Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part VII - GAMING CONTROL BOARD › Subpart K - Table Games › Chapter 645a - PAI GOW POKER › Section 645a.7 - Wagers

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Wagers at Pai
				  Gow Poker shall be made by placing value chips, plaques or other Board-approved
				  wagering instruments on the appropriate areas of the Pai Gow Poker layout.
				  Verbal wagers accompanied by cash may not be accepted.
(b) Only players who are seated at a Pai Gow
				  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 Pai Gow
				  Poker shall be placed prior to the dealer announcing "no more bets" in
				  accordance with the dealing procedures in §
										645a.8, §
										645a.9 or §
										645a.10 (relating to procedures
				  for dealing the cards from a manual dealing shoe; procedures for dealing the
				  cards from the hand; and procedures for dealing the cards from an automated
				  dealing shoe). A wager may not be made, increased or withdrawn after the dealer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 Poker Wager.
(e) A certificate holder may, if specified in
				  its Rules Submission under §
										601a.2 (relating to table games
				  Rules Submissions), offer to each player who placed a Pai Gow Poker Wager, in
				  accordance with subsection (d), the option of placing the following additional
				  wagers:
(1) A Fortune Bonus Wager that the
				  seven cards dealt to the player will form a seven-card Poker hand with a rank
				  of a straight or better as described in §
											645a.6(d) 
				  (relating to Pai Gow Poker rankings).
(2) An Emperor's Treasure Wager that the
				  seven cards dealt to the player will form a seven-card Poker hand with a rank
				  of a straight or better as described in § 645a.6(e).
(3) A Pai Gow Insurance Wager that the seven
				  cards dealt to the player will form a seven-card Poker hand that does not
				  contain a pair or better, as described in §
											645a.6(b), but
				  will contain a card ranked a nine-high or better.
(4) A Progressive Payout Wager that the seven
				  cards dealt to the player will form a seven-card Poker hand with a rank of a
				  full house or better as described in § 645a.6(f).
(5) If EZ Pai Gow Poker is being played, a
				  certificate holder may offer the following additional wagers:
(i) The Queen's Dragon Wager that the
				  dealer's hand will create a Queen's Dragon.
(ii) The Dynasty Bonus Wager that the seven
				  cards dealt to the player will form a hand with a rank of a three-of-a-kind or
				  better as described in §
												645a.6(b) and
				  (g).
(iii) The Protection Wager
				  that the seven cards dealt to the player will form a hand that does not contain
				  a pair or better, as described in § 645a.6(b), but contain a high card of
				  a 9, 10, jack, queen, king or ace.
(iv) The Red/Black Wager that four or more of
				  the cards in the player's hand will be of the player's chosen
				  color.