Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part VII - GAMING CONTROL BOARD › Subpart K - Table Games › Chapter 676a - GO FORE IT › Section 676a.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 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 §
										676a.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 the automated card shuffling
				  device.
(b) Prior to dealing the
				  cards, the dealer shall announce "no more bets" and 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 to each player who placed the required Front 9
				  Wager in accordance with §
										676a.7(d)(1)
				  (relating to wagers) until each player who placed the required Front 9 Wager
				  and the dealer has four cards. The first two cards dealt to the player shall be
				  placed in front of the player. The second two cards dealt to the player shall
				  be dealt behind the front two cards and shall be the player's hole cards. 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.
(c)
				  After two stacks of two cards have been dealt to each player and four cards to
				  the dealer, the dealer shall remove the stub from the manual dealing shoe and,
				  except as provided in subsection (d), place the stub 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.
This section cited in 58 Pa. Code §
												676a.5 (relating to shuffle and
						cut of the cards); 58 Pa. Code §
												676a.7 (relating to wagers); and
						58 Pa. Code §
												676a.11 (relating to procedures
						for completion of each round of
						play).