(a) Wagers at Pai
Gow Poker shall be made by placing value chips, plaques or other Board-approved
wagering instruments on the appropriate areas of the Pai Gow Poker layout.
Verbal wagers accompanied by cash may not be accepted.
(b) Only players who are seated at a Pai Gow
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 at Pai Gow
Poker shall be placed prior to the dealer announcing "no more bets" in
accordance with the dealing procedures in §
645a.8, §
645a.9 or §
645a.10 (relating to procedures
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). A wager may not be made, increased or withdrawn after the dealer
has announced "no more bets."
(d)
To participate in a round of play and compete against the dealer's high and low
hands, a player shall place a Pai Gow Poker 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 Pai Gow Poker Wager, in
accordance with subsection (d), the option of placing the following additional
wagers:
(1) A Fortune Bonus Wager that the
seven cards dealt to the player will form a seven-card Poker hand with a rank
of a straight or better as described in §
645a.6(d)
(relating to Pai Gow Poker rankings).
(2) An Emperor's Treasure Wager that the
seven cards dealt to the player will form a seven-card Poker hand with a rank
of a straight or better as described in §
645a.6(e).
(3) A Pai Gow Insurance Wager that the seven
cards dealt to the player will form a seven-card Poker hand that does not
contain a pair or better, as described in §
645a.6(b), but
will contain a card ranked a nine-high or better.
(4) A Progressive Payout Wager that the seven
cards dealt to the player will form a seven-card Poker hand with a rank of a
full house or better as described in §
645a.6(f).
(5) If EZ Pai Gow Poker is being played, a
certificate holder may offer the following additional wagers:
(i) The Queen's Dragon Wager that the
dealer's hand will create a Queen's Dragon.
(ii) The Dynasty Bonus Wager that the seven
cards dealt to the player will form a hand with a rank of a three-of-a-kind or
better as described in §
645a.6(b) and
(g).
(iii) The Protection Wager that the seven
cards dealt to the player will form a hand that does not contain a pair or
better, as described in §
645a.6(b), but
contain a high card of a 9, 10, jack, queen, king or ace.
(iv) The Red/Black Wager that four or more of
the cards in the player's hand will be of the player's chosen
color.
(f)
Except as provided in §
645a.12(f)
(relating to player bank; co-banking; selection of bank; procedures for
dealing), a certificate holder may, if specified in its Rules Submission under
§
601a.2, permit a player to wager
on two adjacent betting areas at a Pai Gow Poker table. If a certificate holder
permits a player to wager on adjacent betting areas, the cards dealt to each
betting area shall be played separately. If the two wagers are not equal, the
player shall rank and set the hand with the larger wager before ranking and
setting the other hand. If the amounts wagered are equal, each hand shall be
played separately in a counterclockwise rotation with the first hand being
ranked and set before the player proceeds to rank and set the second hand. Once
a hand has been ranked, set and placed face down on the layout, the hands may
not be changed.
