New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE
Subchapter 20 - CONDUCT OF CASINO NIGHTS
Section 13:47-20.19 - Cards: shuffling; cutting; dealing

1. The dealer shall shuffle the cards prior to the beginning of play, whenever the dealer relieves another dealer at a table already in play, at the end of a stack, or at the direction of a class "A" operator; and

2. Cards shall be shuffled by hand or with an automated shuffling device.

1. After the cards have been shuffled, the dealer shall offer the stack of cards to be cut, with the backs facing away from the dealer, to the player at the farthest point to the right of the dealer provided, however, if the game is just beginning, the cards shall be offered to the first player at the table. If the first player offered the cards refuses the cut, the cards shall be offered to each other player moving clockwise around the table until a player accepts the cut;

2. If no player accepts cut, the dealer shall cut the cards;

3. The person making the cut shall place the cutting card in the stack at least 10 cards from either end. Once the cutting card has been inserted, the dealer shall take all the cards in front of the cutting card and place them on the back of the stack. The dealer shall then insert the cutting card in a position approximately one-quarter of the way from the back of the stack;

4. The stack of cards shall then be inserted into the dealing shoe or held by the dealer for commencement of play; and

5. After the cards have been cut and before any cards have been dealt, a class "A" casino night operator may require the cards to be recut if he or she determines that the cut was performed improperly or in any way that might affect the integrity or fairness of the game. If a recut is required, the cards shall be recut, at the class "A" casino night operator's option, by the player who last cut the cards, or by the next person entitled to cut the cards, as determined by (a)1 above.

1. The dealer shall deal each card by holding the deck of cards in the chosen hand and using the other hand to remove the top card of the deck and place it appropriately on the layout; or

2. The dealer shall deal each card from a dealing shoe and place it appropriately on the layout.