Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 36 - MARYLAND STATE LOTTERY AND GAMING CONTROL AGENCY › Subtitle 05 - TABLE GAMES › Chapter 36.05.01 - General › Section 36.05.01.02 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In addition to
				the terms defined in State Government Article, § 9-1 A-01, Annotated Code
				of Maryland and in COMAR
				36.03.01.02, which have the same
				meanings in this subtitle, in this subtitle the following terms have the
				meanings indicated.
B. Terms
				Defined.
(1) "Ante" means the wager that a
				player may be required to make prior to any cards being dealt to participate in
				the round of play.
(2) "Assistant
				table games shift manager" means an employee of a facility operator whose
				primary function is to supervise all of the table games in a licensed facility
				and who may be authorized to act as the table games shift manager in his
				absence.
(3) "Automated card
				shuffling device" means a software compatible mechanical or electronic
				contrivance that automatically randomizes playing cards, either continuously or
				on command, to be utilized for table gaming activity.
(4) "Bad Beat" means one or more
				predesignated high value Poker hands which, when held by a player as a losing
				hand in a round of play, results in a Bad Beat payout.
(5) "Bad Beat payout" means one or more
				payouts made to a player upon the occurrence of a Bad Beat.
(6) "Banking table game" means a table game
				in which a player competes against a facility operator rather than against
				another player.
(7) "Boxperson"
				means an employee of a facility operator whose primary function is to
				participate in and supervise the conduct of gaming at a single craps table.
(8) "Cover card" means an opaque
				card that is a solid color readily distinguishable from the color of the backs
				and edges of the playing cards.
(9) Dealer Controlled Electronic Table Game.
(a) "Dealer controlled electronic table game"
				means a table game or table game equipment that:
(i) Requires a live dealer to operate
				it;
(ii) Utilizes electronics as
				part of the games operation to collect and store game outcome, accounting and
				other significant event data; and
(iii) Permits wagering to be conducted
				electronically at a table game that is operated by a dealer.
(b) A "dealer controlled
				electronic table game" may not randomly determine the game of chance.
(10) "Dealing shoe" means a device
				that holds multiple decks of playing cards that the dealer deals during the
				operation of a table game.
(11)
				"Direct Bet Coupon" means an approved wagering instrument with a stated
				denomination that, when presented at a banking game, the patron may use for
				wagering.
(12) "Direct Bet Coupon"
				means an approved wagering instrument with a stated denomination that, when
				presented at a banking game, the patron may use for wagering.
(13) "Fill" means the distribution of gaming
				chips, coins, and plaques to a gaming table to replenish the table
				inventory.
(14) "Match Play Coupon"
				means an approved wagering instrument with a stated denomination that when
				presented with gaming chips at a banking game is included in the amount of the
				patron's wager.
(15) "Nonbanking
				table game" means a table game in which a player competes against another
				player and in which the facility operator collects a rake.
(16) "Pit clerk" means an employee of a
				facility operator whose primary function is to prepare documentation required
				for the operation of table games, including requests for fills, requests for
				credits, counter checks or other documents that evidence the exchange of gaming
				chips.
(17) "Pit manager" means an
				employee of a facility operator whose primary function is to supervise all of
				the table games in one or more gaming pits.
(18) "Poker rake chip" means a chip used by
				dealers to facilitate the collection of the rake in the poker room.
(19) "Poker shift manager" means an employee
				of a facility operator whose primary function is to supervise all of the poker
				tables in a poker room.
(20)
				"Rake" means a set fee or percentage assessed by a facility operator for
				providing the services of a dealer, gaming table or location, to allow the play
				or operation of any nonbanking game.
(21) "Roulette chip" means a nonvalue chip
				which does not contain a denomination on either face which is used for wagering
				at the game of Roulette.
(21)
				"Round of play" means one complete cycle of play during which all wagers have
				been placed, all cards have been dealt and all wagers have been settled in
				accordance with the rules of the game.
(22) "Standard rules" means the basic
				requirements that govern the play of a table game approved by the
				Commission.
(23) "Stickperson"
				means an employee of a facility operator whose primary function is to control
				the selection and use of the dice at a craps table.
(24) "Stub" means the remaining portion of a
				deck or decks after all cards in a round of play have been dealt.
(25) "Suit" means one of the four categories
				of cards:
(a) Clubs;
(b) Diamonds;
(c) Hearts; or
(d) Spades.
(26) "Table games shift manager" means an
				employee of a facility operator whose primary function is to supervise all of
				the table game operations in a licensed facility during a shift.
(27) "Table inventory" means the chips,
				coins, or plaques used for the operation of a table game.
(28) "Table inventory container" means the
				area of a gaming table where a boxman or dealer keeps gaming chips, coins or
				plaques used for the operation of a table game.
(29) "Tournament chip" means a chip used for
				wagering in a table game tournament or poker tournament.
(30) "Washing" means mixing of a deck or
				decks of cards or tiles by placing the cards or tiles face down on a table and
				mixing them around with both hands so that they are in no particular
				order.
(31) "Vigorish" means a
				percentage commission that is taken by a facility operator from a wager placed
				by a player or the winnings of a player.