New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 69F - RULES OF THE GAMES
Subchapter 7 - MINI-BACCARAT
Section 13:69F-7.9 - Rules for determining whether third card shall be dealt
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) If the point count of either the "Player's Hand" or the "Banker's Hand" after the initial two cards are dealt to each is an 8 or 9 (which shall be called a "natural"), no more cards shall be dealt to either hand.
(b) If the point count of the "Banker's Hand" on the first two cards is 0 to 7 inclusive, the "'Player's Hand" shall draw (that is, take a third card) or stay (that is, not take a third card) in accordance with the requirements of Table I below.
| TABLE I | |
| Player Having | Third Card Determination |
| 0 to 5 | Draws |
| 6 to 9 | Stays |
(c) The "Banker's Hand" shall draw (that is, take a third card) or stay (that is, not take a third card) in accordance with the requirements of Table 2 below.
(d) The first vertical column in Table 2 labeled "Point Count of Banker's Hand" shall refer to the point count of the "Banker's Hand" after the first two cards have been dealt to it.
| TABLE 2 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Third Card Drawn by Player's Hand | |||||||||||
| If No | |||||||||||
| Third | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| Card | |||||||||||
| Drawn | |||||||||||
| *0 | |||||||||||
| *1 | BANKER'S HAND DRAWS | ||||||||||
| *2 | |||||||||||
| *3 D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | S | D | |
| *4 D | S | S | D | D | D | D | D | D | S | S | |
| *5 D | S | S | S | S | D | D | D | D | S | S | |
| *6 S | S | S | S | S | S | S | D | D | S | S | |
| *7 | |||||||||||
| *8 | BANKER'S HAND STAYS | ||||||||||
| *9 | |||||||||||
| *(Point count of Banker's Hand) | |||||||||||
(e) The first horizontal column at the top of Table 2 labeled "Third Card Drawn by Player's Hand" shall refer to the value of the third card drawn by the "Player's Hand" as distinguished from the point count of the "Player's Hand."
(f) The letter "D" used in Table 2 shall mean that the "Banker's Hand" must draw a third card and the letter "S" used in Table 2 shall mean that the "Banker's Hand" must stay (that is, not draw a third card).
(g) The method of using Table 2 shall be to find the Point Count of the "Banker's Hand" in the first vertical column and trace that horizontally across the table until it intersects the third card drawn by the "Player's Hand." The box at which such intersection takes place will show whether the "Banker's Hand" shall draw a third card or stay. For example, if the point count of the "Banker's Hand" after two cards is 5 and the value of the third card drawn by the "Player's Hand is 4, the table shows that the "Banker's Hand" shall draw a third card.
