Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) If a casino
licensee, pursuant to
13:69F-11.8C, uses a random number
generator to determine the starting position for the dealing of cards or the
delivery of stacks of cards, the casino licensee may in its discretion offer to
every player at the pai gow poker table the option to make an additional wager
as to which one of the numbers 1 through 7 will be selected and displayed by
the random number generator at the beginning of a round of play.
(b) The following procedures shall be
observed by any casino licensee offering the additional wager authorized by
this section:
1. Prior to the activation of
the random number generator at the beginning of a round of play, any player who
has made a pai gow poker wager pursuant to
13:69F-11.7 may, at the same time,
make the additional wager authorized by this section. A player may make an
additional wager on more than one number during each round of play.
2. A player shall make an additional wager by
placing gaming chips, and if permitted by the casino licensee, a match play
coupon, on the number selected by the player in the area designated for
additional wagers on the pai gow poker table layout. No verbal additional
wagers or cash additional wagers shall be permitted.
3. An additional wager shall win if the
number selected by the player in (b)2 above is the same number selected and
displayed by the random number generator as the first player position to
receive cards during that round of pai gow poker. All other additional wagers
shall lose.
4. After the dealer
announces "No more bets" and the random number generator selects and displays
the position number for that round of play, any losing additional wagers shall
be immediately collected by the dealer.
5. Any winning additional wagers shall be
paid immediately after collection of any losing additional wagers, and prior to
any card being dealt to any player at the table.
6. A casino licensee shall pay off winning
additional wagers at odds of no less than 5 1/2 to 1 and no more than 6 to 1,
and in accordance with the payout odds imprinted on the pai gow poker table
layout; provided, however, that payouts for any additional winning wagers shall
be rounded down to the nearest whole dollar.
(c) Any additional wager made pursuant to
this section shall have no bearing upon any other wager made by a player at the
game of pai gow poker.
