Opening a table and accepting cash and chips

1. When playing cards are brought to a table, a dealer shall first approve all decks of cards. Decks must be sorted into sequence, by suit and the back of each card inspected to assure that all cards are present and none are marked, taped, bent, crimped, cut, or shaved. After approval, a dealer shall spread the cards face upwards on a table, by deck, according to suit and in sequence within the suit for review by the first player. After a player's review, the cards must be shuffled. If cards are removed from a table for any reason, they must be stored in a safe place and a dealer shall comply with this subsection when the cards are brought back to the table. If a table has been opened and no dealer is stationed at it, a dealer shall remove the cards from the table or place the cards in a discard holder or dealing shoe and securely cover them. 2. A dealer or shift manager shall inspect each dealing shoe before each day's activity. If a shoe is removed from a table for any reason, it must be stored in a safe place. If a table has been opened and no dealer is stationed at it, a dealer shall securely cover the shoe or remove the shoe from the table. 3. A dealer, upon receiving currency or chips from a player, shall: a. If an organization has not installed a video surveillance system at a site, spread the currency on top of a table in full view of the player and shift manager and state the amount of currency in a voice loud enough to be heard by all players at the table. A dealer shall then take chips from a chip tray, equal in value to the currency, place the chips in a stacked manner in the inner table area with only the dealer's right hand, fan the chips, push the chips to the player and place the currency in a drop box; or b. If an organization has installed a video surveillance system at a site, spread each bill of currency face down and flat, in sequence of denomination, in the inner table area, perpendicular to a chip tray, and momentarily move the dealer's hands away from the currency so the currency is within a camera's view. A dealer shall then take chips from a chip tray, equal in value to the currency, place the chips in a stacked manner in the inner table area with only the dealer's right hand, fan the chips, and momentarily move the dealer's hands away from the chips so the chips are within a camera's view. A dealer shall then restack the chips, and push the chips to a player, and place the currency in a drop box. c. If a chip is received from a player to be exchanged for chips of other value, the dealer shall place the payout chip in the inner table area at the dealer's left, sort, stack, and fan the chips. If the table has a video surveillance system, a dealer shall momentarily move the dealer's hands away from the chips so they are within a camera's view. A dealer shall then take twenty-one chips from the chip tray, equal in value to the chips, and fan the chips. If the table has a video surveillance system, a dealer shall momentarily move the dealer's hands away from the chips so they are within a camera's view. A dealer shall then restack the chips, push the chips to the player, and place the exchanged chip in the chip tray.