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 5324.20 - Baccarat

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Equipment and
						layout.
(1) Baccarat shall be played at a
						table having on one side places for the players and on the opposite side a
						place for the dealer.
(2) A layout
						for a baccarat table shall contain, at a minimum:
(i) the name and/or logo of the gaming
						facility;
(ii) specific areas
						designated for the placement of wagers on the "Banker's hand," "Players hand"
						and the "Tie hand";
(iii) an
						inscription describing the tie hand payout;
(iv) 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;
(v) numbered areas that
						correspond to the seat numbers for the purpose of marking vigorish;
(vi) if the gaming facility offers the dragon
						bonus wager, separate areas designated for the placement of the dragon bonus
						wager for each player;
(vii) if the
						gaming facility offers EZ baccarat:
(a)
						separate areas designated for the placement of the dragon 7 insurance wager,
						for each player;
(b) an inscription
						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 unless there is a sign posted
						pursuant to section
						5323.12 of this
						Subchapter;
(c) if the panda 8
						insurance wager is offered, separate areas designated for the placement of the
						panda 8 insurance wager; and
(viii) areas designated for the placement of
						cards for the player's hand and banker's hand.
(3) If lammers are used for the purpose of
						marking vigorish, such lammers shall be placed in the chip tray or in a rack
						designed for the purpose of storing lammers and such rack shall be placed in
						front of the chip tray during gaming activity.
(4) Baccarat shall be played with at least
						six decks of cards with all backs identical in color and design and two
						additional cover cards. The cover cards shall be opaque and in a solid color
						readily distinguishable from the color of the back and edges of the playing
						cards.
(i) The value of the cards in each
						deck, regardless of suit, shall be as follows:
(a) any card from 2 to 9 shall have its face
						value;
(b) a 10, jack, queen and
						king shall have a value of zero; and
(c) an ace shall have the value of
						one.
(ii) 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 all cards in the hand. If the total of
						the cards in the hand is a two-digit number, the left digit of such number
						shall be discarded as having no value and the right digit shall constitute the
						point count of the hand.
(5) A dealing shoe.
(6) In order to collect the cards at the
						conclusion of a round of play and at such other times as necessary, each
						baccarat table shall have a form of a discard rack.