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Minimum
and Maximum Wagers
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| 6.1 |
The
minimum and maximum wagers permitted on each
playing area shall be shown on a sign at the
table. Unless stated on the sign, wagers are not
required to be made in multiples of the minimum.
The sign may also state the minimum unit in which
wagers may be made above the table minimum.
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| 6.2 |
Any
wager less than the stated minimum or greater
than the stated maximum made by a player and not
rejected prior to the first card being dealt for
a round of play shall be treated as a valid
wager.
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| 6.3 |
A
casino supervisor may alter the limits on a
gaming table at any time except that a minimum
wager can only be changed to a higher minimum if
a sign indicating the new minimum and proposed
time of change has been displayed at the table at
least 20 minutes before the change.
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| 6.4 |
A
casino supervisor may allow a player to wager in
excess of the stated maximum wagers permitted on
that table, provided that a sign denoting the new
minimum and maximum wagers for that player is
placed on an appropriate area of the table.
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| 7.
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Initial
Deal
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The
dealer shall call "no more bets" and
starting from the left and continuing clockwise
round the table, shall deal a card in sequence to
each playing area containing wager/s and a card
to the dealer's position. In a like manner the
dealer shall then deal a second card to each of
the wagered playing areas.
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| 8. |
Insurance
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Where
the dealer's first card is an ace, a player may
place an insurance wager, equivalent to not more
than half the amount placed as his/her initial
wager, that the dealer's second card will have a
value of ten. All insurance wagers shall be made
before the commencement of the subsequent deal
and are to be placed on the insurance line of the
layout.
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| 9. |
Interim
Settlement
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| 9.1 |
Upon
completion of the initial deal and before the
subsequent deal;
| 9.1.1 |
where a player has a blackjack
and the dealer's card does not have a value of ten
or is not an ace, the dealer shall either pay the wager(s) on
that hand at odds of 3 to 2, remove the cards dealt to that
playing area and place them in the discard rack or, with the
approval of a Pit Manager or above, pay said wager(s) at Final
Settlement in accordance with rule 15.1.1;
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| 9.1.2 |
where a player has a blackjack
and the dealer's card is an ace, the
dealer shall, at the players request, pay
the player in settlement an amount equal
to the initial wager. In this instance,
any insurance wager made by the player
shall be void and returned to the player;
or
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| 9.1.3 |
where a player has a blackjack
and the dealer's card has a value of ten,
the dealer shall make no payment nor
remove any cards from that playing area
until the outcome is determined under
rule 15.
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