New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 69F - RULES OF THE GAMES
Subchapter 2 - BLACKJACK
Section 13:69F-2.25 - Optional bonus wager
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) A casino licensee may, in its discretion, offer each player at a blackjack table the option to make an additional wager that the dealer shall be required to draw a third card and that the third card will result in the dealer's hand having a point total greater than 21.
(b) Prior to the first card being dealt for each round of play, each player who has placed a blackjack wager in compliance with 13:69F-2.3(a) may make the bonus wager authorized by this section by placing his or her wager on the appropriate area of the blackjack layout. A verbal wager accompanied by cash may be accepted provided that it is confirmed by the dealer and casino supervisor at the table prior to the first card being dealt to any player, and that such cash is expeditiously converted into gaming chips or plaques.
(c) The amount of an optional bonus wager shall be at least $ 1.00 but shall not exceed the lesser of the player's wager pursuant to 13:69F-2.3(a) or any maximum amount established by the casino licensee and posted in accordance with 13:69F-8.3.
(d) The optional bonus wager of a player shall lose if the dealer's first two cards have a point count of 17 or higher or, if the dealer is required to draw a third card, the dealer's first three cards have a point count of 21 or less. The optional bonus wager of a player shall win if the dealer is required to draw a third card and the third card results in the dealer's hand having a point total of greater than 21. If the dealer's first two cards have a point total of less than 17 and any player has placed an optional bonus wager under this section, the dealer shall be required to draw a third card regardless of whether all players have been dealt blackjack.
(e) Immediately after the dealer either determines his or her first two cards have a point count of 17 or higher or deals a third card to his or her hand, the dealer shall, before any other wagers are settled, settle all optional bonus wagers. Starting with the player farthest to the dealer's right who has placed an optional bonus wager and proceeding around the table in a counterclockwise direction, the dealer shall collect all losing optional bonus wagers and pay all winning optional bonus wagers based upon the value of the third card drawn by the dealer as set forth in the following pay table:
| Dealer's Third Card Value | Payout Odds |
| 10 | 3 to 1 |
| Nine | 5 to 1 |
| Eight | 7 to 1 |
| Seven | 9 to 1 |
| Six | 15 to 1 |
(f) Notwithstanding (e) above, if the dealer is required to draw three cards during a round of play and all three cards have a value of eight and are of the same color or suit, a casino licensee shall pay each player who has placed an optional bonus wager as follows:
(g) The optional bonus wager shall have no bearing on any other wager made by a player at the game of blackjack.
(h) The optional bonus wager authorized by this section may not be offered at a blackjack table that offers multiple action blackjack wagers pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:69E-2.18, a progressive blackjack wager pursuant to 13:69F-2.19, a blackjack bonus wager pursuant to 13:69F-2.20, a streak wager pursuant to 13:69F-2.22, a match-the-dealer wager pursuant to 13:69F-2.23, a 20 point bonus wager pursuant to 13:69F-2.24, or the in-between wager authorized by 13:69F-2.26.
