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Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

47.   Procedures for dealing of additional cards

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    (1)   After the initial 4 cards have been dealt, the dominant player shall look at the 2 cards dealt to the player's hand without disclosing them to the banker and if the point count of the player's hand is—

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      (a)     a zero, one, 2, 3 or 4, the dominant player shall request one additional card by announcing “Card”;

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      (b)     a 5, the dominant player shall exercise the option of requesting one additional card by announcing “Card” or not requesting one additional card by announcing “Stay”;

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      (c)     a 6 or 7, the dominant player shall not draw an additional card by announcing “Stay”;

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      (d)     an 8 or 9, the dominant player shall announce “Natural” and all cards in both hands shall be turned immediately face upwards with no additional cards being dealt to either hand.

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    (2)   If the dominant player has announced “Card” in accordance with subregulation (1), an additional card shall not be dealt to the player's hand until the banker first looks at the 2 cards dealt to the banker's hand.

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    (3)   If the point count of the banker's hand is 8 or 9, the banker shall announce “Natural” and all cards in both hands shall be turned immediately face upwards with no additional cards being dealt to either hand.

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    (4)   If the point count of the banker's hand is less than 8, the banker shall announce “Under 8” and shall deal a third card face upwards to the player's hand in accordance with the request of the dominant player.

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    (5)   After the player's hand stays or receives a third card in accordance with subregulation (1) or (4), the banker shall turn the cards in the banker's hand face upwards on the baccarat-chemin de fer table and shall deal or not deal a third card to the banker's hand in accordance with the requirements of the following Table 3—

    Table 3
    Value of Third Card Drawn by Player's Hand
    Value of third card drawn by Player's Hand
    If no 3rd
    Card0123456789
    0)
    1)— >Banker's Hand Draws
    2)
    Point count Of Banker's Hand
    3DDDDDDDDDOp
    4DSSDDDDDDSS
    5DSSSSOpDDDSS
    6SSSSSSDDDSS
    7BANKER'S HAND STAYS
    8)
    )— >NATURALS – NO FURTHER DRAW
    9)
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    (6)   The first vertical column in Table 3 of subregulation (5) labelled “Point count of Banker's Hand” shall refer to the point count of the banker's hand after the first 2 cards have been dealt to it.

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    (7)   The first horizontal column at the top of Table 3 of subregulation (5) labelled “Third Card Drawn by Player's Hand” shall refer to the value of the third card drawn by the player's hand as distinguished from the point count of the player's hand.

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    (8)   As used in Table 3 of subregulation (5), the letter “D” means that the banker's hand must draw a third card, the letter “s” means that the banker's hand shall stay by not drawing a third card and the abbreviation “Op.” means that the banker may draw a third card or stay within his or her discretion.

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    (9)   The method of using Table 3 of subregulation (5) shall be to find the point count of the banker's hand in the first vertical column and trace that horizontally across the table until it intersects the third card drawn by the player's hand and the box at which such intersection takes place will show whether the banker's hand shall draw a third card or stay.

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    (10)   Any announcement required to be made by the dominant player or banker by this section shall be immediately repeated by the dealer at the table to assure the clarity and understanding of such statements.