f the hand he has thrown down.

_The Jack-pot_.

29. If the game be not opened by any player, the ante and straddles,
if any, shall remain in the pool, and the next game shall be a Jack-pot.

30. In a Jack-pot every player shall pay into the pool a sum equal to
the ante, and the game shall not be opened by any player unless he have
two knaves, or better, in his original hand.

31. If a Jack-pot be not opened by any player, each player shall again
pay into the pool a sum equal to the ante, and the next game shall be a
Jack-pot, and shall not be opened by any player unless he have two queens,
or better, in his original hand.

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32. A third successive Jack-pot shall not be opened with less than two
kings, and for successive Jack-pots the series of two knaves, two queens,
two kings shall be maintained as the minimum hands with which the games may
severally be opened.

33. If a player open a Jack-pot and win the stakes, he shall show his hand
(notwithstanding any law which in ordinary circumstances permits him to
keep it concealed) before he shall claim the pool; and if he have not two
knaves, or the minimum hand with which the game may be opened according to
the above laws, or a better hand, he shall not claim the pool, and he shall
pay into the pool, as penalty, a sum equal to double the ante, and the
next game shall be a Jack-pot as if the previous game had not been opened.

_The Draw_.

34. The first player to the left of the dealer shall have first draw.

35. The turn to draw shall pass from right to left.

36. Before drawing any card or cards, a player shall make his stake equal
to the highest stake on the table, and he shall discard as many cards, and
no more, as he intends to draw.

37. Cards discarded shall be placed on the table, face downwards, and shall
not again be taken into the hand of the player discarding them.

38. If a player, when it is his turn to draw, do not discard or have not
discarded, he shall forfeit his right to discard and draw in that game.

39. Each player, after discarding, shall ask for the same number of cards
he has discarded, and the dealer shall place on the table, in front of such
player, such number of cards, face downwards, from the top of the pack.

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40. If the dealer, in giving to any player the number of cards demanded
after the discard, expose a card or cards; such exposed card or cards shall
be returned to the pack, and shall not be given to the