§ 647a.7. Wagers.
(a) Wagers at Texas Hold Em Bonus 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 the Texas Hold Em Bonus Poker table may place a 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 Ante, Texas Hold Em Bonus, Five Card Hand Bonus and Progressive Payout Wagers shall be placed prior to the dealer announcing no more bets in accordance with the dealing procedure in § 647a.8, § 647a.9 or § 647a.10 (relating to procedure for dealing the cards from a manual dealing shoe; procedure for dealing the cards from the hand; and procedure for dealing the cards from an automated dealing shoe). Except as provided in § 647a.11(b), (d) and (f) (relating to procedure for completion of each round of play), a wager may not be made, increased or withdrawn after the dealer has announced no more bets.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 Texas Hold Em Bonus Poker:
(1) A player shall compete against the dealers five-card Poker hand by placing an Ante Wager then a Flop, Turn and River Wager in accordance with § 647a.11(b), (d) and (f).
(2) 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 Texas Hold Em Bonus Poker table the option to make an additional Texas Hold Em Bonus Wager that the players first two cards will qualify for a payout in accordance with § 647a.12(b) (relating to payout odds; payout limitation). A Texas Hold Em Bonus Wager shall have no bearing on any other wager made by the player.
(3) A certificate holder may, if specified in its Rules Submission under § 601a.2, offer to each player at a Texas Hold Em Bonus Poker table the option to make an additional Progressive Payout Wager that the player will receive a Progressive Payout Hand. After placing the Ante Wager, 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 players respective Progressive Payout Wager has been accepted.
(4) A certificate holder may, if specified in its Rules Submission under § 601a.2, offer to each player at a Texas Hold Em Bonus Poker table the option to make an additional Five Card Hand Bonus Wager that the players five-card Poker hand formed from the players two cards and the three-card Flop, the dealers five-card Poker hand formed from the dealers two cards and the three-card Flop, or both, will contain a flush or better as defined in § 647a.6(b) (relating to Texas Hold Em Bonus Poker rankings). After placing an Ante Wager, a player may make the additional Five Card Hand Bonus Wager on the players hand or the dealers hand, or both, by using the electronic wagering device designated for that player. Each player shall be responsible for verifying that the players Five Card Hand Bonus Wager has been accepted.
(5) If specified in its Rules Submission under § 601a.2, a certificate holder may offer to each player who placed an Ante Wager the option of placing a Six Card Bonus Wager which shall win if the players two cards and the four additional Six Card Bonus cards form a three-of-a-kind or better as described in § 647a.6(d). A Six Card Bonus Wager does not have bearing on any other wagers made by the player.
(e) The 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.
Authority The provisions of this § 647a.7 amended under 4 Pa.C.S. § § 1202(b)(30) and 13A02(1) and (2).
Source The provisions of this § 647a.7 amended August 15, 2014, effective August 16, 2014, 44 Pa.B. 5463; amended December 12, 2014, effective December 13, 2014, 44 Pa.B. 7683; amended August 30, 2019, effective August 31, 2019, 49 Pa.B. 4956. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (375898) to (375899).
Cross References This section cited in 58 Pa. Code § 647a.2 (relating to Texas Hold Em Bonus Poker table physical characteristics); 58 Pa. Code § 647a.8 (relating to procedure for dealing the cards from a manual dealing shoe); 58 Pa. Code § 647a.9 (relating to procedure for dealing the cards from the hand); 58 Pa. Code § 647a.10 (relating to procedure for dealing the cards from an automated dealing shoe); and 58 Pa. Code § 647c.1 (relating to Must-Hit-By Mystery bonus).
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