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 The Dealer of a game can be one or many players who are exempt. If there are multiple dealers, then the deck is split between them and non-exempt players take a card from each dealer.
 
+Exemptions expire after 3 months.
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 ## Set Up
 The loser of any previous games.. "The tea making loser" (dealer) shuffles and deals the cards out to be chosen.