Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) There shall
be two hands dealt in the game of Minibaccarat, one of which shall be
designated the Player's Hand and the other designated the Banker's
Hand.
(b) Prior to dealing any
cards, the dealer shall announce "no more bets."
(c) The dealer shall then deal an initial
four cards from the dealing shoe in accordance with one of the following
options selected by the certificate holder in its Rules Submission under §
601a.2 (relating to table games
Rules Submissions):
(1) The dealer shall
remove cards from the dealing shoe with his left hand and place them face up on
the appropriate area of the layout with his right hand. The first and third
cards dealt shall constitute the first and second cards of the Player's Hand
and placed on the area designated for the Player's Hand. The second and fourth
cards dealt shall constitute the first and second cards of the Banker's Hand
and placed on the area designated for the Banker's Hand.
(2) The dealer shall remove cards from the
dealing shoe with his left hand and place them face down on the layout. The
first and third cards dealt shall constitute the first and second cards of the
Player's Hand and placed on the area designated for the Player's Hand. The
second and fourth cards dealt shall constitute the first and second cards of
the Banker's Hand and placed underneath the right corner of the dealing shoe
until the Player's Hand is called as provided in §
627a.9 (relating to procedure for
dealing a third card). The second and fourth cards shall then be turned face up
and placed on the area designated for the Banker's Hand.
(d) Prior to dealing a third card to the
Player's or Banker's Hand, the dealer shall settle all House Money Wagers as
follows:
(1) If a player placed a House Money
Wager, beginning from the dealer's right and moving counterclockwise around the
table, the dealer shall collect all losing House Money Wagers and pay all
winning wagers in accordance with §
627a.12(h)
(relating to payout odds; vigorish) provided that, at a player's discretion,
the player may add the winning House Money payout to the player's original
wager on the Player's or Banker's Hand in accordance with the following:
(i) All of the winning House Money payout or,
if specified in the certificate holder's Rules Submission filed in accordance
with §
601a.2, only a specified portion
of the winning House Money payout shall be added to the area designated for the
placement of the player's original wager on the Player's or Banker's Hand. The
player's original wager and the House Money payout which was added to the
player's original wager shall be settled based on the outcome of the player's
wager on the Player's or Banker's Hand.
(ii) A player may not touch the winning House
Money payout. The dealer shall either hand the entire winning House Money
payout to the player or place all or a portion thereof, as authorized by the
certificate holder, on the area designated for the placement of the player's
wager on the Player's or Banker's Hand.
(2) After settling the House Money Wagers,
the game shall resume by dealing any third cards that are required to be dealt
in accordance with § 627a.9.
(e) Players may not touch, handle, remove or
alter any cards used to play Minibaccarat.
The provisions of this § 627a.8 amended under
4
Pa.C.S. §§
1202(b)(30),
1207(3) and (9) and
13A02(1), (2) and (4).
This section cited in 58 Pa. Code §
627a.9 (relating to procedure for
dealing a third card); 58 Pa. Code §
627a.11 (relating to announcement
of result of round; payment and collection of wagers); 58 Pa. Code §
627b.1 (relating to Perfect Pairs
wager); 58 Pa. Code §
627b.2 (relating to
commission-free Minibaccarat); and 58 Pa. Code §
627b.3 (relating to Royal 9
Progressive wager).
