N.J.A.C. 13:69F — RULES OF THE GAMES (Subchapter 1 to 37)

(a) All wagers at automated craps shall be made by placing gaming chips, plaques or coupons on the appropriate betting areas of the table layout. A verbal wager accompanied by cash shall not be accepted. (b) Only players seated at the automated craps table may place a wager at th…

(a) Prior to opening an automated craps table for gaming activity, the floorperson assigned to the automated craps table shall inspect the automated craps shaker and operate it for at least one roll to ensure that the device is in proper working order. (b) At the commencement of …

(a) The payout odds for winning wagers at automated craps printed on any layout or in any brochure or other publication distributed by a casino licensee shall be stated through the use of the word "to" or "win," and no odds shall be stated through the use of the word "for." (b) A…

(a) After each roll of the dice is completed and the bets are settled, the person who last operated the automated dice shaker may, at his or her option, retain or relinquish the opportunity to operate the automated dice shaker, except that he or she shall relinquish the opportuni…

(a) A roll of the dice shall be invalid whenever both dice do not land flat on the bottom of the automated dice shaker after being tossed, or whenever one die comes to rest on top of the other. (b) If the automated dice shaker, the selector switch or any other component of the sy…

The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. "Bart Carter shuffle" shall mean the shuffling procedure in which approximately one deck of cards is shuffled after being dealt, segregat…

(a) Except for blackjack or a point count of 21 in two cards, a player may elect to double down, that is, make an additional wager not in excess of the amount of his or her original wager, on the first two cards dealt to him or her or the first two cards of any split pair on the …

(a) Whenever the initial two cards dealt to a player are identical in value, the player may elect to split the hand into two separate hands provided that he or she makes a wager on the second hand so formed in an amount equal to his or her original wager. (b) When a player splits…

(a) A player may elect to draw additional cards whenever his or her point count total is less than 21 except that:1. A player having blackjack or a hard or soft total of 21 may not draw additional cards; 2. A player electing to double down shall draw one and only one additional c…

(a) Unless otherwise directed by the Division, a casino licensee may permit from one to three people to wager on any one box of the blackjack layout provided that the first person wagering on that box consent to additional players wagering on such box and provided further that th…

A player may only wager on one box at a blackjack table unless the casino licensee, in its discretion, permits the player to wager on additional boxes. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 13:69F-2.14

(a) A card found turned face upwards in the shoe shall not be used in the game and shall be placed in the discard rack or in a segregated area of the double shoe. (b) A card drawn in error without its face being exposed shall be used as though it were the next card from the shoe.…

(a) Whenever a player has achieved a score of 21 in five cards and the dealer has not achieved a blackjack or a score of 21, the winning hand shall be paid at odds of 2 to 1. (b) If the player has achieved a score of 21 in five cards and the dealer has blackjack, the player's wag…

(a) A casino licensee may, in its discretion, offer to all players at a blackjack table that does not offer the progressive blackjack wager authorized by N.J.A.C. 13:69F-2.19 the option to make one of the following additional wagers in an amount of $ 1.00 provided that the casino…

(a) A casino licensee may, in its discretion, offer to every player at a blackjack table the option to make either two or three separate wagers on the outcome of the players hand against either two or three separate hands of the dealer which shall be formed with the dealer's orig…

(a) If a blackjack table includes the equipment that is required to offer a progressive blackjack wager, a casino licensee may give each player at that blackjack table the option to make an additional one dollar wager on whether the player will be dealt any of the designated seri…

(a) Blackjack shall be played with at least one deck of cards. All decks of cards used to play blackjack shall comply with the requirements of N.J.A.C. 13:69E-1.17 and, except as otherwise provided in this section, all decks of cards shall be identical in appearance. Blackjack sh…

(a) If a blackjack table includes the equipment required by N.J.A.C. 13:69E-1.10(k) to offer a blackjack bonus wager, a casino licensee may offer each player at that blackjack table the option to make an additional wager of $ 1.00 or $ 5.00, as to whether the player will be dealt…

In lieu of the dealing and shuffling requirements set forth in N.J.A.C. 13:69F-2.5 and 2.6, a casino licensee may utilize a dealing device designed to automatically reshuffle the cards or shoe, provided that such device, as approved by the Division, or shoe and the procedures for…

(a) If a blackjack table includes the information and equipment required by N.J.A.C. 13:69E-1.10 (l), a casino licensee may, in its discretion, offer each player at that blackjack table the option to make an additional wager that the player will win either two, three, four, or fi…

(a) A casino licensee may, at its discretion, offer players at a blackjack table the option to make an additional match-the-dealer wager. The match-the-dealer wager of a player shall win if either of the player's initial two cards matches the dealer's initial card. For purposes o…

(a) A casino licensee may, in its discretion, offer each player at a blackjack table the option to make an additional wager that the player will be dealt a point count of 20 in the first two cards. For the purposes of this subchapter, this wager shall be known as the 20 point bon…

(a) A casino licensee may, in its discretion, offer each player at a blackjack table the option to make an additional wager that the dealer shall be required to draw a third card and that the third card will result in the dealer's hand having a point total greater than 21. (b) Pr…

(a) A casino licensee may, in its discretion, offer players at a blackjack table the option to make an additional wager that, when "ranking" the initial two cards dealt to the player, one card will have a rank higher than and one card will have a rank lower than the first face up…

