Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION
Article 108 - TABLE GAMES
Section 112-108-20 - Table game and poker cards; specifications

(1) Cards shall be in standard decks of 52 cards, with each card identical in size and shape to every other card in the deck or as otherwise documented in the internal controls and approved by the commission.

(2) Each standard deck shall be composed of four suits: diamonds, spades, clubs, and hearts.

(3) Each suit shall consist of 13 cards: ace, king, queen, jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, and 2. The face of the ace, king, queen, jack, and 10 value cards may contain an additional marking, as documented in the internal controls and approved by the commission, that will permit a dealer, before exposing the dealer's hole card at the game of blackjack, to determine the value of that hole card.

(4) The backs of all cards in the deck shall be identical and no card shall contain any marking, symbol, or design that will enable a person to know the identity of any element printed on the face of the card or that will in any way differentiate the back of that card from any other card in the deck.

(5) The backs of all cards in the deck shall be designed so as to diminish as far as possible the ability of any person to place concealed markings on the backs.

(6) The design to be placed on the backs of cards used by facility managers shall contain the name or trade name of the facility manager where the cards are to be used and shall be submitted to the executive director for approval before use of the cards in gaming activity.

(7) Each deck of cards for use in table games as defined in K.A.R. 112-108-1 shall be packaged separately with cellophane, shrink wrap, or another similar material as documented in the internal controls and approved by the commission. The packaging shall have a tamper-resistant security seal and a tear band. Each deck of poker cards shall be packaged in sets of two decks through the use of cellophane, shrink wrap, or another similar material as documented in the internal controls and approved by the commission and have a tamper-resistant security seal and a tear band.

(8) Nothing in this regulation shall prohibit decks of cards with one or more jokers. However, jokers may be used by the facility manager only in the play ofany games documented in the internal controls and approved by the commission for that manner of play.

(1) Be visually distinguishable from the cards used by that facility manager to play any table games;

(2) be made of plastic; and

(3) have two decks with visually distinguishable card backings for each set of poker cards. These card backings may be distinguished, without limitation, by different logos, different colors, or different design patterns.