(a) Baccarat shall be played on a table
having numbered positions for 10 to 14 seated players.
(b) The layout for a Baccarat table shall be
submitted to the Bureau of Gaming Operations and approved in accordance with
§
601a.10(a)
(relating to approval of table layouts, signage and equipment) and contain, at
a minimum:
(1) The name or logo of the
certificate holder.
(2) Separate
areas designated for the placement of wagers on the Banker's Hand, Player's
Hand and Tie Hand for each player.
(3) The payout odds for all permissible
wagers offered by the certificate holder. If the payout odds are not inscribed
on the layout, a sign identifying the payout odds shall be posted at each
Baccarat table.
(4) An area
designated for the placement of cards for the Player's Hand and Banker's
Hand.
(5) If a certificate holder
offers the Dragon Bonus Wager, authorized under §
631a.8(a)(4)
(relating to wagers), separate areas designated for the placement of the Dragon
Bonus Wager for each player.
(6) If
a certificate holder offers EZ Baccarat:
(i)
Separate areas designated for the placement of the Dragon 7 Insurance Wager,
authorized under §
631a.8(a)(5), for
each player.
(ii) Inscriptions that
advise patrons that a wager on the Banker's Hand that results in a Dragon 7
shall push and be returned to the player. If the information is not inscribed
on the layout, a sign containing the information must be posted at each
Baccarat table.
(iii) Separate
areas designated for the placement of the Panda 8 Insurance Wager, authorized
under §
631a.8(a)(6), for
each player.
(7) If a
certificate holder offers the House Money Wager, authorized under §
631a.8(a)(7),
separate areas designated for the placement of the House Money Wager for each
player.
(8) Numbered areas that
correspond to the seat numbers for the purpose of marking vigorish unless the
dealer, in accordance with the option selected in the certificate holder's
Rules Submission under §
601a.2 (relating to table games
Rules Submissions), collects the vigorish from a player at the time the winning
payout is made or the table is designated for play as an EZ Baccarat table in
which vigorish is not collected.
(c) If marker buttons are used for the
purpose of marking vigorish, the marker buttons shall be placed in the table
inventory container or in a separate rack designed for the purpose of storing
marker buttons. If a separate rack is used, the rack shall be placed in front
of the table inventory container during gaming activity.
(d) Each Baccarat table must have a drop box
and a tip box attached on the same side of the gaming table as, but on opposite
sides of, the dealer, as approved by the Bureau of Casino Compliance in
accordance with §
601a.10(g). The
Bureau of Casino Compliance may approve an alternative location for the tip box
when a card shuffling device or other table game equipment prevents the
placement of the drop box and tip box on the same side of the gaming table as,
but on opposite sides of, the dealer.
(e) Each Baccarat table must have a discard
bucket on dealer's side of the table.
