New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 69F - RULES OF THE GAMES › Subchapter 11 - PAI GOW POKER › Section 13:69F-11.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter,
				  shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise.
"Bank" shall mean the player who elects to have the other
				  players and dealer play against him or her and accepts the responsibility to
				  pay all winning wagers.
"Banker hand bonus" shall mean a payout made to a player who
				  placed an imperial pai gow bonus wager pursuant to
				  13:69F-11.19 if the bank's seven
				  cards form one of the qualifying hands enumerated at
				  13:69F-11.20(b),
				  except that the banker hand bonus for a player banking a round of play shall be
				  determined by the dealer's seven cards.
"Bonus wager" shall mean an optional wager that the player's
				  seven cards will form a qualifying poker hand, regardless of the manner in
				  which the player set the high hand and the low hand. All bonus wagers shall be
				  banked by the house.
"Co-banking" is defined in
				  13:69F-11.10.
"Copy hand" shall mean either a two-card hand or a five-card
				  hand of a player which is identical in rank to the corresponding two-card hand
				  or five-card hand of the dealer or bank.
"Dealer queen's dragon" shall mean, for purposes of the EZ
				  pai gow variation, the seven-card hand of the dealer or player bank that is a
				  queen-high hand.
"Dealer queen's dragon wager" shall mean, for purposes of the
				  EZ pai gow variation, an optional wager authorized by
				  13:69F-11.20 that the dealer or
				  player bank's hand will form a dealer queen's dragon.
"Dice bonus wager" shall mean a wager that wins if the
				  numeric value for all three dice is the same (triple) in one round of play, in
				  two consecutive rounds, or three consecutive rounds of play in the dragon's eye
				  variation of pai gow poker, provided that each triple may be comprised of dice
				  with a numeric value different from any other triple.
"Double wager" shall mean a wager that wins if the numeric
				  value on the two same colored dice is the same in the dragon's eye variation of
				  pai gow poker.
"Dragon's eye die" means the one die used in the dragon's eye
				  variation of pai gow poker that is of a color different from the other two
				  dice.
"Dynasty bonus wager" shall mean, for purposes of the EZ pai
				  gow variation, an optional wager authorized by
				  13:69F-11.20 that the player's
				  seven card hand will form a five-card hand or seven-card hand combination that
				  qualifies for a payout pursuant to
				  13:69F-11.19.
"Envy bonus" shall mean an additional fixed sum payoff made
				  to a player who placed a bonus wager of at least $ 5.00 when another player at
				  the pai gow poker table is the holder of a premium qualifying poker hand. A
				  player is entitled to multiple envy bonuses if more than one other player is
				  the holder of a premium qualifying poker hand; provided, however, that a player
				  is not entitled to an envy bonus for his or her own cards or the cards of the
				  dealer.
"Even wager" shall mean a wager that wins if the numeric
				  value on the dragon's eye die is even in value (that is, 2, 4, or 6) in the
				  dragon's eye variation of pai gow poker.
"EZ pai gow" shall mean a variation of pai gow poker in which
				  players do not pay vigorish on winning pai gow poker wagers.
"High hand" shall mean the five-card hand which is formed
				  from the seven cards dealt at the game of pai gow poker so as to rank equal to
				  or higher than the two-card low hand.
"Marker" shall mean an object or objects used to designate
				  the bank and the co-bank.
"Match wager" is a wager that wins when the position number
				  of a player matches the numeric value of one or more of the three dice in the
				  dragon's eye variation of pai gow poker.
"Odd wager" shall mean a wager that wins if the numeric value
				  on the dragon's eye die is odd in value (that is, 1, 3, or 5) in the dragon's
				  eye variation of pai gow poker.
"Pai gow insurance wager" shall mean an optional wager as
				  authorized by
				  13:69F-11.15, that the player's
				  seven cards will form a seven-card hand with a rank of ace or lower (a "pai
				  gow"), for which a payout will be awarded pursuant to
				  13:69F-11.16(c),
				  regardless of the manner in which the player sets the high hand and the low
				  hand and regardless of the outcome of the player's pai gow poker wager.
"Player hand bonus" shall mean a payout made to a player who
				  placed an imperial pai gow bonus wager pursuant to
				  13:69F-11.19 if a five-card hand,
				  formed from the player's seven cards, is one of the qualifying hands enumerated
				  at 13:69F-11.20(a).
"Premium qualifying poker hand" shall mean a five-card or
				  seven-card poker hand with a rank of four-of-a-kind or higher formed from the
				  seven cards dealt to a player.
"Protection wager" shall mean, for purposes of the EZ pai gow
				  variation, an optional wager authorized by
				  13:69F-11.19 that the player's
				  seven cards will form a seven-card hand with a rank of ace or lower (a "pai
				  gow"), which qualifies for a payout pursuant to
				  13:69F-11.20.
"Push" is a tie as defined in
				  13:69F-11.9(h).
"Qualifying poker hand" shall mean a five-card or seven-card
				  poker hand with a rank of straight or higher formed from the seven cards dealt
				  to a player.
"Rank or ranking" shall mean the relative position of a card
				  or group of cards as set forth in
				  13:69F-11.3.
"Red/black wager" shall mean, for purposes of the EZ pai gow
				  variation, an optional wager authorized by
				  13:69F-11.19 that the player's
				  seven-card hand will contain at least four cards of the chosen color, which
				  qualifies for a payout pursuant to
				  13:69F-11.19.
"Second highest" or "low hand" shall mean the two-card hand
				  which is formed from the seven cards dealt at the game of Pai Gow Poker so as
				  to rank equal to or lower than the five-card high hand.
"Set or setting the hands" shall mean the process of forming
				  a high hand and low hand from the seven cards dealt.
"Seven-card bonus wager" shall mean an optional wager, as
				  authorized by
				  13:69F-11.17, that the player's
				  seven card hand will form a five-card poker hand (best five cards out of seven
				  cards) for which a payout is awarded pursuant to
				  13:69F-11.18, regardless of the
				  manner in which the player sets the high hand and the low hand and regardless
				  of the outcome of the player's pai gow poker wager.
"Suit" shall mean one of the four categories of cards, that
				  is, diamond, spade, club, or heart.
"Three-card bonus wager" shall mean an optional wager, as
				  authorized by
				  13:69F-11.17, that the player's
				  first three cards will form a three-card poker hand that contains a straight
				  flush with no joker, three-of-a-kind, a straight flush, a straight, a flush, or
				  one pair.
"Triple wager" shall mean a wager that wins if the numeric
				  value on all three dice is the same in the dragon's eye variation of pai gow
				  poker.