Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part VII - GAMING CONTROL BOARD › Subpart K - Table Games › Chapter 645a - PAI GOW POKER › Section 645a.14 - Irregularities; invalid roll of dice

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
				  If the dealer uncovers the Pai Gow Poker shaker and all three dice do not land
				  flat on the bottom of the shaker, the dealer shall call a "no roll" and reshake
				  the dice.
(b) If the dealer
				  uncovers the Pai Gow Poker shaker and a die or dice fall out of the shaker, the
				  dealer shall call a "no roll" and reshake the dice.
(c) If the dealer incorrectly totals the dice
				  and deals the first card to the wrong position, all hands shall be void, all
				  wagers shall be returned to the players and the cards shall be
				  reshuffled.
(d) If the dealer
				  exposes any of the cards dealt to a player, the player may void the hand. The
				  player shall make the decision to either play out the hand or to void the hand
				  without looking at the unexposed cards.
(e) If a card or cards in the dealer's hand
				  or the bank's hand, if applicable, are exposed, all hands shall be void, all
				  wagers shall be returned to the players and the cards shall be
				  reshuffled.
(f) A card that is
				  found face up in the shoe or the deck while the cards are being dealt may not
				  be used in that round of play and shall be placed in the discard rack. If more
				  than one card is found face up in the shoe or the deck during the dealing of
				  the cards, all hands shall be void, all wagers shall be returned to the players
				  and the cards shall be reshuffled.
(g) A card drawn in error without its face
				  being exposed shall be used as though it were the next card from the
				  shoe.
(h) If any player or the
				  dealer is dealt an incorrect number of cards, all hands shall be void, all
				  wagers shall be returned to the players and the cards shall be
				  reshuffled.
(i) If the dealer or
				  the bank, if applicable, does not set his hands in the manner in which the
				  certificate holder requires the hands of the dealer to be set, the hands shall
				  be reset in accordance with the certificate holder's Rules Submission and the
				  round of play shall be completed.
(j) If a card is exposed while the dealer is
				  dealing the seven stacks in accordance with §
										645a.9 (relating to procedures for
				  dealing the cards from the hand), all wagers shall be returned to the players
				  and the cards shall be reshuffled.
(k) If any player position or the dealer is
				  dealt an incorrect number of cards, all hand shall be void, all wagers shall be
				  returned to the players and the cards shall be reshuffled.
(l) If an automated card shuffling device is
				  being used and the device jams, stops shuffling during a shuffle or fails to
				  complete a shuffle cycle, the cards shall be reshuffled.
(m) If an automated dealing shoe is being
				  used and the device jams, stops dealing cards or fails to deal all cards during
				  a round of play, the round of play shall be void, all wagers shall be returned
				  to the players and the cards shall be removed from the device and reshuffled
				  with any cards already dealt.
(n)
				  If an automated shuffling device or automated dealing shoe malfunctions and
				  cannot be used, the automated card shuffling device or automated dealing shoe
				  must be covered or have a sign indicating that the automated shuffling device
				  or automated dealing shoe is out of order placed on the device before any other
				  method of shuffling or dealing may be utilized at that table.