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58 Pa. Code § 631c.1. Perfect Pairs wager.

§ 631c.1. Perfect Pairs wager.

 (a)  The layout for a Baccarat table shall be submitted to the Bureau of Gaming Operations and approved in accordance with §  601a.10(a) (relating to approval of table game layouts, signage and equipment) and if the certificate holder offers the Perfect Pairs wager authorized under subsection (b), the layout shall contain separate areas designated for the placement of the Perfect Pairs wager on the player’s hand and the banker’s hand for each player.

 (b)  A certificate holder may, if specified in its Rules Submission under §  601a.2 (relating to table games Rules Submissions), offer to each player the option of placing a Perfect Pairs wager on the player’s hand or the banker’s hand, or both. The Perfect Pairs wager shall win if the initial two cards dealt to the player’s hand or dealer’s hand or both contain a colored pair, mixed pair or perfect pair. For purposes of the Perfect Pairs wager, only cards that are identical in either number or type will be considered of the same rank. For example: two jacks, or two 4s.

 (c)  After the cards are positioned in accordance with §  631a.9(c) or (d)(1)—(3) (relating to hands of player and banker; procedure for dealing initial two cards to each hand), the dealer shall announce the point count of the player’s hand and the banker’s hand and shall settle a Perfect Pairs wager by collecting all losing wagers and paying all winning wagers. If a player placed the Perfect Pairs wager on the player’s hand or the banker’s hand and the initial two cards dealt to the player’s hand or banker’s hand:

   (1)  Are a colored pair, mixed pair or perfect pair, the dealer shall pay the winning Perfect Pairs wager in accordance with subsection (d). If a player placed a Perfect Pairs wager on both the player’s hand and banker’s hand, and both the player’s hand and banker’s hand contain a colored pair, mixed pair or perfect pair, the player shall receive a payout in accordance with subsection (d) for both winning hands.

   (2)  Do not contain a colored pair, mixed pair or perfect pair, the dealer shall collect the Perfect Pairs wager.

 (d)  The certificate holder shall pay out a winning Perfect Pairs wager at the odds in one of the following paytables selected by the certificate holder in its Rules Submission filed in accordance with §  601a.2:

HandPaytable APaytable BPaytable C
Perfect pair25 to 130 to 125 to 1
Colored pair12 to 110 to 115 to 1
Mixed pair6 to 15 to 15 to 1

 (e)  As used in this section, the following words and terms shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection:

   Colored pair—The initial two cards dealt to the player or banker that are of the same rank and the same color but different suits.

   Mixed pair—The initial two cards dealt to the player or banker that are of the same rank but different colors.

   Perfect pair—The initial two cards dealt to the player or banker that are of the same rank, the same color and the same suit.


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