(1) Immediately prior to the commencement of play and after each dealing shoe of cards is completed, the dealer shall shuffle the cards so that they are randomly intermixed.
(2) After the cards have been shuffled, the dealer calling the game shall offer the stack of cards, with backs facing away from himself or herself, to the participants to be cut.
(3) The dealer shall begin with the participant seated in the highest number position at the baccarat-punto banco table or, in the case of reshuffled, the last curator, and working clockwise around the baccarat-punto banco table, shall offer the stack to each participant until a participant accepts the cut and if no participant accepts the cut, the dealer shall cut the cards.
(4) The cards shall be cut by placing the cutting card in the stack at least 10 cards in from either end.
(5) Once the cutting card has been inserted into the stack, the dealer shall—
(a) take all cards in front of the cutting card and place them to the back of the stack;
(b) then insert one cutting card in a position at least 14 cards in from the back of the stack and the second cutting card at the end of the stack; and
(c) then insert the stack of cards into the dealing shoe for commencement of play.
(6) Prior to commencement of play, the dealer may implement a card burn procedure as may be required by the gaming operator.