New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 69F - RULES OF THE GAMES › Subchapter 11 - PAI GOW POKER › Section 13:69F-11.17 - Dealing procedures for three-card bonus wager and seven-card bonus wager

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) A casino
				licensee may, in its discretion, offer to each player at a pai gow poker table
				the opportunity to place an optional three-card bonus wager and/or a seven-card
				bonus wager and to receive payouts on such winning wagers as set forth in
				13:69F-11.18. The bonus wagers
				authorized by this section may not be offered by a casino licensee on any pai
				gow poker table which offers the optional bonus wager authorized by
				13:69F-11.15 or the imperial pai
				gow bonus wager authorized by
				13:69F-11.19. The three-card bonus
				wager and the seven-card bonus wager shall have no bearing on any other wager
				made by a player at the game of pai gow poker.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of
				N.J.A.C. 13:69E or this chapter, the dealing procedures set forth in this
				section shall apply to any pai gow poker game that offers the optional bonus
				wagers authorized by this section. The first three cards dealt to each player
				shall be dealt from an automated dealing shoe which dispenses cards in stacks
				of three cards, provided that the shoe, its location and the procedures for its
				use are in accordance with the casino licensee's internal control
				procedures.
(c) Once the procedures
				required by
				13:69F-11.5 and 11.6 have been
				completed, the cards shall be placed in the automated dealing shoe. The dealer
				shall then announce "No more bets."
(d) The dealer shall deliver the first stack
				of three cards dispensed by the automated dealing shoe face down to the player
				at the starting position. The starting position shall be the player position
				farthest to the left of the dealer at which a pai gow poker wager has been
				placed in accordance with
				13:69F-11.7.
(e) As the remaining stacks of three cards
				are dispensed to the dealer by the automated dealing shoe, the dealer shall,
				moving clockwise around the table, deliver a stack face down to each of the
				other players who has placed a pai gow poker wager. The dealer shall then
				deliver a stack of three cards face down to the area designated for the
				dealer's hand.
(f) Each player who
				has placed a three-card bonus wager shall, after examining his or her cards,
				determine whether the three-card hand qualifies for a three-card bonus wager
				payout as defined in
				13:69F-11.18 and as displayed on
				the sign required by
				13:69E-1.13B(c).
				Each player who has placed a three-card bonus wager and who has a winning hand
				shall place his or her cards face up on the layout. The dealer shall collect
				all three-card bonus wagers from players with losing three-card hands and then
				pay all winning three-card bonus wagers in accordance with the payouts set
				forth at 13:69F-11.18.
(g) After each stack of three cards has been
				dispensed and delivered and each three-card bonus wager has been resolved in
				accordance with this section, the dealer shall complete the dealing of the
				cards by observing one of the following procedures.
1. The dealer shall remove the stub from the
				automated dealing shoe, place the stub on top of a cover card and, following
				the relevant dealing procedures in
				13:69F-11.8A(b),
				deal from his or hand four additional cards face down to each player and the
				dealer. The dealer shall deal the first four consecutive cards to the player
				farthest to his or her left who has placed a pai gow poker wager in accordance
				with 13:69F-11.7 and, moving clockwise
				around the table, continue to deal four consecutive cards to each player who
				has placed a pai gow poker wager. The dealer shall then deal four consecutive
				cards to the area designated for the dealer's hand. After each player who has
				placed a pai gow poker wager and the dealer have been dealt a total of seven
				cards, the dealer shall place the stub in the discard rack without exposing the
				cards and the round of play shall proceed in accordance with the procedures set
				forth in 13:69F-11.9 and 11.18.
2. The dealer shall deliver the first stack
				of four additional cards dispensed by the automated dealing shoe face down to
				the player farthest to his or her left who has placed a pai gow poker wager in
				accordance with
				13:69F-11.7. As the remaining
				stacks are dispensed to the dealer by the automated dealing shoe, the dealer
				shall, moving clockwise around the table, deliver a stack of four cards face
				down to each player who has placed a pai gow poker wager. The dealer shall then
				deliver a stack of four additional cards face down to the area designated for
				the dealer's hand. The round of play shall then proceed in accordance with the
				procedures set forth in
				13:69F-11.9 and 11.18.