Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part VII - GAMING CONTROL BOARD › Subpart K - Table Games › Chapter 684a - FOUR CARD FRENZY › Section 684a.8 - Procedures 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 §
										684a.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)
				  If a player has placed an All-Six Bonus Wager, the dealer shall deal the first
				  card face down to the area of the layout designated for the All-Six Bonus card.
				  Thereafter, 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 Ante and Odds Wagers in accordance
				  with §
										684a.7(d)(1)
				  (relating to wagers) and to the dealer until each player who placed Ante and
				  Odds Wagers and the dealer have five cards. All cards shall be dealt face
				  down.
(d) After five 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
				  that 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.
This section cited in 58 Pa. Code §
												684a.5 (relating to shuffle and
						cut of the cards); 58 Pa. Code §
												684a.7 (relating to wagers); and
						58 Pa. Code §
												684a.11 (relating to procedures
						for completion of each round of
						play).