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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".28" citation="COMAR 36.05.03.28" title_num="36" subtitle_num="05" chapter_num="03" heading="Procedure for Dealing Cards from a Manual Dealing Shoe.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Requirements. If a manual dealing shoe is used, it shall be located on the table in a location approved by the Commission, and the following requirements shall be met:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>After the procedures required under Regulation .27 of this chapter have been completed, the stacked deck of cards shall be placed in the dealing shoe by the dealer or by an automated card shuffling device.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Prior to dealing any cards, the dealer shall announce “no more bets”.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>If the Progressive Payout Wager is being offered, the dealer shall use the progressive table game system to prevent the placement of any additional Progressive Payout Wagers.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>If a player has made a Progressive Payout Wager, the dealer shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Collect the Progressive Payout wager in accordance with the standard rules;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>On the layout in front of the table inventory container, verify that the number of value chips wagered equals the number of Progressive Payout Wagers accepted by the progressive table game system; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Place the value chips into the table inventory container.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The dealer shall remove each card from the dealing shoe with the hand of the dealer that is closest to the dealing shoe and place the card on the appropriate area of the layout with the opposite hand.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The dealer shall deal the cards in accordance with the standard rules.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>After dealing cards in accordance with the standard rules, the dealer shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Remove the stub from the manual dealing shoe; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Except as provided in §G of this regulation, place the stub in the discard rack without exposing the cards.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>If an automated card shuffling device described in Regulation .27 of this chapter is not being used, the dealer shall count the stub at least once every 5 rounds of play to determine if the correct number of cards required by the standard rules are still present in the deck.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Number of Cards. The dealer shall determine the number of cards in the stub as required under §D of this regulation by counting the cards face down on the layout.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>If the count of the stub indicates that the correct number of cards is in the deck, the dealer shall place the stub in the discard rack without exposing the cards.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If the count of the stub indicates that the number of cards in the deck is not correct, the dealer shall determine if the cards were misdealt.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>If correct number of cards remain in the deck, but the cards were misdealt so that a player has more or less than the required number of cards or the dealer has more or less than the required number of cards, all hands are void and the dealer shall return all wagers to the players.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>If the cards were not misdealt as described in §E(3) of this regulation, all hands are void and the dealer shall return all wagers to the players and remove the entire deck of cards from the table.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>