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Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

50.   Irregularities

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    (1)   If the banker, by taking cards for his or her hand in the wrong order in the initial deal, makes an error which cannot be rectified, the hand shall be annulled and the Bank may be transferred counter-clockwise to the next participant seated at a numbered place.

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    (2)   If the banker, during the initial deal, takes more than 2 cards for his or her hand and the deal cannot be rectified, the point count of his or her hand shall be regarded as zero, and the play shall proceed in accordance with regulation 47.

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    (3)   If the banker, during the initial deal, gives 3 cards to the dominant player and it is not possible to determine which card has been dealt in excess, the point count of the player's hand shall be the highest that can be made with any 2 or all 3 of the cards.

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    (4)   If the banker, subsequent to the initial deal, takes 2 cards for his or her hand instead of one and the deal cannot be rectified, the point count of his or her hand shall be the lowest that can be made with 2 of the cards.

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    (5)   A card dealt face upwards to the dominant player after he or she has said “Stay” shall become the banker's card in the event the banker is obliged to draw or has the option of drawing a third card in accordance with these Regulations.

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    (6)   If the banker is required to stay under these Regulations, the card dealt in excess should be discarded and placed in the discard bucket at the baccarat-chemin de fer table.

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    (7)   A card dealt face upwards to the dominant player, after he or she has said “Stay” and the dealer has mistakenly said “Card”, shall become the banker's card in the event the banker is obligated to draw a third card under these Regulations.

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    (8)   If the banker is not obligated to draw a third card, the card dealt in excess should be discarded and placed in the discard bucket at the baccarat-chemin de fer table.

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    (9)   There shall be no penalty for a card drawn in excess from the dealing shoe if it remains undisclosed and a card so drawn shall be used as the first card of the next hand providing that the cutting card has not been exposed in the dealing shoe or drawn from the dealing shoe and in the course of play, cards once drawn from the dealing shoe shall not be replaced.

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    (10)   If the banker, subsequent to the initial deal, draws a card from the dealing shoe for his or her hand after the dominant player has said “Card” and the dealer has repeated “Card”, the banker must give such card to the dominant player and thereafter either draw or not draw a third card for his or her hand as may be required by these Regulations.

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    (11)   A card found turned face upwards in the dealing shoe shall be discarded and placed in the discard bucket at the baccarat-chemin de fer table and the last hand of a dealing shoe shall be void when a card of that hand is found face upward in the dealing shoe and if there are found to be insufficient cards in the dealing shoe to complete a hand when the cutting card is drawn, that hand shall be void.