Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Pai gow
poker shall be played at a table having on one side places for the players and
on the opposite side a place for the dealer.
(b) A true-to-scale rendering and a color
photograph of the layout(s) referenced in this section shall be submitted to
the Division's principal office located Atlantic City, New Jersey, prior to
utilizing the layout design. The layout for a pai gow poker table shall
contain, at a minimum, the following:
1. Six
separate designated betting areas for the players at the table with each area
being numbered one through six;
2.
Two separate areas located below each betting area which shall be designated
for the placement of the high and second highest or low hands of that
player;
3. If a casino licensee
offers the optional bonus wager and/or insurance wager authorized by
13:69F-11.15:
i. A separate area for each player, located
to the right of the numbered betting areas, designated for the placement of a
bonus wager by each player;
ii. A
separate area for each player, located to the left of the numbered betting
areas, designated for the placement of an insurance wager by each
player;
iii. Notice of signage for
payout odds for the bonus wager and insurance wager and payout amounts for the
"envy bonus" as defined at
13:69F-11.15; and
iv. The inscription indicating the payout
limit per round of play for the bonus wager and the insurance wager established
by the casino licensee pursuant to
13:69F-11.16(d)
or a generic inscription indicating the wagers are subject to the posted payout
limit;
4. If the casino
licensee offers the additional wager authorized by
13:69F-11.13, a separate area for
each player, designated for the placement of that additional wager by each
player, as well as the payout odds for the additional wager;
5. Two separate areas designated for the
placement of the high and second highest or low hands of the dealer;
6. The name or trade name of the casino
licensee offering the game;
7. If
the casino licensee offers the optional bonus wagers authorized by
13:69F-11.17, separate areas for
each player, designated for the placement of the three-card bonus wager and
seven-card bonus wager; and
8. If
the casino licensee offers the imperial pai gow bonus wager authorized by
13:69F-11.19:
i. A separate area for each player, located
to the right of the area for the placement of a player's pai gow wager,
designated for the placement of the imperial pai gow bonus wager; and
ii. An inscription or notice of signage, as
approved by the Director, for payout odds for both the "player hand bonus" and
"banker hand bonus" as defined at
13:69F-11.19.
(c) If a casino licensee offers
the optional bonus wager and/or the insurance wager authorized by
13:69F-11.15 or the optional bonus
wager authorized by
13:69F-11.17, a sign shall be
posted at each pai gow poker table offering any of these wagers that explains
the following:
1. For the optional bonus
wager and the insurance wager authorized by
13:69F-11.15, the details of the
payout limit established pursuant to
13:69F-11.16(d)
and, if a generic inscription is used pursuant to (b)3iv above, established
payout limit; or
2. For the
optional wagers authorized by
13:69F-11.17, the payout odds for
each bonus wager.
(d)
Each pai gow poker table shall have a drop box and tip box attached to it on
the same side of the gaming table as, but on opposite sides of, the
dealer.
(e) Pursuant to
13:69F-11.4, pai gow poker may be
played with a container, to be known as a "pai gow shaker," which shall be used
to shake three dice before each hand of pai gow poker is dealt in order to
determine the starting position for the dealing or delivery of the cards. The
pai gow shaker shall be designed and constructed to contain any feature the
Division may require to maintain the integrity of the game and shall, at a
minimum, adhere to the following specifications:
1. The pai gow poker shaker shall be capable
of housing three dice and shall be designed so as to prevent the dice from
being seen while the dealer is shaking it; and
2. The pai gow poker shaker shall have the
name or identifying logo of the casino imprinted or impressed
thereon.
(f) As an
alternative to using the shaker and dice described in (e) above, a casino
licensee may, unless the casino licensee offers the optional bonus wagers
authorized by
13:69F-11.17, determine the
starting position for the dealing or delivery of the cards in pai gow poker by
utilizing a computerized random number generator that automatically selects and
displays a number from 1 through 7 inclusive. Any computerized random number
generator proposed for use by a casino licensee shall be approved by the
Division.
(g) If a casino licensee
offers a progressive payout wager pursuant to
13:69F-11.14, the pai gow poker
table shall include the following features:
1.
A separate acceptor device mounted for the placement of the progressive wager,
which acceptor device shall have a light that illuminates upon the insertion
and acceptance of a gaming chip;
2.
A sign describing each winning progressive payout wager and the payout to be
awarded therefore;
3. A table
controller panel located in an area of the table as approved by the Division
and which shall be equipped with a "lock-out" button that, once activated by
the dealer as set forth in
13:69F-11.14, shall prevent any
player from depositing a gaming chip in the acceptor device; and
4. A mechanical, electrical or electronic
table inventory return device which shall permit all gaming chips deposited
into the acceptor device referenced in (g)1 above to be collected and
immediately returned to a designated area within the table inventory container
prior to the dealing of a hand. The table inventory return device shall be
designed and constructed to contain any feature the Division may require to
maintain the security and integrity of the game. The procedures for the
operation of all functions of the table inventory return device shall be
submitted to Division.
(h) If a casino licensee offers the dragon's
eye variation of pai gow poker pursuant to
13:69F-11.8D, in addition to the
requirements set forth in (b) above, the layout shall include six separate
betting areas at each player position for the placement of the following six
optional wagers:
1. An even wager;
2. An odd wager;
3. A match wager;
4. A double wager;
5. A triple wager; and
6. A dice bonus wager.
(i) If a casino licensee offers the "dealer
queen's dragon" wager, "dynasty bonus" wager, "protection" wager, and the
"red/black" wager authorized by
13:69F-11.20 then the following
shall apply:
1. A separate area for each
player, located above the numbered betting areas, designated "queen's dragon"
for the placement of the "dealer queen's dragon" wager.
2. A separate area for each player, located
to the right of the numbered betting areas, designated "dynasty bonus" for the
placement of the "dynasty bonus" wager.
3. A separate area for each player, located
to the left of the numbered betting areas, designated "P" for the placement of
the "protection" wager.
4. Two
separate areas for each player, one located to the right of the "queen's
dragon" betting area and colored red and the other located to the left of the
"queen's dragon" betting area and colored black, for the placement of the
"red/black" wager.
5. Notice of
signage, as approved by the Division, providing the payout odds for the "dealer
queen's dragon" wager, "dynasty bonus" wager, "protection" wager, "red/black"
wager, and payout amounts for the "envy bonus" as defined at
13:69F-11.20.
6. Inscriptions indicating the aggregate
payout limit per round of play for the "dealer queen's dragon" wager, the
"dynasty bonus" wager, the "protection" wager, and the "red/black" wager
established by the casino licensee pursuant to
13:69F-11.16(d)
or a generic inscription indicating the wagers are subject to the posted payout
limit.
