Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part VII - GAMING CONTROL BOARD › Subpart K - Table Games › Chapter 643a - LET IT RIDE POKER › Section 643a.7 - Wagers

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Wagers at Let
				  It Ride Poker shall be made by placing value chips, plaques or other
				  Board-approved table game wagering instruments on the appropriate areas of the
				  table layout. Verbal wagers accompanied by cash may not be accepted.
(b) Only players who are seated at a Let It
				  Ride Poker table may wager at the game. Once a player has placed a wager and
				  received cards, that player shall remain seated until the completion of the
				  round of play. If a player leaves the table during a round of play, any wagers
				  made by the player may be considered abandoned and may be treated as losing
				  wagers.
(c) All wagers at Let It
				  Ride Poker shall be placed prior to the dealer announcing "no more bets" in
				  accordance with the dealing procedures in §
										643a.8, §
										643a.9 or §
										643a.10 (relating to procedure for
				  dealing the cards from a manual dealing shoe; procedure for dealing the cards
				  from the hand; and procedure for dealing the cards from an automated dealing
				  shoe). Except as provided in §
										643a.11(b) and
				  (d) (relating to procedures for completion of
				  each round of play), a wager may not be made, increased or withdrawn after the
				  dealer has announced "no more bets."
(d) To participate in a round of play, a
				  player shall place three equal but separate Let It Ride Poker Wagers designated
				  as Bet Number 1, Bet Number 2 and Bet Number 3. Bet Number 1 and Bet Number 2
				  may subsequently be removed by the player in accordance with § 643a.11(b)
				  and (d).
(e) A certificate holder
				  may, if specified in its Rules Submission under §
										601a.2 (relating to table games
				  Rules Submissions), offer to each player at a Let It Ride Poker table the
				  option to make an additional Five Card Bonus Wager that the player will have a
				  five-card Poker hand with a rank of a pair of tens or better, two pair or
				  better or three-of-a-kind or better, depending on the paytable selected by the
				  certificate holder in its Rules Submission under §
										601a.2. After placing the three
				  wagers required under subsection (d), a player may make an additional Five Card
				  Bonus Wager by placing a value chip onto the designated betting area for that
				  player. If the certificate holder is utilizing a table game system, each player
				  shall be responsible for verifying that the player's respective Five Card Bonus
				  Wager has been accepted.
(f) A
				  certificate holder may, if specified in its Rules Submission under §
										601a.2, offer to each player at a
				  Let It Ride Poker table the option to make an additional Three Card Bonus Wager
				  that the three cards dealt to the player will have a rank of a pair or better.
				  After placing the three wagers required under subsection (d), a player may make
				  an additional Three Card Bonus Wager by placing a value chip on the designated
				  betting area prior to the dealer announcing "no more bets."
(g) A certificate holder may, if specified in
				  its Rules Submission under § 601a.2, offer to each player the option to
				  make an additional Three-Card Progressive Payout Wager that the player will
				  receive a Three-Card Progressive Payout Hand. After placing the Let It Ride
				  Poker Wagers, a player may make an additional Three-Card Progressive Payout
				  Wager by placing a value chip into the progressive wagering device designated
				  for that player. Each player shall be responsible for verifying that the
				  player's respective Three-Card Progressive Payout Wager has been
				  accepted.
(h) A certificate holder
				  may, if specified in its Rules Submission under § 601a.2, offer to each
				  player the option to make an additional Five-Card Progressive Payout Wager that
				  the player will receive a Five-Card Progressive Payout Hand. After placing the
				  Let It Ride Poker Wagers, a player may make an additional Five-Card Progressive
				  Payout Wager by placing a value chip into the progressive wagering device
				  designated for that player. Each player shall be responsible for verifying that
				  the player's respective Five-Card Progressive Payout Wager has been
				  accepted.
(i) If specified in its
				  Rules Submission under § 601a.2, a certificate holder may offer to each
				  player at a Let It Ride Poker table the option to make an additional Five Card
				  Hand Bonus Wager that the player's five-card Poker hand will contain a flush or
				  better as defined in §
										643a.6(b)
				  (relating to Let It Ride Poker rankings). After placing an Ante Wager, a player
				  may make the additional Five Card Hand Bonus Wager by using the electronic
				  wagering device designated for that player. Each player shall be responsible
				  for verifying that the player's Five Card Hand Bonus Wager has been
				  accepted.
(j) If specified in its
				  Rules Submission under §
										601a.2, a certificate holder may
				  offer to each player who placed Let it Ride Wagers the option of placing a Six
				  Card Bonus Wager which shall win if the player's three cards and the three
				  additional Six Card Bonus cards form a three-of-a-kind or better as described
				  in §
										643a.6(e). A Six
				  Card Bonus Wager does not have bearing on any other wagers made by the
				  player.
(k) A Five Card Bonus
				  Wager, Three Card Bonus Wager, Five Card Hand Bonus Wager, Progressive Payout
				  Wager and Six Card Bonus Wager do not have a bearing on any other wagers made
				  by the player.
(l) A certificate
				  holder shall specify in its Rules Submission under §
										601a.2 the number of adjacent
				  boxes on which a player may place a wager in one round of play.
The provisions of this § 643a.7 amended under
						4
						Pa.C.S. §§
													1202(b)(30) and
						13A 02(1) and
						(2).
This section cited in 58 Pa. Code §
												643a.2 (relating to Let It Ride
						Poker table physical characteristics); 58 Pa. Code §
												643a.6 (relating to Let It Ride
						Poker rankings); 58 Pa. Code §
												643a.8 (relating to procedure for
						dealing the cards from a manual dealing shoe); 58 Pa. Code §
												643a.9 (relating to procedure for
						dealing the cards from the hand); 58 Pa. Code §
												643a.10 (relating to procedure for
						dealing the cards from an automated dealing shoe); and 58 Pa. Code §
												643b.1 (relating to Must-Hit-By
						Mystery Bonus).