Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part VII - GAMING CONTROL BOARD › Subpart K - Table Games › Chapter 621a - PAI GOW › Section 621a.5 - Wagers

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Wagers at Pai
				  Gow shall be made by placing value chips or plaques on the appropriate areas of
				  the Pai Gow layout. Verbal wagers accompanied by cash may not be
				  accepted.
(b) Only players who are
				  seated at the Pai Gow table may place a wager. Once a player has placed a wager
				  and received tiles, 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 treated as losing
				  wagers.
(c) All wagers at Pai Gow
				  shall be placed prior to the dealer announcing "no more bets" in accordance
				  with the dealing procedures in §
										621a.6 (relating to procedures for
				  dealing the tiles; settling of wagers based on value of dice). Verbal wagers
				  accompanied by cash may not be accepted. 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				  withdrawn after the dealer has announced "no more bets."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 and
				  compete against the dealer's high and low hands, a player shall place a Pai Gow
				  Wager.
(e) If specified in its
				  Rules Submission under §
										601a.2 (relating to table games
				  Rules Submissions), a certificate holder may offer to each player who placed a
				  Pai Gow Wager in accordance with subsection (d) the option of placing the
				  following additional wagers:
(1) A Pair
				  Fortunes Wager which shall win if any of the four tiles dealt to a player
				  contains a Gee Joon Pair, Heaven Pair, Identical Pair or Mixed Pair. The Pair
				  Fortunes Wager does not have bearing on any of the player's other
				  wagers.
(2) A Sum Wager, which
				  shall be based on the value of the dice in the manual or player-activated Pai
				  Gow Shaker and shall win depending on the paytable selected by the certificate
				  holder, if:
(i) The total of the three dice
				  in the Pai Gow shaker is equal to an 8, 16 or 17.
(ii) The total of the three dice is equal to
				  a 3, 8 or 9.
(iii) At least two of
				  the dice are matching.
(iv) The
				  three dice form a series, such as a 1, 2 and 3, or 3, 4 and 5.
(3) A Match Wager, which shall be
				  based on the value of the dice in the manual or player-activated Pai Gow shaker
				  and shall win if at least two of the dice in the Pai Gow shaker match the value
				  selected by the player. For example, a player's Match Wager on the 1 shall win
				  if two or three of the dice rolled is a 1.
(4) A Beat It Wager, which shall be based on
				  the value of the dice in the manual or player-activated Pai Gow shaker and
				  shall win depending on the payout table selected by the certificate holder in
				  its Rules Submission, if:
(i) The red die in
				  the Pai Gow shaker is equal in value to or greater than the sum of the two blue
				  dice. For example, a player's Beat It Wager shall win if the red die is a 6 and
				  the two blue dice are a 2 and a 1 for a total of 3.
(ii) Any single dice beats the sum of the two
				  other dice by 1 to 4 points. For example, a player's Beat It Wager shall win if
				  the dice rolled are a 5, a 1 and a 1 (5 - (1 + 1) = 3).