Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 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.
