Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 146.00 - Gaming Equipment › Section 146.21 - Pai Gow Poker Table; Pai Gow Poker Shaker; Physical Characteristics; Computerized Random Number Generator

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1) Pai gow
			 poker shall be played at a table having player positions for no more than six
			 players on one side of the table and a place for the dealer on the opposite
			 side.
(2) A true-to-scale rendering
			 and a color photograph of the layout(s) shall be submitted to the Bureau prior
			 to utilizing the layout design. The layout for a pai gow poker table shall
			 contain, at a minimum:
(a) Six separate
			 designated betting areas for the players at the table with each area being
			 numbered one through six;
(b) Two
			 separate areas located below each betting area which shall be designated for
			 the placement of the high and second highest or low hands of that
			 player;
(c) If a gaming licensee
			 offers the optional bonus wager and/or insurance wager authorized by the
			 authorized Rules of the Game of Pai Gow Poker:
1. A separate area for each player, located
			 to the right of the numbered betting areas, designated for the placement of a
			 bonus wager by each player;
2. A
			 separate area for each player, located to the left of the numbered betting
			 areas, designated for the placement of an insurance wager by each
			 player;
3. Notice of signage for
			 payout odds for the bonus wager and insurance wager and payout amounts for the
			 "envy bonus" as defined at the authorized Rules of the Game of Pai Gow Poker;
			 and
4. The inscription indicating
			 the payout limit per round of play for the bonus wager and the insurance wager
			 established by the gaming licensee pursuant to the authorized Rules of the Game
			 of Pai Gow Poker or a generic inscription indicating the wagers are subject to
			 the posted payout limit;
(d) If the gaming licensee offers the
			 additional wager authorized by the authorized Rules of the Game of Pai Gow
			 Poker, a separate area for each player, designated for the placement of that
			 additional wager by each player, as well as the payout odds for the additional
			 wager;
(e) Two separate areas
			 designated for the placement of the high and second highest or low hands of the
			 dealer;
(f) The name or trade name
			 of the gaming licensee offering the game;
(g) If the gaming licensee offers the
			 optional bonus wagers authorized by the authorized Rules of the Game of Pai Gow
			 Poker, separate areas for each player, designated for the placement of the
			 three-card bonus wager and seven-card bonus wager; and
(h) If the gaming licensee offers the
			 imperial pai gow bonus wager authorized by the authorized Rules of the Game of
			 Pai Gow Poker:
1. A separate area for each
			 player, located to the right of the area for the placement of a player's pai
			 gow wager, designated for the placement of the imperial pai gow bonus wager;
			 and
2. An inscription or notice of
			 signage, as approved by the Bureau, for payout odds for both the "player hand
			 bonus" and "banker hand bonus" as defined in the authorized Rules of the Game
			 of Pai Gow Poker.