Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) After each
hand has received all the cards to which it is entitled pursuant to
13:69F-7.7, 7.8, and 7.9, the
dealer shall announce the final point count of each hand indicating which hand
has won the round. If two hands have equal point counts, the dealer shall
announce "Tie Hand." If the total card wagers authorized by
13:69F-7.2(a)4
are offered, the dealer shall also announce the total number of cards dealt
during the round of play. In the no vigorish variation of mini-baccarat
authorized by
13:69F-7.3(i), if
a "dragon 7 hand" is dealt, the dealer shall announce "dragon 7."
(b) After the result of the round is
announced, the dealer responsible for the wagers on the table shall first
collect each losing wager. Thereafter, except as provided in (b)5 below, the
dealer shall, in accordance with one of the following procedures, pay each
winning wager and collect or mark any vigorish or commission owed pursuant to
13:69F-7.3.
1. Starting at the highest numbered player
position at which a winning wager is located and proceeding in descending order
to each next highest numbered player position, the dealer shall first pay each
winning wager and then, returning to the highest numbered player position at
which a winning wager was located and proceeding in like order, mark or collect
the vigorish owed by each player.
2. Starting at the highest numbered player
position at which a winning wager is located and proceeding in descending order
to each next highest numbered player position, the dealer shall first mark or
collect the vigorish owed by each player and then, returning to the highest
numbered player position at which a winning wager is located and proceeding in
like order, pay each winning wager.
3. Starting at the highest numbered player
position at which a winning wager is located, the dealer shall pay that
player's winning wager and immediately thereafter mark or collect the vigorish
owed by that player and then, proceeding in descending order to the next
highest numbered player position at which a winning wager is located, repeat
this procedure until each winning wager is paid and the vigorish owed by each
player is either marked or collected.
4. Starting at the highest numbered player
position at which a winning wager is located, the dealer shall mark or collect
the vigorish owed by that player and immediately thereafter pay that player's
winning wager and then, proceeding in descending order to the next highest
numbered player position at which a winning wager is located, repeat this
procedure until the vigorish owed by each player is either marked or collected
and each winning wager is paid.
5.
If a casino licensee offers a variation of mini-baccarat authorized by
13:69F-7.3(e) or
(i), the dealer or dealers shall pay each
winning wager in accordance with one of the procedures set forth in (b)1
through 4 above, but shall not collect or mark any vigorish.
(c) A casino licensee may, in its
discretion, elect to use any of the procedures authorized in (b) above at any
mini-baccarat table in its establishment; provided, however, that:
1. The same procedure shall be used for all
mini-baccarat tables located within the same gaming pit;
2. Any mini-baccarat table located in a
gaming pit that also contains a punto banco table shall use the same procedure
that is to be used at the punto banco table pursuant to
13:69F-3.10(c);
and
3. The Division and the casino
licensee's surveillance department shall be notified, in writing, at least 30
minutes prior to the implementation of or a change in the particular procedure
to be used at a table or gaming pit.
(d) At the conclusion of a round of play, all
cards on the layout shall be picked up by the dealer and placed in the discard
rack, in order and in such a way that they can be readily arranged to indicate
the "Player's Hand" and the "Banker's Hand" in case of question or
dispute.
(e) No participant or
spectator shall handle, remove or alter any cards used to game at mini-baccarat
and no dealer or other casino employee or casino key employee shall permit a
participant or spectator to engage in such activity.
