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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".29" citation="COMAR 36.05.03.29" title_num="36" subtitle_num="05" chapter_num="03" heading="Procedure for Dealing Cards from the Hand.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Requirements. If the cards are dealt from a dealer’s hand, the following requirements shall be met:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An automated shuffling device shall be used to shuffle the cards.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>After the procedures required under Regulation .27 of this chapter have been completed, the dealer shall place the stacked deck of cards in either of the dealer’s hand.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>After the dealer has chosen the hand in which to hold the cards, the dealer shall continue to use that hand while holding the cards during that round of play.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The cards held by the dealer shall be kept over the table inventory container and in front of the dealer at all times.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Before dealing any cards, the dealer shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Announce “no more bets”; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>If the Progressive Payout Wager is being offered, use the progressive table game system to prevent the placement of any additional Progressive Payout Wagers.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>If any Progressive Payout Wagers have been made, the dealer shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>On the layout in front of the table inventory container, collect the wagers in accordance with the standard rules;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>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>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The dealer shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Deal each card by holding the deck of cards in the chosen hand;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Use the other hand to remove the top card of the deck to place it face down on the appropriate area of the layout;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Deal the cards in accordance with the standard rules.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Except as provided in §C of this regulation, after dealing cards in accordance with the standard rules, place the stub in the discard rack without exposing the cards.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>If an automated card shuffling device described in Regulation .27 of this chapter is not being used, the dealer shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Count the stub at least once every five rounds of play to determine if the correct number of cards is still present in the deck in accordance with the standard rules; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Determine the number of cards in the stub by counting the cards face down on the layout.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <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="E.">
    <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="F.">
    <text>If the correct number of cards remains 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="G.">
    <text>If the cards were not misdealt as described in §E 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>
</regulation>