Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part VII - GAMING CONTROL BOARD › Subpart K - Table Games › Chapter 678a - HIGH CARD FLUSH › Section 678a.7 - Wagers

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Wagers at High
				  Card Flush 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 the High
				  Card Flush table may place a 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 Ante, Flush
				  Bonus, Straight Flush Bonus and Progressive Jackpot Wagers shall be placed
				  prior to the dealer announcing "no more bets" in accordance with the dealing
				  procedure in §
										678a.8, §
										678a.9 or §
										678a.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 §
										678a.11(b)
				  (relating to procedure 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				  be made, increased or withdrawn after the dealer has announced "no more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 High Card Flush:
(1)
				  A player shall compete against the dealer's seven-card hand by placing an Ante
				  Wager then a Raise Wager in accordance with § 678a.11(b).
(2) If specified in its Rules Submission
				  under §
											601a.2 (relating to table games
				  Rules Submissions), a certificate holder may offer to each player at a High
				  Card Flush table the option to make an additional Flush Bonus Wager that the
				  player's seven cards will form a four-card flush or higher as described in
				  §
											678a.6(b)
				  (relating to High Card Flush rankings). A Flush Bonus Wager does not have a
				  bearing on any other wager made by the player.
(3) If specified in its Rules Submission
				  under §
											601a.2, a certificate holder may
				  offer to each player at a High Card Flush table the option to make an
				  additional Straight Flush Bonus Wager that the player's seven cards will form a
				  three-card straight flush or higher as described in §
											678a.6(d). A
				  Straight Flush Bonus Wager does not have a bearing on any other wager made by
				  the player.
(4) If specified in its
				  Rules Submission under §
											601a.2, certificate holder may
				  offer to each player at a High Card Flush table the option to make an
				  additional Progressive Jackpot Wager that the player's seven cards will form a
				  three-card straight flush or a four-card straight flush or higher, depending on
				  the payout table selected by the certificate holder. After placing the Ante
				  Wager, a player may make the additional Progressive Jackpot 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.