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72. Procedures for dealing of cards
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72.   Procedures for dealing of cards

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    (1)   Immediately following the shuffle and cut, the dealer holding the deck of cards in his or her left hand, shall deal the cards, face down, into 7 stacks in front of the dealer's tray, starting from left to right, then right to left, back and forth until each stack contains 7 cards and the dealer, after verifying that 4 cards are left over, shall place the 4 cards in the discard rack.

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    (2)   Subject to subregulation (7), the dealer or any player may act as banker.

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    (3)   In order to determine which of the 7 positions shall receive the first hand, the dealer shall shake the dice cup, containing 3 dice, and after totalling the dice and counting from the banker's position which is always 1,8 or 15, he or she shall place the first hand to the player's position indicated by the total of the dice.

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    (4)   The remaining stacks of cards shall be placed by the dealer in a counter-clockwise manner, from the starting point indicated by the dice, in front of each player, regardless of whether or not a player is playing at the particular position, including the dealer.

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    (5)   The stacks of cards may be passed-out in a clockwise rotation if the gaming operator so desires.

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    (6)   The stack of cards to the immediate right of the dealer where he or she is the banker is always considered to be the number one position of the 7 positions.

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    (7)   With respect to which of 7 stacks of cards will be determined the first hand when a player is the banker, the player banker may select which stack he or she wishes to be the first hand dealt, but he or she must do so before the dice are shaken.

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    (8)   The Bank is offered to each player in turn.

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    (9)   If the player refuses the Bank or if any of the positions is not in action, the bank automatically reverts back to the dealer.

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    (10)   A player may act as a banker only once every 7 hands.

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