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# Retired cash recovery pipeline

Dealer Service must not start new cash activity. Current contract policy rejects cash creation, deposits, seats, top-ups, tips, and `start_game` for cash tables.

The service retains legacy cleanup support so retirement does not strand funds:

1. detect pending in-flight settlement or leave state;
2. process authorized cashouts and valid failed-deposit refunds;
3. settle and claim already accrued rake/dealer rewards;
4. return delegated accounts to L1 when cleanup requires it;
5. verify the table is empty and financially clean;
6. close the table and reclaim rent to its authorized destination.

Repeated attempts to create or start cash gameplay are policy failures, not recoverable races. Recovery instructions remain subject to their original ownership, proof, solvency, and idempotency checks.