New Jersey.. push to legalize hit soft 17?

Blackjack; Drawing of Additional Cards by Dealer; Soft 17
Gaming Equipment
Rules of the Games
Proposed Amendments: N.J.A.C. 19:46-1.10 and 19:47-2.12
Authority: N.J.S.A. 5:12-5, 69a, 70f, 99a and 100
Calendar Reference: See Summary below for explanation of exception to
calendar requirement.
Submit written comments by March 4, 2006 to:

Lon E. Mamolen, Senior Counsel

Casino Control Commission

Arcade Building

Tennessee Avenue and the Boardwalk

Atlantic City, NJ 08401
The agency proposal follows:
Summary

The rules governing the authorized game of blackjack prescribe the point count to which a dealer shall draw additional cards to complete his or her hand. Pursuant to N.J.A.C. 19:47-2.12, a dealer shall draw additional cards until he or she has a hard or soft total of 17, 18, 19, 20 or 21, at which point no additional cards shall be drawn. A �hard total� refers to a point count of a hand which contains no aces or which contains one or more aces that are each counted as 1 in value. A �soft total� refers to a point count of a hand containing an ace when the ace is counted as 11 in value. See N.J.A.C. 19:47-2.1.

The proposed amendment to N.J.A.C. 19:47-2.12 would permit a casino licensee to offer an option at designated blackjack tables that the dealer shall be required to draw additional cards on a soft 17. Thus, if offered, a dealer shall draw additional cards until he or she has a hard total of 17, 18, 19, 20 or 21 or a soft total of 18, 19, 20 or 21.

The house advantage for blackjack would increase by approximately 0.19% at a table at which the option for a dealer to draw on soft 17 is required.

If a casino licensee offers the required card drawing option at a designated blackjack table, the proposed new subsection at N.J.A.C. 19:46-1.10(m) would require a table layout inscription reflecting the alternative dealer drawing and standing rule.

An additional amendment to N.J.A.C. 19:46-1.10(d) would accurately reflect similar treatment for the alternative dealing procedure set forth in N.J.A.C. 19:47-2.6(k) (�Double Exposure Blackjack�).

This notice of proposal is not required to be referenced in a rulemaking calendar since a public comment period of 60 days is being provided. See N.J.A.C. 1:30-3.3(a)5.

Full text of the proposal follows (additions indicated in boldface thus; deletions indicated in brackets [thus]):

19:46-1.10 Blackjack table; card reader device; physical characteristics;

inspections

(a) � (c) (No change.)

(d) [Notwithstanding the requirements of (c) above, if] If a casino licensee offers blackjack rule variations in accordance with the requirements of N.J.A.C. 19:47-2.6(k), the blackjack layout shall be approved by the Commission and have imprinted on it, at a minimum, the following [additional] inscriptions instead of the inscriptions set forth in (c) above:

1. - 3. (No change.)

(n) If a casino licensee offers the option set forth in N.J.A.C. 19:47-2.12(b)2 that requires the dealer to draw additional cards on a soft 17, the blackjack layout shall be approved by the Commission and have imprinted on it, at a minimum, the following inscription instead of the inscription set forth in (c)2 above:

1. Dealer must draw to 16 and soft 17 and stand on hard 17�s and all 18�s.

19:47-2.12 Drawing of additional cards by players and dealers

(a) (No change.)

(b) Except as provided in (c) below, a dealer shall draw additional cards to his or her hand in accordance with one of the following options:

1. The dealer shall draw additional cards until he or she has a hard or soft total of 17, 18, 19, 20 or 21[, at which point no additional cards shall be drawn]; or

2. The dealer shall draw additional cards until he or she has:

i. A hard total of 17, 18, 19, 20 or 21; or

ii. A soft total of 18, 19, 20 or 21.

(c) (No change.)

The old Playboy Casino had attempted to have the topless showgirl deal passed circa 1990. Now let's see if the topless showgirls will come to Jersey casinos...along with the soft 17 rule.































April fool comes early nowaday!
The soft 17 stuff is not a joke,
but the showgirl stuff is a joke.