(a) Wagers at
Caribbean Stud Poker shall be made by placing value chips, plaques or other
Board-approved table game wagering instruments on the appropriate areas of the
table layout. Verbal wagers accompanied by cash may not be accepted.
(b) Only players who are seated at the
Caribbean Stud Poker table may wager at the game. Once a player has placed a
wager and received cards, that player shall remain seated until the completion
of the round of play. If a player leaves the table during a round of play, any
wagers made by the player may be considered abandoned and may be treated as
losing wagers.
(c) All wagers,
except the Bet Wager, shall be placed prior to the dealer announcing "no more
bets" in accordance with the dealing procedure in §
639a.8, §
639a.9 or §
639a.10 (relating to procedure for
dealing the cards from a manual dealing shoe; procedures for dealing the cards
from the hand; and procedures for dealing the cards from an automated dealing
shoe). Except as provided in §
639a.11(b)
(relating to procedure for completion of each round of play), a wager may not
be made, increased or withdrawn after the dealer has announced "no more
bets."
(d) The following wagers may
be placed in the game of Caribbean Stud Poker:
(1) A player shall compete against the
dealer's five-card Poker hand by placing an Ante Wager, then a Bet Wager, in
accordance with §
639a.11(b).
(2) A certificate holder may, if specified in
its Rules Submission under §
601a.2 (relating to table games
Rules Submissions), offer to each player at a Caribbean Stud Poker table the
option to make an additional Progressive Payout Wager that the player will
receive a Progressive Payout Hand. After placing an Ante Wager, a player may
make the additional Progressive Payout Wager by placing a value chip onto the
progressive wagering device designated for that player. Each player shall be
responsible for verifying that the player's respective Progressive Payout Wager
has been accepted.
(3) A
certificate holder may, if specified in its Rules Submission under §
601a.2, offer to each player at a
Caribbean Stud Poker table the option to make an additional Caribbean Stud
Bonus Wager that the player's cards will form a five-card Poker hand with a
rank of a pair of 10s or better. After placing an Ante Wager, a player may make
the additional Caribbean Stud Bonus Wager by placing a value chip on the
designated betting area prior to the dealer announcing "no more
bets."
(4) If specified in its
Rules Submission under §
601a.2, a certificate holder may
offer to each player at a Caribbean Stud Poker table the option to make an
additional Five Card Hand Bonus Wager that the player's five-card Poker hand or
the dealer's five-card Poker hand, or both, will contain a flush or better as
defined in §
639a.6(b)
(relating to Caribbean Stud Poker rankings). After placing an Ante Wager, a
player may make the additional Five Card Hand Bonus Wager on the player's hand
or the dealer's hand, or both, by using the electronic wagering device
designated for that player. Each player shall be responsible for verifying that
the player's Five Card Hand Bonus Wager has been accepted.
(e) The certificate holder shall specify in
its Rules Submission under §
601a.2 the number of adjacent
boxes on which a player may place a wager in one round of play.
Notes
The
provisions of this § 639a.7 amended December 12, 2014, effective
12/13/2014, 44 Pa.B. 7683;
amended August 30, 2019, effective 8/31/2019, 49 Pa.B.
4956.
The provisions of this § 639a.7 amended under
4
Pa.C.S. §§
1202(b)(30) and 13A 02(1)
and (2).
This section cited in 58 Pa. Code §
639a.2 (relating to Caribbean Stud
Poker table physical characteristics); 58 Pa. Code §
639a.8 (relating to procedure for
dealing the cards from a manual dealing shoe); 58 Pa. Code §
639a.9 (relating to procedures for
dealing the cards from the hand); 58 Pa. Code §
639a.10 (relating to procedures
for dealing the cards from an automated dealing shoe); and 58 Pa. Code §
639b.1 (relating to Must-Hit-By
Mystery Bonus).
