Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part VII - GAMING CONTROL BOARD › Subpart K - Table Games › Chapter 601a - GENERAL TABLE GAME PROVISIONS › Section 601a.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this subpart,
					 have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Ante
-The wager that a player may be
					 required to make prior to any cards being dealt to participate in the round of
					 play.
Assistant table games shift manager
-An
					 employee of a certificate holder whose primary function is to supervise all of
					 the table games in a licensed facility and who may be authorized to act as the
					 table games shift manager in his absence.
Automated card shuffling device
-A software
					 compatible mechanical or electronic contrivance that automatically randomizes
					 playing cards, either continuously or on command, to be utilized for table
					 gaming activity.
Counter Check
-A form provided to a patron
					 who receives a credit advance which contains the account information for the
					 personal bank account designated in the patron's application for credit under
					 §
										609a.3(a)(4)
					 (relating to application and verification procedures for granting
					 credit).
Cover card
-An opaque card that is a solid
					 color readily distinguishable from the color of the backs and edges of the
					 playing cards.
Dealer
-An employee of a certificate holder
					 whose primary function is to directly operate and conduct table games.
Electronic gaming table
-
(i) An approved gaming table that is a
				  mechanical, electrical or computerized contrivance, terminal, machine or other
				  device which, upon insertion or placement of cash or cash equivalents therein
				  or thereon, or upon a wager or payment of any consideration whatsoever, is
				  available for play or operation by one or more players as a table
				  game.
(ii) The term includes any
				  gaming table where a wager or payment is made using an electronic or
				  computerized wagering or payment system.
(iii) The term does not include a slot
				  machine.
Floorperson
-An employee of a certificate
					 holder whose primary function is to supervise the conduct of table games at
					 multiple tables on the gaming floor.
Fully automated electronic gaming table
-An
					 electronic gaming table determined by the Board to be playable or operable as a
					 table game without the assistance or participation of a person acting on behalf
					 of a certificate holder.
Gaming chip
-A Roulette chip, Poker rake
					 chip, tournament chip or value chip.
Pit clerk
-An employee of a certificate
					 holder whose primary function is to prepare documentation required for the
					 operation of table games, including requests for fills, requests for credits,
					 Counter Checks or other documents that evidence the exchange of gaming chips.
Pit manager
-An employee of a certificate
					 holder whose primary function is to supervise all of the table games in one or
					 more gaming pits.
Plaque
-A rectangular, square or oval
					 marker that can be used instead of value chips.
Poker rake chip
-A chip used by dealers to
					 facilitate the collection of the rake in the Poker room.
Poker shift manager
-An employee of a
					 certificate holder whose primary function is to supervise all of the Poker
					 tables in a Poker room.
Progressive table game system
-The
					 collective hardware, software, communications technology and other ancillary
					 equipment used to collect, monitor, interpret, analyze, report and audit data
					 with regard to activity at fully automated electronic gaming tables, electronic
					 gaming tables or live table games offering a jackpot that increases
					 corresponding to an additional wager on the table.
Roulette chip
-A nonvalue chip which does
					 not contain a denomination on either face which is used for wagering at the
					 game of Roulette.
Round of play
-One complete cycle of play
					 during which all wagers have been placed, all cards have been dealt and all
					 wagers have been settled in accordance with the rules of the game.
Stub
-The remaining portion of a deck or
					 decks after all cards in a round of play have been dealt.
Suit
-One of the four categories of cards:
					 clubs, diamonds, hearts or spades.
Table game device
-Gaming tables, cards,
					 dice, chips, shufflers, tiles, wheels, drop boxes or any mechanical, electrical
					 or computerized contrivance, terminal, machine or other device, apparatus,
					 equipment or supplies approved by the Board and used to conduct a table game.
Table games shift manager
-An employee of a
					 certificate holder whose primary function is to supervise all of the table game
					 operations in a licensed facility during a shift.
Table inventory container
-The area of a
					 gaming table where a boxman or dealer keeps gaming chips, coins or plaques used
					 for the operation of a table game.
Tournament chip
-A chip used for wagering
					 in a table game tournament or Poker tournament.
Value chip
-A chip that contains a
					 denomination on each face.
Vigorish
-A percentage commission that is
					 taken by a certificate holder from a wager placed by a player or the winnings
					 of a player.
Washing
-Mixing of a deck or decks of cards
					 or tiles by placing the cards or tiles face down on a table and mixing them
					 around with both hands so that they are in no particular
					 order.