Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part VII - GAMING CONTROL BOARD › Subpart K - Table Games › Chapter 657a - CRAZY 4 POKER › Section 657a.7 - Wagers

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Wagers at Crazy
				  4 Poker shall be made by placing value chips, plaques or other Board-approved
				  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 Crazy 4
				  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, except the
				  Play Wager, shall be placed prior to the dealer announcing "no more bets" in
				  accordance with the dealing procedures in §
										657a.8, §
										657a.9 or §
										657a.10 (relating to procedure for
				  dealing the cards from a manual dealing shoe; procedure for dealing the cards
				  from the hand; and procedures for dealing the cards from an automated dealing
				  shoe). Except as provided in §
										657a.11(b)
				  (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				  be made, increased or withdrawn after the dealer has announced "no more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) The following wagers may
				  be placed in the game of Crazy 4 Poker:
(1) A
				  player shall compete against the dealer's four-card Poker hand by placing both
				  an Ante Wager and a Super Bonus Wager in equal amounts, then a Play Wager, in
				  accordance with § 657a.11(b).
(2) In addition to the Ante and Super Bonus
				  Wagers, a player may compete against a posted paytable by placing a Queens Up
				  Wager.
(3) 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 Crazy 4 Poker table the option to
				  make an additional Four-Card Progressive Payout Wager that the player will
				  receive a Four-Card Progressive Payout Hand. After placing the Ante and Super
				  Bonus Wagers, a player may make the additional Four-Card Progressive Payout
				  Wager by placing a value chip onto the progressive wagering device designated
				  for that player. Each player shall be responsible for verifying that the
				  player's respective Progressive Payout Wager has been accepted.
(4) A certificate holder may, if specified in
				  its Rules Submission under §
											601a.2, offer to each player at a
				  Crazy 4 Poker table 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 Ante and Super Bonus Wagers, a player may make the additional
				  Five-Card Progressive Payout Wager by placing a value chip onto 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.
(5) If specified
				  in its Rules Submission under § 601a.2, a certificate holder may offer to
				  each player at a Crazy 4 Poker table the option to make an additional Five Card
				  Hand Bonus Wager that the player's five-card Poker hand or the dealer's
				  five-card Poker hand, or both, will contain a flush or better as defined in
				  §
											657a.6(d)
				  (relating to Crazy 4 Poker rankings). After placing Ante and Super Bonus
				  Wagers, a player may make the additional Five Card Hand Bonus Wager on the
				  player's hand or the dealer's hand, or both, 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.
(6) If specified in its
				  Rules Submission under §
											601a.2, a certificate holder may
				  offer to each player who placed Ante and Super Bonus Wagers the option of
				  placing a Six Card Bonus Wager which shall win if the player's five cards and
				  the additional Six Card Bonus card form a three-of-a-kind or better as
				  described in §
											657a.6(e). A Six
				  Card Bonus Wager does not have bearing on any other wagers made by the
				  player.