New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter IV - Division of Gaming › Subchapter B - Casino Gaming › Part 5324 - Table Game Rules › BACCARAT AND OTHER CARD GAMES › Section 5324.21 - Mini and midi baccarat

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
						Equipment and layout.
(1) Mini and midi
						baccarat shall be played at a table having on one side positions for the
						players and on the opposite side a place for the dealer.
(2) A layout for a mini and midi baccarat
						table shall contain, at a minimum:
(i) the
						name and/or logo of the gaming facility;
(ii) numbered areas that correspond to the
						seat numbers for the purpose of marking vigorish;
(iii) an area designated for the placement of
						cards for the player's hand and banker's hand;
(iv) separate areas designated for placement
						of wagers by each player on the banker's hand, player's hand and tie
						hand;
(v) the payout odds for all
						permissible wagers offered by the gaming facility unless there is a sign posted
						pursuant to section
						5323.12 of this
						Subchapter;
(vi) if the gaming
						facility offers the dragon bonus wager, a separate area for each player
						designated for the placement of the dragon bonus wager; and
(vii) if a gaming facility offers EZ baccarat
						in which vigorish is not collected:
(a)
						separate areas designated for the placement of the dragon 7 insurance wager for
						each player;
(b) separate areas
						designated for the placement of the panda 8 insurance wager,
(c) inscriptions that advise players that a
						wager on the banker's hand that results in a dragon 7 shall push and be
						returned to the player. If the information is not inscribed on the layout, a
						sign containing the information shall be posted at each mini and midi baccarat
						table; and
(d) if lammers are used
						for the purpose of marking vigorish, the lammers shall be placed in the chip
						rack or in a separate rack designed for the purpose of storing lammers. If a
						separate rack is used, the rack shall be placed in front of the chip rack
						during gaming activity.
(3) A dealing shoe.
(4) Cards; number of decks; value; point
						count of hand.
(i) Mini and midi baccarat
						shall be played with at least six decks of cards and two additional cover
						cards. The cover cards shall be opaque and in a solid color readily
						distinguishable from the color of the backs and edges of the playing
						cards.
(ii) The value of the cards
						in each deck shall be as follows:
(a) any
						card from 2 to 9 shall have its face value;
(b) any 10, jack, queen or king shall have a
						value of 0; and
(c) any ace shall
						have a value of 1.
(iii)
						The point count of a hand shall be a single digit number from 0 to 9 inclusive
						and shall be determined by totaling the value of the cards in the hand. If the
						total of the cards in a hand is a two-digit number, the left digit of such
						number shall be discarded having no value and the right digit shall constitute
						the point count of the hand.
(iv)
						If an automated card shuffling device is used, mini and midi baccarat shall be
						played with two sets of at least six decks of cards in accordance with the
						following:
(a) the cards shall be separated
						into two batches, with an equal number of decks included in each
						batch;
(b) the backs of the cards
						in each batch shall be of the same color and design, but of a different color
						than the cards included in the other batch;
(c) one batch of cards shall be shuffled and
						stored in the automated card shuffling device while the other batch is being
						dealt or used to play the game;
(d)
						both batches of cards shall be alternated continuously in and out of play, with
						each batch being used for every other dealing shoe; and
(e) the cards from only one batch shall be
						placed in the discard rack at any given time.
(5) For midi baccarat only, a table shall
						have a form of discard rack on the dealer's side of the table.