Irregularities

(1) Where the Banker, by taking cards for his hand in the wrong order in the initial deal, makes an error which cannot be rectified, the hand shall be annulled and the Bank may be transferred counterclockwise to the next participant seated at a numbered place. (2) Where the Banker, during the initial deal, takes more than two cards for his hand and the deal cannot be rectified, the point count of his hand shall be regarded as zero and the play shall proceed in accordance with Regulation 46. (3) Where the Banker, during the initial deal, gives three cards to the Dominant Player and he is not able to determine which card has been dealt in excess, the point count of the Player’s Hand shall be the highest that can be made with any two or all three of the cards. (4) If the Banker, subsequent to the initial deal, takes two cards for his hand instead of one and the deal cannot be rectified, the point count of his hand shall be the lowest that can be made with two of the cards. (5) A card dealt face upwards to the Dominant Player after he has said “Stay” shall become the Banker’s card in the event the Banker is obliged to draw or has the option of drawing a third card in accordance with these Regulations. If the Banker is required to stay under these Regulations, the card dealt in excess should be discarded and placed in the discard bucket at the table. (6) A card dealt face upwards to the Dominant Player, after he has said “Stay” and the dealer has mistakenly said “Card”, shall become the Banker’s card in the event the Banker is not obligated to draw a third card under these Regulations. Where Gaming Control 115 the Banker is not obligated to draw a third card, the card dealt in excess should be discarded and placed in the discard bucket at the table. (7) There shall be no penalty for a card drawn in excess from the shoe if it remains undisclosed. A card so drawn shall be used as the first card of the next hand provided that the cutting card has not been exposed in the shoe or drawn therefrom. In the course of play, cards once drawn from the shoe shall not be replaced. (8) Where the Banker, subsequent to the initial deal, draws a card from the shoe for his hand after the Dominant Player has said “Card” and the dealer has repeated “Card”, the Banker must give such card to the Dominant Player and thereafter either draw or not draw a third card for his hand as may be required by these Regulations. (9) A card found turned face upwards in the shoe shall be discarded and placed in the discard bucket at the table and the last hand of a shoe shall be void when a card of that hand is found face upward in the shoe. (10) Where there are found to be insufficient cards in the shoe to complete a hand when the cutting card is drawn, that hand shall be void.