(1) Immediately prior to commencement of play and after each dealing shoe of cards is dealt, the dealer shall shuffle the cards so that they are randomly intermixed.
(2) After the cards have been shuffled under subregulation (1), the dealer shall offer the stack of cards to him or her, with backs facing away from the dealer, to the players to be cut under subregulation (3).
(3) The player designated by subregulation (5) shall cut the cards by inserting the cutting card in the stack at least 10 cards in from either end.
(4) Once the cutting card has been inserted, under subregulation (3), by the player, the dealer shall take all cards in front of the cutting card and place them to the back of the stack after which the dealer shall insert the cutting card in a position at least approximately 1/4 of the way in from the back of the stack and the stack of cards shall then be inserted in the dealing shoe for commencement of play.
(5) The player to cut the cards shall be—
(a) the first player to the table if the game is just beginning;
(b) the player on whose box the cutting card appeared during the last round of play;
(c) the player at the farthest point to the right of the dealer if the cutting card appeared on the dealer's hand during the last round of play.
(6) If the player designated in subregulation (5) refuses the cut, the cards shall be offered to each other player moving clockwise around the table until a player accepts the cut and if no player accepts the cut, the dealer shall cut the cards.
(7) A re-shuffle of the cards in the dealing shoe shall only take place after the cutting card is reached in the dealing shoe as provided for in subregulation (4), except that a reshuffle is permitted for security reasons by a pit boss or someone senior to the pit boss in the management of the gaming establishment after consultation with the Board Inspector on duty at the time.