Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) Wagers at Three
Card Poker shall be made by placing value chips, plaques or other
Board-approved table game wagering instruments on the appropriate areas of the
table layout. Verbal wagers accompanied by cash may not be accepted.
(b) Only players who are seated at a Three
Card Poker table may wager at the game. Once a player has placed a wager and
received cards, that player shall remain seated until the completion of the
round of play. If a player leaves the table during a round of play, any wagers
made by the player may be considered abandoned and may be treated as losing
wagers.
(c) All wagers, except the
Play Wager, shall be placed prior to the dealer announcing "no more bets" in
accordance with the dealing procedures in §
649a.8, §
649a.9 or §
649a.10 (relating to procedures
for dealing the cards from a manual dealing shoe; procedures for dealing the
cards from the hand; and procedures for dealing the cards from an automated
dealing shoe). Except as provided in §
649a.11(b)
(relating to procedures for completion of each round of play), a wager may not
be made, increased or withdrawn after the dealer has announced "no more
bets."
(d) The following wagers may
be placed in the game of Three Card Poker:
(1) A player may compete solely against the
dealer's Three Card Poker hand by placing an Ante Wager then a Play Wager, in
accordance with §
649a.11(b), in an
amount equal to the player's Ante Wager.
(2) A player may compete solely against a
posted paytable by placing a Pair Plus Wager.
(3) A player may compete against both the
dealer's Three Card Poker hand and the posted paytable by placing an Ante Wager
and a Pair Plus Wager in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2).
(4) A certificate holder may, if specified in
its Rules Submission under §
601a.2 (relating to table games
Rules Submissions), offer to each player at a Three Card Poker table the option
to make an additional Progressive Payout Wager that the player will receive a
Progressive Payout Hand. After placing an Ante Wager or a Pair Plus Wager, or
both, a player may make the additional Progressive Payout Wager by placing a
value chip onto the progressive wagering device designated for that player.
Each player shall be responsible for verifying that the player's respective
Progressive Payout Wager has been accepted.
(5) A certificate holder may, if specified in
its Rules Submission under § 601a.2, offer to each player at a Three Card
Poker table the option to make an additional Six Card Bonus Wager that the
three cards dealt to the dealer and the three cards dealt to the player will
form a five-card Poker hand with a rank of a three-of-a-kind or better. If the
certificate holder has selected paytable E in §
649a.12(f)
(relating to payout odds; Envy Bonus; rate of progression), the three cards
dealt to the dealer and the three cards dealt to the player shall be used to
form a six-card Poker hand for purposes of the Super Royal payout. After
placing an Ante Wager or a Pair Plus Wager, or both, a player may make the
additional Six Card Bonus Wager by placing a value chip on the designated
betting area prior to the dealer announcing "no more bets."
(6) If specified in its Rules Submission
under §
601a.2, certificate holder may
offer to each player at a Three Card Poker table the option to make an
additional Five-Card Progressive Payout Wager that the player will receive a
Five-Card Progressive Payout Hand. After placing an Ante Wager or a Pair Plus
Wager, or both, a player may make the additional Five-Card Progressive Payout
Wager by placing a value chip onto the progressive wagering device designated
for that player. Each player shall be responsible for verifying that the
player's respective Five-Card Progressive Payout Wager has been
accepted.
(7) If specified in its
Rules Submission under § 601a.2, a certificate holder may offer to each
player at a Three Card Poker table the option to make an additional Five Card
Hand Bonus Wager that the player's five-card Poker hand or the dealer's
five-card Poker hand, or both, will contain a flush or better as defined in
§
649a.6(d)
(relating to Three Card Poker rankings). After placing an Ante Wager or a Pair
Plus Wager, or both, a player may make the additional Five Card Hand Bonus
Wager on the player's hand or the dealer's hand, or both, by using the
electronic wagering device designated for that player. Each player shall be
responsible for verifying that the player's Five Card Hand Bonus Wager has been
accepted.
(8) If specified in its
Rules Submission under §
601a.2, a certificate holder may
offer to each player who placed an Ante Wager or a Pair Plus Wager the option
of placing a 5 of 6 Progressive Payout Wager which shall win if the player's
three cards combined with the dealer's three cards forms a straight or better
as described in §
649a.6(d). After
placing an Ante Wager or a Pair Plus Wager, or both, a player making a 5 of 6
Progressive Payout Wager shall place a value chip onto the progressive wagering
device designated for that player. Each player shall be responsible for
verifying that the player's respective 5 of 6 Progressive Payout Wager has been
accepted.
(e)
Notwithstanding subsection (d)(1)-(3), a certificate holder may offer a version
of Three Card Poker requiring:
(1) As a
precondition to the placement of a Pair Plus Wager, the placement of an Ante
Wager in an amount equal to or greater than the Pair Plus Wager.
(2) As a precondition to the placement of a
Pair Plus Wager, the placement of an Ante Wager in an amount equal to at least
1/2 the Pair Plus Wager.
(3) The
compulsory placement of an Ante Wager and a Pair Plus Wager, provided that one
wager may be placed in an amount up to a maximum of five times the amount of
the other wager without regard to which wager is the greater of the
two.
(f) A certificate
holder shall specify in its Rules Submission under §
601a.2, the number of adjacent
boxes on which a player may place a wager in one round of play.
The provisions of this § 649a.7 amended under
4
Pa.C.S. §§
1202(b)(30),
1322, 13A 02(1) and (2),
13A27, 1602, 1604 and 1608.
This section cited in 58 Pa. Code §
649a.2 (relating to Three Card
Poker table physical characteristics); 58 Pa. Code §
649a.8 (relating to procedures for
dealing the cards from a manual dealing shoe); 58 Pa. Code §
649a.9 (relating to procedures for
dealing the cards from the hand); 58 Pa. Code §
649a.10 (relating to procedures
for dealing the cards from an automated dealing shoe); 58 Pa. Code §
649a.12 (relating to payout odds;
Envy Bonus; rate of progression); 58 Pa. Code §
649b.1 (relating to Must-Hit-By
Mystery Bonus); and 58 Pa. Code §
651b.1 (relating to Must-Hit-By
Mystery Bonus).
