Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part VII - GAMING CONTROL BOARD › Subpart K - Table Games › Chapter 678a - HIGH CARD FLUSH › Section 678a.8 - Procedure 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 as 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 §
										678a.5 (relating to shuffle and
				  cut of the cards) have been completed, the stacked deck of cards shall be
				  placed in the dealing shoe either by the dealer or by the automated card
				  shuffling device.
(b) Prior to
				  dealing the cards and after all Ante Wagers and optional wagers have been
				  placed, the dealer shall announce "no more bets" and, if the Progressive
				  Jackpot Wager is being offered, use the progressive table game system to
				  prevent the placement of additional Progressive Jackpot Wagers. If Progressive
				  Jackpot 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 Jackpot Wagers accepted by
				  the progressive table game system. The dealer shall then place the value chips
				  into the table inventory container.
(c) Each card shall be removed from the
				  dealing shoe with the hand of the dealer that is the closest to the dealing
				  shoe and placed on the appropriate area of the layout with the opposite
				  hand.
(d) The dealer shall,
				  starting with the player farthest to the dealer's left and continuing around
				  the table in a clockwise manner, deal one card at a time, face down, to each
				  player who placed an Ante Wager in accordance with §
										678a.7(d)(1) 
				  (relating to wagers) and to the dealer, under a cover card, until each player
				  who placed an Ante Wager and the dealer have seven cards.
(e) After seven cards have been dealt to each
				  player and to the area designated for the placement of the dealer's hand, the
				  dealer shall remove the stub from the manual dealing shoe and, except as
				  provided in subsection (f), place the stub in the discard rack without exposing
				  the cards.
(f) 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.
(g)
				  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.
(h) 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.
This section cited in 58 Pa. Code §
												678a.5 (relating to shuffle and
						cut of the cards); 58 Pa. Code §
												678a.7 (relating to wagers); and
						58 Pa. Code §
												678a.11 (relating to procedure for
						completion of each round of play).