Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 10 - CONDUCT OF GAMING › Rule 9 - Pai Gow Poker › Section 9-1 - General provisions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-4-1;
				  IC
				  4-33-4-2; IC
				  4-33-4-3
Affected: IC 4-33
Sec. 1.
(a) This
				rule applies to all riverboat licensees.
(b) Pai gow poker shall be conducted in
				conformance with this rule.
(c)
				Riverboat licensees may only offer the game of pai gow poker on a table and
				layout that is in compliance with 68 IAC 14.
(d) The following definitions apply
				throughout this rule:
(1) "Banker" means the
				player who elects to have other players and dealer play against the player and
				accepts the responsibility of paying all wagers.
(2) "Co-bank" means the period of the game
				where a player accepts half of the bank and the riverboat licensee accepts the
				balance.
(3) "Copy hand" means two
				(2) hands of identical rank.
(4)
				"Dealer" means the occupational licensee of the riverboat licensee who is
				responsible for dealing the cards at the pai gow poker table.
(5) "Five (5) aces" means a hand of four (4)
				aces and one (1) joker.
(6) "Flush"
				means a hand of five (5) cards all of the same suit with no regard to
				rank.
(7) "Four (4) of a kind"
				means a hand of four (4) cards of the same rank.
(8) "Full house" means a hand of three (3)
				cards of the same rank and two (2) cards of a different rank.
(9) "High hand" means the hand made up of a
				five (5) card combination. This hand must be higher in rank than the low hand
				and will be placed in the appropriate area of the layout.
(10) "House way" means the preset rules that
				govern the way the dealer must set both the dealer's high and low
				hands.
(11) "Low hand" or "second
				hand" means the hand made up of the remaining two (2) card combination of the
				player's or dealer's hand.
(12)
				"Pai gow poker shaker" means a covered container that will hold three (3) dice
				and that is designed to prevent the dice from being seen while the dealer is
				shaking it.
(13) "Pair" means a
				hand of two (2) cards that are the same regardless of suit.
(14) "Random number generator" means a
				computerized random number generator that selects and displays a number from
				one (1) through seven (7) and displays the number of the player designated as
				the starting player.
(15) "Rank"
				means the relative position of cards set forth in the pai gow poker
				rules.
(16) "Royal flush" means a
				hand consisting of the following cards of the same suit:
(A) One (1) ace.
(B) One (1) king.
(C) One (1) queen.
(D) One (1) jack.
(E) One (1) ten (10) of the same
				suit.
(17) "Setting a
				hand" means the process of arranging cards into two (2) hands for the dealer
				and the six (6) players, one (1) five (5) card and one (1) two (2) card
				hand.
(18) "Straight" means a hand
				of five (5) cards of consecutive rank with no regard to suit.
(19) "Straight flush" means a hand of five
				(5) consecutive cards of the same suit.
(20) "Three (3) of a kind" means a hand of
				three (3) cards of the same rank and two (2) others.
(21) "Two (2) pairs" means a hand of two (2)
				cards of the same rank and two (2) other cards of the same rank but different
				from the first two (2).
(22)
				"Vigorish" or "commission" means a charge that constitutes a percentage
				collected by the riverboat licensee on all winning player hands.