2023 Laws not yet authenticated through a Commencement Order

Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

12.   Interpretation

The following terms have the following definitions unless the context in which they are used clearly indicates otherwise—

blackjack” means an ace and any card having a point value of 10 dealt as the initial 2 cards to a player or a dealer, except that this shall not include an ace and a 10 point value card dealt to a player who has split pairs;

dealer” means the person responsible for dealing the cards at a blackjack table;

hard total” means the total point count of a hand which contains no aces or which contains aces that are each counted as 11 in value;

soft total” means the total point count of a hand containing an ace when the ace is counted as 11 in value.