(a) A casino licensee may, in its discretion, offer players on an approved Internet gaming system the option to place a wager based on the result of the hand played by a patron seated at a live-dealer blackjack table ("bet behind wager"). (b) All bet behind wagers shall be made p…

(a) Prior to the first card being dealt for each round of play, each player at the game of blackjack shall make a wager against the dealer which shall win if: 1. The score of the player is 21 or less and the score of the dealer is in excess of 21; 2. The score of the player excee…

(a) After receiving the one or more decks of cards at the table in accordance with N.J.A.C. 13:69E-1.18, the dealer shall, as applicable, comply with the requirements of either N.J.A.C. 13:69E-1.18(e)1 and (b) through (e) below or N.J.A.C. 13:69E-1.18(e)2 and (r). (b) After the c…

(a) Immediately prior to commencement of play, unless the cards were pre-shuffled pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:69E-1.18(r), after any round of play as may be determined by the casino licensee and after each shoe of cards is dealt, the dealer shall shuffle the cards so that they are ra…

(a) All cards used to game at blackjack shall be dealt from a dealing shoe specifically designed for such purpose unless such cards are dealt from the dealer's hand in accordance with the procedure set forth at N.J.A.C. 13:69F-2.6A. (b) Each dealer shall remove cards from the sho…

(a) If a casino licensee elects to deal blackjack from the dealer's hand, a dealer shall deal the cards in accordance with this section. (b) Once the applicable procedures required by N.J.A.C. 13:69F-2.5 have been completed, the dealer shall remove the shuffled deck or decks from…

(a) If the first face up card dealt to the dealer is a two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine and a player has blackjack, the dealer shall announce and pay the blackjack at odds of 3 to 2 and, unless the player has also made a blackjack bonus wager pursuant to N.J.A.C…

(a) After the first two cards are dealt to the player and the player's point total is announced, the player may elect to discontinue play on his or her hand for that round by surrendering one-half his or her wager. All decisions to surrender shall be made prior to such player ind…

(a) Whenever the first card dealt to the dealer is an ace, each player shall have the right to make an insurance bet which, except as otherwise provided in N.J.A.C. 13:69F-2.7(c), shall win if the dealer's second card is a king, queen, jack or 10 and shall lose if the dealer's se…

The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Ante wager" means the wager that a player is required to make prior to any cards being dealt in order to compete against the dealer's ha…

(a) After the dealing procedures required by N.J.A.C. 13:69F-20.7, 20.8, or 20.9 have been completed, each player shall examine his or her cards. Each player who wagers at three-card poker shall be responsible for his or her own hand and no person other than the dealer and the pl…

(a) There are three payout types as follows:1. A player in competition against the dealer shall be paid 1 to 1 on both the ante wager and the play wager if the player's hand is ranked higher than the dealer's hand. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the dealer does not hold a hand…

(a) A card that is found face up in the shoe or the deck while the cards are being dealt shall not be used in the game and shall be placed in the discard rack. If more than one card is found face up in the shoe or the deck during the dealing of the cards, all hands shall be void …

(a) A casino licensee may give each player at a three-card poker table who makes a pair plus wager the option to make an additional wager known as a six-card bonus wager. A six-card bonus wager shall win if the three cards dealt to the player and the three cards dealt to the deal…

(a) Except as provided in (b) and (c) below, three-card poker shall be played with one deck of cards with backs of the same color and design and one cover card to used in accordance with the procedures set forth in N.J.A.C. 13:69F-20.5. The cover card shall be opaque and in a sol…

(a) The rank of the cards used in three-card poker, in order of highest to lowest rank, shall be: ace, king, queen, jack, 10, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, and two. All suits shall be considered equal in rank. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an ace may be used to com…

(a) After receiving a deck of cards at the table in accordance with N.J.A.C. 13:69E-1.18, the dealer shall, as applicable, comply with the requirements of either N.J.A.C. 13:69E-1.18(e)1 and (b) through (d) below or the requirements of N.J.A.C. 13:69E-1.18(e)2 and (r). (b) Follow…

(a) Immediately prior to the commencement of play, unless the cards were pre-shuffled pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:69E-1.18(r), and after each round of play has been completed, the dealer shall shuffle the cards, either manually or by use of an automated card shuffling device, so that…

(a) The following wagers may be placed in the game of three-card poker: 1. A player may compete solely against the dealer by placing an ante wager in an amount within the posted minimum and maximum wagers and then placing a play wager in an equal amount; 2. A player may compete s…

(a) If a casino licensee chooses to have the cards dealt from a manual dealing shoe, the dealing shoe shall meet the requirements of N.J.A.C. 13:69E-1.19. Once the procedures required by N.J.A.C. 13:69F-20.5 have been completed, the stacked deck of cards shall be placed in the de…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of N.J.A.C. 13:69E or this chapter, a casino licensee may, in its discretion, permit a dealer to deal the cards used to play three-card poker from his or her hand. (b) If a casino licensee chooses to have the cards dealt from the dealer's …

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of N.J.A.C. 13:69E or this chapter, a casino licensee may, in its discretion, choose to have the cards used to play three-card poker dealt from an automated dealing shoe which dispenses cards in stacks of three cards, provided that the shoe…

The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Community card" means any of the five cards that are dealt to the designated areas in the center of the table and are used by both the pl…