North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 99 - State Gaming Commission › Article 99-01.3 - Games of Chance › Chapter 99-01.3-11 - Paddlewheels › Section 99-01.3-11-05 - Conduct and play

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. An organization
				may limit the number of players and may require a minimum number of players to
				open a table.
2. A player shall buy
				a betting chip with currency or may exchange a casino chip for a betting chip.
				Only a betting chip can be used to place a bet.
3. The maximum betting limit of a player for
				each spin is twenty dollars. Each chip is a separate chance to win. Unless an
				organization has a restrictive policy, a player may bet more than one chip on
				the same colored number or symbol for a spin. To bet, a player shall place a
				chip on the betting layout of a table. If a player's total bet exceeds a value
				of twenty dollars or exceeds an organization's maximum wager on a spin, the bet
				is void and the organization shall return the player's chips to the player. A
				player may not place a tip bet for a wheel operator.
4. After all the players have bought a
				betting chip and before a paddlewheel is spun, a wheel operator shall announce
				that the players' bets for the next spin must now be placed. A wheel operator
				may place a chip for a player if the wheel operator first states, in a voice
				loud enough to be heard by all the players at a table, that the player is being
				assisted. When a wheel operator has determined that no other person desires to
				bet, the wheel operator shall announce bets closed. Thereafter, a player may
				not bet or touch any placed betting chip or obstruct the view of the playing
				surface until after a wheel operator pays off all winning wagers. A wheel
				operator shall double spin a paddlewheel by pulling it in a downward or upward
				direction and releasing it. While the paddlewheel is in motion, a wheel
				operator shall again pull it in a consistent downward or upward direction. A
				paddlewheel must rotate at least four full unrestricted revolutions. Otherwise,
				the spin is void and a paddlewheel must be spun again.
5. When a paddlewheel stops, a wheel operator
				shall announce the winning colored number or symbol in a tone of voice loud
				enough to be heard by all the players at a table. The announcement must be in
				sequence of the outermost circle first to the innermost circle last. A wheel
				operator shall first remove all losing betting chips from the table and place
				them in the chip tray. Then, a wheel operator shall pay off the winning betting
				chips in the sequence of the bets that are most accessible to the players first
				and to the bets that are least accessible to the players last.
6. To pay off a winning bet, a wheel operator
				shall fan all of a player's betting chips toward the wheel operator or side. A
				wheel operator shall take betting chips of the same color as the winning chip
				or casino chips, equal to the prize amount of the winning bet, from the chip
				tray, place the betting or casino chips in a stacked manner beside the wagered
				fanned betting chips, fan the payoff chips toward the wheel operator or side,
				and momentarily move the wheel operator's hands away from the chips so they are
				within a camera's view. However, if the prize payout equals or exceeds twenty
				betting or casino chips of the same value, the wheel operator may use a rack to
				account for one or more sets of twenty chips and fan the remaining payoff
				chips.
7. A tip for a wheel
				operator must be made with a betting or casino chip. If a tip is made with a
				betting chip, a wheel operator shall immediately exchange the betting chip for
				a casino chip in the inner table area, momentarily move the wheel operator's
				hands away from the chip so it is within a camera's view, place the betting
				chip in the chip tray and casino chip in the tip receptacle. When the wheel
				operator's shift ends, the wheel operator shall take the tip receptacle and
				leave the table.
8. If a player
				desires to redeem a betting chip, an organization shall exchange the betting
				chip for a casino chip at the paddlewheel table. A player may redeem a casino
				chip with the cashier or use it in the game of twenty-one.
General Authority:
NDCC 53-06.1-01.1
Law Implemented:
NDCC 53-06.1-01.1,
					 53-06.1-07.4