JACK CINCINNATI CASINO LLC INTERNAL CONTROLS SECTION J A 1: BLACKJACK Date Submitted to the Ohio Casino Control Commission (the “Commission”): 4/5/2017 Date Approved by the Commission 4/19/2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page No. 1. Definitions ..................................................................................................................................................................... 2 2. Blackjack Table; Card Reader Device; Physical Characteristics; Inspections. ............................................................. 2 3. Cards; Number of Decks; Value of Cards. .................................................................................................................... 3 4. Wagers........................................................................................................................................................................... 3 5. Opening of Table for Gaming. ...................................................................................................................................... 4 6. Shuffle and Cut of the Cards. ........................................................................................................................................ 4 7. Procedure for Dealing Cards. ........................................................................................................................................ 5 8. Payment of Blackjack.................................................................................................................................................... 7 9. Insurance Wager. ........................................................................................................................................................... 7 10. Double Down Wager. .................................................................................................................................................... 7 11. Splitting Pairs. ............................................................................................................................................................... 8 12. Drawing of Additional Cards by Players and the Dealer. ............................................................................................. 8 13. Player Wagering on More Than One Box ..................................................................................................................... 8 14. Continuous Shuffling Shoe or Device ........................................................................................................................... 8 15. Optional Side Bets ......................................................................................................................................................... 8 16. Single Deck, Double Deck Blackjack. ........................................................................................................................ 12 17. Irregularities. ............................................................................................................................................................... 13 18. Blackjack Tournaments. ............................................................................................................................................. 14 1 JACK CINCINNATI CASINO LLC INTERNAL CONTROLS SECTION J A 1: BLACKJACK Date Submitted to the Ohio Casino Control Commission (the “Commission”): 4/5/2017 Date Approved by the Commission 4/19/2017 1. Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: A. “Blackjack” means an ace and any card having a point value of 10 dealt as the initial two cards to a player or a dealer. B. “Card reader device” means a device which permits the dealer to determine if the dealer has a Blackjack. C. “Cutting card” means a card which is opaque and in a solid color readily distinguishable from the color of the backs and edges of the playing cards in use at a Blackjack table. D. “Hard total” means the total point count of a hand which contains no aces or which contains aces that are each counted as 1 in value. E. “Soft total” means the total point count of a hand containing an ace when the ace is counted as 11 in value. 2. Blackjack Table; Card Reader Device; Physical Characteristics; Inspections. A. Blackjack shall be played at a table having on one side places for the players and on the opposite side a place for the dealer may have the following information on it: i. The name or logo of the property offering the game. ii. No more than seven specific areas designated for the placement of wagers. iii. Blackjack pays 3 to 2 or 6 to 5. iv. Dealer shall draw to all soft 17’s, stand on all hard 17’s and soft 18’s. Any exceptions will be clearly marked on the gaming table in question. v. Insurance pays 2 to 1. B. Each Blackjack table shall have a drop box and a tip box attached to it. C. A Blackjack table may have attached to it a card reader device, which permits the dealer to determine if the dealer has a Blackjack in accordance with §7 (relating to procedure for dealing cards). D. To collect the cards at the conclusion of a round of play, each Blackjack table will have a discard rack securely attached to the top of the dealer's side of the table where the height of each discard rack must either be equal to or taller than the height of the cards, stacked one on top of the other, contained in the total number of decks that are to be used in the dealing shoe at that table. 2 JACK CINCINNATI CASINO LLC INTERNAL CONTROLS SECTION J A 1: BLACKJACK Date Submitted to the Ohio Casino Control Commission (the “Commission”): 4/5/2017 Date Approved by the Commission 4/19/2017 3. Cards; Number of Decks; Value of Cards. A. Blackjack shall be played with at least one deck of cards. Except as otherwise provided in subsections C and D, all decks of cards used for the play of Blackjack shall be identical in appearance. Blackjack shall also be played with at least one cutting card. B. The value of the cards contained in each deck shall be as follows: i. Any card from 2 to 10 shall have its face value. ii. Any jack, queen or king shall have a value of ten. iii. An ace shall have a value of eleven, unless that value would give a player or the dealer a score in excess of 21, in which case, the ace shall have a value of one. C. If an automated card shuffling device is utilized, Blackjack shall be played with at least two decks of cards in accordance with the following requirements: i. The cards shall be separated into two batches, with an equal number of decks included in each batch. ii. The cards in each batch must be of the same design, but the backs of the cards in one batch must be of a different color than the cards included in the other batch. iii. One batch of cards shall be shuffled and stored in the automated card shuffling device while the other batch is being dealt or used to play the game. iv. Both batches of cards shall be continuously alternated in and out of play, with each batch being used for every other dealing shoe. v. The cards from only one batch shall be placed in the discard rack at any given time. D. The decks of cards opened for use at a Blackjack table shall be changed at least once every 24 hours. 4. Wagers. A. Prior to the first card being dealt for each round of play, each player may make a wager against the dealer. i. Side bets are considered optional wagers unless otherwise posted, at the property’s discretion. B. A player shall win if: i. The total value of the player’s hand is 21 or less and the total value of the dealer’s hand is in excess of 21. ii. The total value of the player’s hand exceeds the total value of the dealer’s hand without exceeding 21. 3 JACK CINCINNATI CASINO LLC INTERNAL CONTROLS SECTION J A 1: BLACKJACK Date Submitted to the Ohio Casino Control Commission (the “Commission”): 4/5/2017 Date Approved by the Commission 4/19/2017 iii. The player has a blackjack and the dealer’s hand has a total value of 21 in more than two cards. C. Except as otherwise provided in subsection B.iii, a wager made in accordance with this section shall be void and returned to the player when the total value of the player’s hand is the same as the dealer’s provided, however, that a player's wager shall be lost when the dealer has a Blackjack and the player’s hand has a total value of 21 which is not a Blackjack. D. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no wager shall be made, increased or withdrawn after the first card of the respective round has been dealt. E. After each round of play is complete, the dealer shall collect all losing wagers and pay off all winning wagers beginning with the player farthest to the right of the dealer and continuing counterclockwise around the table. F. Winning wagers made in accordance with subsection B shall be paid at odds of 1 to 1 with the exception of Blackjack, which shall be paid at odds of 3 to 2 or 6 to 5. G. Once an Insurance Wager under §9 (relating to Insurance Wager), a Double Down Wager under §10 (relating to Double Down Wager) or a wager on split pairs has been made and confirmed by the dealer under §11 (relating to splitting pairs), a player may not handle, remove or alter the wagers until a decision has been rendered and implemented with respect to that wager. H. After the cards have been shuffled as required under § 5 (relating to opening of table for gaming), the property may prohibit any person, whether seated at the gaming table or not, who does