The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

Blackjack—An ace and any card having a value of 10 dealt as the initial two cards to a player or the dealer.

Hard total—The total point count of a hand which does not contain aces or which contain aces that are each counted as 1 in value.

Hole card—The second card dealt face down to the dealer.

Large—A card value of either 10, jack, queen, king or ace.

Masque Card Reader device—A device which illuminates either a blue (small), red (medium) or yellow (large) light based upon the value range of the dealer’s Hole card.

Medium—A card value of either 6, 7, 8 or 9.

Small—A card value of either 2, 3, 4 or 5.

Soft value—The total point count of a hand containing an ace when the ace is counted as 11 in value.