(a) Wagers at
Mississippi Stud shall be made by placing value chips, plaques or other
Board-approved wagering instruments on the appropriate betting areas of the
table layout. Verbal wagers accompanied by cash may not be accepted.
(b) Only players who are seated at the
Mississippi Stud table may place a 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
Ante, Progressive Payout, Three Card Bonus, Five Card Hand Bonus and Six Card
Bonus Wagers shall be placed prior to the dealer announcing "no more bets" in
accordance with the dealing procedure in §
655a.8, §
655a.9 or §
655a.10 (relating to procedure for
dealing the cards from a manual dealing shoe; procedure for dealing the cards
from the hand; and procedures for dealing the cards from an automated dealing
shoe). Except as provided in §
655a.11(b), (d) and
(f) (relating to procedures for completion of
each round of play), a wager may not be made, increased or withdrawn after the
dealer announces "no more bets" and begins dealing the cards.
(d) The following wagers may be placed in the
game of Mississippi Stud:
(1) A player shall
place an Ante Wager to participate in a round of play.
(2) In accordance with §
655a.11(b), (d) and
(f), 3rd Street, 4th Street and 5th Street
Wagers.
(3) 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 Mississippi Stud 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 an
additional Progressive Payout Wager by placing a value chip into 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.
(4) A
certificate holder may, if specified in its Rules Submission under §
601a.2, offer to each player at a
Mississippi Stud table the option to make an additional Three Card Bonus Wager
that the three community cards will form a three-card Poker hand of a pair or
better as defined in §
655a.6(c)
(relating to Mississippi Stud hand rankings).
(5) If specified in its Rules Submission
under §
601a.2, a certificate holder may
offer to each player at a Mississippi Stud table the option to make an
additional Five Card Hand Bonus Wager that the player's five-card Poker hand
will contain a flush or better as defined in §
655a.6(b). After
placing an Ante Wager, a player may make the additional Five Card Hand Bonus
Wager 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.
(6)
If specified in its Rules Submission under §
601a.2, a certificate holder may
offer to each player who placed an Ante Wager the option of placing a Six Card
Bonus Wager which shall win if the player's two cards and the four additional
Six Card Bonus cards form a three-of-a-kind or better as described in §
655a.6(d). A Six
Card Bonus Wager does not have bearing on any other wagers made by the
player.
(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 § 655a.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 § 655a.7 amended under
4
Pa.C.S. §§
1202(b)(30) and 13A 02(1)
and (2).
This section cited in 58 Pa. Code §
655a.2 (relating to Mississippi
Stud table physical characteristics); 58 Pa. Code §
655a.6 (relating to Mississippi
Stud hand rankings); 58 Pa. Code §
655a.8 (relating to procedure for
dealing the cards from a manual dealing shoe); 58 Pa. Code §
655a.9 (relating to procedure for
dealing the cards from the hand); 58 Pa. Code §
655a.10 (relating to procedures
for dealing the cards from an automated dealing shoe); and 58 Pa. Code §
655b.1 (relating to Must-Hit-By
Mystery Bonus).
