- 8.1 The game shall be conducted in
accordance with one of the following methods, namely ‘Method A’,
‘Method B’ ,’Method C’, ‘Method D’ or ‘Method E’
providing that the use of either ‘Method D’ or ‘Method E’ is
approved by a person exercising the functions of a Casino Duty
Manager or higher and providing that ‘Method D’ or ‘Method E’
is not used on the Main Gaming Floor.
- 8.2 The card shoe shall be retained by
the dealer except when ‘Method D’ or ‘Method E’ is in use,
providing that Surveillance and an Inspector are informed prior to
either ‘Method D’ or "Method E’ being used.
- Method A
- 8.3 The dealer shall pass the cards
for the Player's Hand and the Banker's Hand face downwards to the
players with the highest amount wagered on the Player's Hand and the
Banker's Hand respectively.
- 8.4 If a player with the highest
amount wagered on either hand refuses to accept the cards, the cards
shall be passed face downwards to the player having the next highest
amount wagered on that hand.
- 8.5 In the event that two or more
persons have made a wager on either hand which constitutes the
highest amount wagered on that hand, the dealer shall first pass the
cards face downwards to that player with the equal highest wager who
occupies the seat nearest to the right of the dealer.
- 8.6 If that player refuses to accept
the cards, the cards shall be passed face downwards by the dealer to
the next person with the equal highest wager, moving counter
clockwise around the table.
- 8.7 Markers denoting
"Player" and "Banker" respectively shall be
placed in front of the players who accept the cards on the Player's
Hand and the Banker's Hand.
- 8.8 The cards for either the Player's
Hand or the Banker's Hand shall be retained by the dealer in the
event that:
- 8.8.1 no player has wagered on
that hand; or
- 8.8.2 all players wagering on that
hand refuse to accept the cards.
- 8.9 The cards for
the Player's Hand and the cards for the Banker's Hand shall not be
passed out at the same time. Only one set of cards, either the
Player's Hand or the Banker's Hand, shall be handled by the players
at any one time.
- Method B
- 8.10 The dealer shall offer a marker
denoting "Banker" to the seated players, starting with the
player seated to the immediate right of the dealer.
- 8.11 If such player rejects the offer,
the dealer shall offer the marker to each of the other seated
players in turn counter clockwise around the table.
- 8.12 By accepting the marker, the
player shall be required to place a wager on the Banker's Hand and
to receive the cards dealt to the Banker's Hand.
- 8.13 The dealer
shall pass the cards for the Banker's Hand face downwards to the
player accepting the marker.
- 8.14 The dealer shall retain the cards
for the Player's Hand.
- 8.15 When the Banker's Hand loses, the
marker shall be offered counter
- clockwise around the table, starting
to the immediate right of the last player accepting the marker.
- 8.16 A player who has accepted the
marker may pass it after any coup.
- 8.17 In the event that no player
accepts the marker, the coup shall be played in accordance with
Method C.
- Method C
- 8.18 The dealer shall retain control
of the cards for both the Player's Hand and the Banker's Hand and
place them in the areas designated on the table layout.
- 8.19 Players shall not be permitted to
handle the cards when the game is conducted in accordance with
Method C.
- Method D
- 8.20 The dealer shall offer the shoe
counter-clockwise commencing with the player in the lowest numbered
seating position and who has placed a wager.
- 8.21 Should all players decline the
shoe, the game shall be dealt in accordance with either ‘Method A’,
‘Method B’ or ‘Method C’.
- 8.22 For the purpose of dealing the
cards, a player accepting the shoe:
- 8.22.1 acts as ‘Banker’
playing the Banker’s Hand with the dealer playing the Player’s
Hand; or
- 8.22.2 with the prior approval of
the casino supervisor, acts as ‘Player’ playing the Player’s
Hand with the dealer playing the Banker’s Hand.
- 8.23 A player accepting the shoe shall
retain control of the shoe until either the player elects to pass
the shoe or the player’s wager loses or the player is directed by
the casino supervisor to forfeit control of the shoe.
- 8.24 A player who accepts the shoe
must only draw cards at the instruction of the dealer.
- 8.25 A casino supervisor may direct a
player accepting the shoe to forfeit control of the shoe.
- 8.26 Marker buttons denoting ‘Player’
or ‘Banker’ shall be placed in front of the player accepting the
shoe and shall denote the hand to be played by the player.
- Method E
- 8.27 At the commencement of each round
of play coup, the dealer shall offer the shoe commencing with the
player with the highest amount wagered on the area of the layout
designated as ‘Banker’ or ‘Player’, moving to the next
highest wager should that player decline the shoe, and so on until a
player accepts the shoe. Should two or more players have wagers of
an equal value, the shoe shall be offered to the player in the
lowest numbered seating position.
- 8.28 Should all players decline the
shoe, the game shall be dealt in accordance with ‘Method A’, ‘Method
B’ or ‘Method C’.
- 8.29 For the purpose of dealing the
cards, a player accepting the shoe:
- 8.29.1 acts as ‘Banker’
playing the Banker’s Hand with the dealer playing the Player’s
Hand; or
- 8.29.2 with the prior approval of
the casino supervisor, acts as ‘Player’ playing the Player’s
Hand with the dealer playing the Banker’s Hand.
- 8.30 A player who accepts the shoe
must only draw cards at the instruction of the dealer.
- 8.31 A casino supervisor may direct a
player accepting the shoe to forfeit control of the shoe.
- 8.32 Marker buttons denoting ‘Player’
or ‘Banker’ shall be placed in front of the player accepting the
shoe and shall denote the hand to be played by the player.
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