Indiana Administrative Code
Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION
Article 10 - CONDUCT OF GAMING
Rule 10 - Baccarat and Mini Baccarat
Section 10-1 - General provisions

Universal Citation: 68 IN Admin Code 10-1

Current through September 18, 2024

Authority: IC 4-33-4-1; IC 4-33-4-2; IC 4-33-4-3

Affected: IC 4-33

Sec. 1.

(a) This rule applies to all riverboat licensees.

(b) Baccarat and mini baccarat shall be conducted in conformance with this rule.

(c) Riverboat licensees may only offer the game of baccarat and mini baccarat on a table and layout that is in compliance with 68 IAC 14.

(d) The following definitions for baccarat and mini baccarat apply throughout this rule:

(1) "Banker's hand" means the hand played in that portion designated on the layout for the banker's hand.

(2) "Burn" means the act of placing a card face downward in the discard rack if it is not to be utilized in play in accordance with this rule.

(3) "Curator" means the player who is dealing the cards from the shoe in the game of baccarat.

(4) "Deal" means the distribution of playing cards to the player's hand and the banker's hand.

(5) "Dealer" means the occupational licensee of the riverboat who is responsible for dealing the cards at the baccarat or mini baccarat table. In the game of baccarat, there may be one (1) to four (4) dealers. The following definitions apply:
(A) "Baseman" means the occupational licensee who pays winning wagers and takes losing wagers from the table.

(B) "Relief dealer" means the occupational licensee who relieves one (1) of the basemen during the game.

(C) "Stickperson" means the occupational licensee who calls the cards.

(6) "Natural" means that the point count for the player's hand or the banker's hand in the first round of cards is eight (8) or nine (9).

(7) "Player's hand" means the hand played in that portion designated on the layout for the player's hand.

(8) "Point count" means a single digit number from zero (0) to nine (9), inclusive, that is determined by totaling the face value of the cards in the hand. If the total face value of the cards in the hand is a two (2) digit number, the left digit of the number shall be deemed to have no value and the right digit shall constitute the point count of the hand.

(9) "Vigorish" or "commission" means a charge which constitutes a percentage collected by the riverboat licensee on an amount won on a wager made by a player on the banker's hand.

(e) The vigorish charged by a riverboat licensee shall not exceed five percent (5%). The amount of vigorish charged by the riverboat licensee shall be posted at the live gaming device.

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