by an automated card shuffling
				  device.
(b) Prior to dealing any
				  cards, the dealer shall announce "no more bets." To deal the cards, the dealer
				  shall remove each card from the dealing shoe with the hand of the dealer that
				  is closest to the dealing shoe and place it on the appropriate area of the
				  layout with the opposite hand.
(c)
				  Starting with the player farthest to the dealer's left and continuing around
				  the table in a clockwise manner, the dealer shall deal one card at a time to
				  each player who has placed an Ante Wager in accordance with §
										679a.7(d)(1)
				  (relating to wagers) and to the dealer until each player who placed a wager and
				  the dealer have three cards. If a player has placed a Pair Bonus Wager, the
				  dealer shall deal an additional card to the area of the layout for the player's
				  fourth card. All cards shall be dealt face down.
(d) After three cards have been dealt to each
				  player and the dealer, the dealer shall remove the stub from the manual dealing
				  shoe and, except as provided in subsection (e), place the stub in the discard
				  rack without exposing the cards.
(e) 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.
(f) 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.
(g) 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.
(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.
The provisions of this § 679a.8 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).