N.J. Admin. Code § 13:69F-2.26 - In-between wager

(a) A casino licensee may, in its discretion, offer players at a blackjack table the option to make an additional wager that, when "ranking" the initial two cards dealt to the player, one card will have a rank higher than and one card will have a rank lower than the first face up card dealt to the dealer (the rank of the dealer's card is "in-between").

(b) Notwithstanding the value assigned to each card in 13:69F-2.2(b), the rank of each card for purposes of determining a winning in-between wager, in order of lowest to highest rank, shall be: two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, jack, queen, king, and ace.

(c) An in-between wager shall have no bearing on any other wager made by a player at the game of blackjack.

(d) Prior to the first card being dealt for each round of play, each player who has placed a blackjack wager in compliance with 13:69F-2.3(a) may make an in-between wager by placing gaming chips, plaques or, if applicable, a match play coupon on the appropriate area of the blackjack layout, except that a verbal wager accompanied by cash may be accepted provided that it is confirmed by the dealer and casino supervisor at the table prior to the first card being dealt to any player and such cash is expeditiously converted into gaming chips or plaques. The minimum and maximum in between wagers permitted by a casino licensee shall be posted in accordance with 13:69F-8.3.

(e) The dealer shall then announce "No more bets" and deal the initial two cards to all players and the dealer in accordance with 13:69F-2.6(e), (j), or (k). Prior to any additional cards being dealt to any player at the table and before any card reader device is utilized, the dealer shall, starting with the player farthest to his or her right and continuing counterclockwise around the table, settle in succession all in-between wagers by collecting all losing wagers and paying all winning wagers in accordance with (f) below.

(f) All winning in-between wagers shall be paid at no less than the odds in one of the following pay tables pre-selected by the casino licensee and posted at the table pursuant to 13:69F-8.3.

Table A	Table B	Table C	Table D
Triple match	30 to 1	30 to 1	30 to 1	40 to 1
One-card spread	12 to 1	10 to 1	10 to 1	10 to 1
Two-card spread	6 to 1	6 to 1	5 to 1	5 to 1
Three-card spread	4 to 1	4 to 1	3 to 1	3 to 1
All other spreads	1 to 1	1 to 1	1 to 1	1 to 1

(g) For purposes of (f) above, the following definitions shall apply:

1. "Triple match" - The dealer's face up card has the same rank as each of the player's initial two cards (for example, three jacks).

2. "One-card spread" - The dealer's face up card is one rank higher than one of the player's initial two cards and one rank lower than the other of the player's initial two cards (for example, dealer's card is a five and the player's cards are a four and a six).

3. "Two-card spread" - The dealer's face up card is one of two consecutively ranked cards, each of which is ranked higher than one of the player's initial two cards and lower than the other of the player's initial two cards (for example, dealer's card is a five or six and the player's cards are a four and a seven).

4. "Three-card spread" - The dealer's face up card is one of three consecutively ranked cards, each of which is ranked higher than one of the player's initial two cards and lower than the other of the player's initial two cards (for example, dealer's card is a five, six, or seven and the player's cards are a four and an eight).

5. "All other spreads" - The dealer's face up card is one of four or more consecutively ranked cards, each of which is ranked higher than one of the player's initial two cards and lower than the other of the player's initial two cards (for example, dealer's card is a jack and the player's cards are a four and an ace).

(h) The in-between wager may not be offered at a blackjack table that offers multiple action blackjack wagers pursuant to 13:69F-2.18, a progressive blackjack wager pursuant to 13:69F-2.19, a blackjack bonus wager pursuant to 13:69F-2.20, a streak wager pursuant to 13:69F-2.22, a match-the-dealer wager pursuant to 13:69F-2.23, a 20 point bonus wager pursuant to 13:69F-2.24, or an optional bonus wager pursuant to 13:69F-2.25.

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N.J. Admin. Code § 13:69F-2.26