Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) A casino
licensee may, in its discretion, offer to each player at a pai gow poker table
the opportunity to make a pai gow insurance wager and/or a bonus wager and
receive an envy bonus payment in accordance with the provisions of this
section. The optional bonus wager authorized by this section may not be offered
by a casino licensee on any pai gow poker table which offers the optional
three-card bonus wager, the imperial pai gow bonus wager authorized by
13:69F-11.19 or the seven-card
bonus wager authorized by
13:69F-11.17.
(b) Any player who has made a pai gow poker
wager pursuant to
13:69F-11.7 may, at the same time,
make a pai gow insurance wager and/or a bonus wager by placing gaming chips in
the area designated for a bonus wager at his or her betting position. A bonus
wager shall be no less than $ 1.00.
(c) Any player who makes a bonus wager of at
least $ 5.00 shall qualify to receive an envy bonus payment. The dealer shall
place an envy bonus marker immediately in front any bonus wager of $ 5.00 or
more.
(d) If a pai gow insurance
wager and/or a bonus wager has been made by one or more players, the dealer
shall observe the procedures set forth in
13:69F-11.9 but with the following
modifications.
1. The dealer shall, starting
from the dealer's right and moving counterclockwise around the table, settle
the pai gow poker wager of each player and collect any vigorish that is due;
provided, however, that:
i. The cards of any
player who has placed a bonus wager shall remain on the layout regardless of
the outcome of his or her pai gow poker wager until removed in accordance with
the provisions of (d)2 or 3 below; and
ii. If any player has placed a pai gow
insurance wager or a bonus wager of at least $ 5.00, the cards of each player
shall remain on the layout regardless of the outcome of his or her pai gow
poker wager until removed in accordance with the provisions of (d)2 or 3
below.
2. After settling
the pai gow poker wager of a player who has placed a pai gow insurance wager or
a bonus wager, the dealer shall rearrange the seven cards of the player to form
the best possible hand and shall be ultimately responsible for creating such
hand for purposes of the pai gow insurance wager and the bonus wager. Except
for the pai gow insurance wager, a joker may be used as any card to complete
any straight, flush, straight flush, or royal flush other than a seven-card
straight flush with no joker. If any player at the table has placed a bonus
wager of at least $ 5.00, the dealer shall rearrange the cards of each player
at the table regardless whether that player has placed a bonus wager.
i. If the player does not have a qualifying
poker hand or a pai gow, the dealer shall collect the bonus wager and/or pai
gow insurance wager, if applicable, and place the cards of the player in the
discard rack.
ii. If the player has
a qualifying poker hand or a pai gow, the dealer shall, if and as applicable,
pay the winning bonus wager in accordance with
13:69F-11.16(a)
and/or the winning pai gow insurance wager in accordance with
13:69F-11.16(c)
and place the cards of the player in the discard rack.
iii. If the player has a premium qualifying
poker hand, the dealer shall verbally acknowledge the premium qualifying poker
hand and leave the bonus wager, if applicable, and the cards of the player face
up on the table.
3.
After all other bonus wagers and pai gow insurance wagers have been settled,
the dealer shall, starting from the dealer's right and moving counterclockwise
around the table, settle with each player who has an envy bonus marker at his
or her betting position or who has a bonus wager and a premium qualifying poker
hand.
i. If the player has an envy bonus
marker, the dealer shall pay the player the appropriate envy bonus payment set
forth at 13:69F-11.16(b)
and collect the envy bonus marker.
ii. If the player has a bonus wager and a
premium qualifying poker hand, the dealer shall pay the winning bonus wager in
accordance with
13:69F-11.16(a)
and place the cards of the player in the discard rack.
iii. After all envy bonuses and premium
qualifying poker hands are paid, the dealer shall collect the cards of any
player who had a premium qualifying poker hand but did not place a bonus wager
and place the cards of the player in the discard rack.
