58 Pa. Code § 629c.1 - Perfect Pairs wager
(a) The layout
for a Midibaccarat table shall be submitted to the Bureau of Gaming Operations
and approved in accordance with §
601a.10(a)
(relating to approval of table game layouts, signage and equipment) and if the
certificate holder offers the Perfect Pairs wager authorized under subsection
(b), the layout shall contain separate areas designated for the placement of
the Perfect Pairs wager on the player's hand and the banker's hand for each
player.
(b) If specified in its
Rules Submission under §
601a.2 (relating to table games
Rules Submissions), a certificate holder may offer to each player the option of
placing a Perfect Pairs wager on the player's hand or the banker's hand, or
both. The Perfect Pairs wager shall win if the initial two cards dealt to the
player's hand or dealer's hand or both contain a colored pair, mixed pair or
perfect pair. For purposes of the Perfect Pairs wager, only cards that are
identical in either number or type will be considered of the same rank. For
example: two jacks or two 4s.
(c)
After the dealer positions the cards in accordance with §
629a.8(c)(1) and
(2) (relating to hands of player and banker;
procedure for dealing initial two cards to each hand), the dealer shall
announce the point count of the player's hand and the banker's hand and shall
settle a Perfect Pairs wager by collecting all losing wagers and paying all
winning wagers. If a player placed the Perfect Pairs wager on the player's hand
or the banker's hand and the initial two cards dealt to the player's hand or
the banker's hand:
(1) Are a colored pair,
mixed pair or perfect pair, the dealer shall pay the winning Perfect Pairs
wager in accordance with subsection (d). If a player placed a Perfect Pairs
wager on both the player's hand and banker's hand, and both the player's hand
and banker's hand contain a colored pair, mixed pair or perfect pair, the
player shall receive a payout in accordance with subsection (d) for both
winning hands.
(2) Do not contain a
colored pair, mixed pair or perfect pair, the dealer shall collect the Perfect
Pairs wager.
(d) The
certificate holder shall pay out a winning Perfect Pairs wager at the odds in
one of the following paytables selected by the certificate holder in its Rules
Submission filed in accordance with §
601a.2:
| Hand | Paytable A | Paytable B | Paytable C |
| Perfect pair | 25 to 1 | 30 to 1 | 25 to 1 |
| Colored pair | 12 to 1 | 10 to 1 | 15 to 1 |
| Mixed pair | 6 to 1 | 5 to 1 | 5 to 1 |
(e)
As used in this section, the following words and terms shall have the meanings
given to them in this subsection:
Colored pair-The initial two cards dealt to the player or banker that are of the same rank and the same color but different suits.
Mixed pair-The initial two cards dealt to the player or banker that are of the same rank but different colors.
Perfect pair-The initial two cards dealt to the player or banker that are of the same rank, the same color and the same suit.
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