New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 69F - RULES OF THE GAMES
Subchapter 33 - WINNER'S POT POKER
Section 13:69F-33.9 - Procedures for dealing the cards from an automated dealing shoe

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of N.J.A.C. 13:69E or this chapter, a casino licensee may, in its discretion, choose to have the cards used to play winner's pot poker dealt from an automated dealing shoe which dispenses cards in stacks of three cards, provided that the shoe, its location and the procedures for its use are in accordance with the casino licensee's internal control procedures.

(b) If a casino licensee chooses to have the cards dealt from an automated dealing shoe, the following requirements shall be observed:

(c) In the first round of play, the dealer shall place a button in front of the dealer indicating that the dealing shall commence with the player farthest to his or her left and continue around the table in a clockwise manner. For each ensuing round of play, the button shall rotate clockwise to the next player or, if the button has rotated to the player farthest to the dealer's right, the dealer. Dealing shall commence with the player or dealer, as applicable, positioned immediately after the button in clockwise rotation.

(d) The dealer shall deliver the first stack of three cards dispensed by the automated dealing shoe face down to the player farthest to his or her left who has placed an ante wager in accordance with 13:69F-33.6. Once the stack is delivered to the player position, the dealer shall turn face up the top card of the stack. As the remaining stacks are dispensed to the dealer by the automated dealing shoe, the dealer shall, moving clockwise around the table, deliver a stack face down to each player who has placed a wager in accordance with 13:69F-33.6 and the dealer, turning face up the top card on the stack of each player and the dealer.

(e) After each stack of three cards has been dispensed and delivered in accordance with this section, the dealer shall remove the remaining cards from the automated dealing shoe and, following the applicable procedures set forth in 13:69F-33.8(b)2 and 3, deal from his or hand any cards required to be dealt in accordance with the provisions of 13:69F-33.10. After all required cards have been dealt, the dealer shall place the stub face down in the discard rack without exposing the cards.

(f) The dealer shall be required to count the cards in the deck at least once every five rounds of play in order to determine that the correct number of cards is still in the deck.

(g) Notwithstanding the provisions of (f) above, the counting of the cards once every five rounds of play shall not be required if an automated card shuffling device is used that counts the number of cards in the deck after the completion of each shuffle and indicates whether 52 cards are still present. If the automated card shuffling device reveals that an incorrect number of cards are present, the deck shall be removed from the table in accordance with the provisions of 13:69E-1.18.