(a) Wagers at
Blackjack shall be made by placing value chips, plaques or other Board-approved
table game wagering instruments on the appropriate areas of the Blackjack
layout. Verbal wagers accompanied by cash may be accepted provided that they
are confirmed by the dealer and the cash is expeditiously converted into value
chips or plaques.
(b) After the
cards have been shuffled as required under §
633a.5 (relating to shuffle and
cut of the cards), a certificate holder may prohibit any patron, whether seated
at the gaming table or not, who does not make a wager on a given round of play
from placing a wager on the next round of play and any subsequent round of play
at that gaming table until either:
(1) The
certificate holder chooses to permit the player to begin wagering
again.
(2) A reshuffle of the cards
has occurred.
(c) All
wagers, except an Insurance Wager under §
633a.8 (relating to Insurance
Wager), a Double Down Wager under §
633a.10 (relating to Double Down
Wager) or a wager on split pairs under §
633a.11 (relating to splitting
pairs), shall be placed prior to the first card being dealt for each round of
play. A player may not handle, remove or alter any wagers that have been made
until a decision has been rendered and implemented with respect to that
wager.
(d) To participate in a
round of play and compete against the dealer's hand, a player shall place a
Blackjack Wager.
(e) A certificate
holder may, if specified in its Rules Submission under §
601a.2 (relating to table games
Rules Submissions), offer to each player who placed a Blackjack Wager in
accordance with subsection (d) the option of placing the following additional
wagers:
(1) A Lucky Ladies Twenty Point Bonus
Wager that the player's initial two cards will have a total point count of
20.
(2) A Match-the-Dealer Wager
that either of the player's initial two cards will match the rank of dealer's
up card.
(3) An In Between Wager
that the dealer's up card will either fall between or will be of the same rank
as the player's initial two cards.
(4) A Royal Match 21 Wager that either of the
player's initial two cards will be a Suited Match or a Royal Match.
(5) A Bet the Set 21 Wager that the player's
initial two cards will be a pair or a suited pair.
(6) A King's Bounty Wager that the player's
initial two cards will have a total point count of 20.
(7) If offering Blackjack Switch in
accordance with §
633a.12(a)
(relating to Blackjack variations), a Super Match Wager that the player's first
four cards will be a pair, a three-of-a-kind, two pair or a
four-of-a-kind.
(8) A Bad Beat
Progressive Wager that the player's hand will have a total point count of 20
and the dealer will have Blackjack or a hand with a total point count of
21.
(9) A Three Card Poker Wager
that the dealer's up card and the player's initial two cards will form a
three-card Poker hand of a straight flush, three-of-a-kind, straight or a
flush. For purposes of the Three Card Poker Wager, the rank of the cards shall
be: ace, king, queen, jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3 and 2. An ace may be used
to complete a straight flush or a straight with a 2 and 3 but may not be
combined with any other sequence of cards (for example: king, ace and
2).
(10) A Hit and Run Progressive
Wager that the dealer will have Blackjack or a hand containing five or more
cards.
(11) A Straight Jack
Progressive Wager that the initial two cards dealt to the player will form at
least a two-card straight.
(12) A
House Money Wager that the initial two cards dealt to the player will form a
two-card straight, a pair, a two-card straight flush or an ace-king
suited.
(f) The
certificate holder shall specify in its Rules Submission under §
601a.2 the number of adjacent
boxes on which a player may place a Blackjack Wager in one round of
play.
