§ 679a.7. Wagers.
(a) Wagers at Three Card Prime 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 Prime 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 § 679a.8, § 679a.9 or § 679a.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in § 679a.11(b) (relating to procedures for completion of each round of play), a wager may not be made, increased or withdrawn after the dealer has announced ‘‘no more bets.’’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 Prime:
(1) A player may compete solely against the dealer’s Three Card Prime hand by placing an Ante Wager then a Play Wager, in an amount equal to the player’s Ante Wager, in accordance with § 679a.11(b).
(2) If specified in its Rules Submission under § 601a.2 (relating to table games Rules Submissions), a certificate holder may offer to each player at a Three Card Prime table the option to make an additional Prime Wager which shall win if all three of player’s cards are of the same color.
(3) If specified in its Rules Submission under § 601a.2, a certificate holder may offer to each player at a Three Card Prime table the option to make an additional Pair Bonus Wager, which shall win if the player’s hand contains a pair or better as provided in § 679a.6(b) (relating to Three Card Prime rankings).
(4) If specified in its Rules Submission under § 601a.2, a certificate holder may offer to each player at a Three Card Prime table the option to make an additional All-Six Bonus Wager, which shall win if the player’s three cards and the dealer’s three cards form a three-of-a-kind or better as provided in § 679a.6(d).
(e) 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.
Cross References This section cited in 58 Pa. Code § 679a.2 (relating to Three Card Prime table physical characteristics); 58 Pa. Code § 679a.8 (relating to procedures for dealing the cards from a manual dealing shoe); 58 Pa. Code § 679a.9 (relating to procedures for dealing the cards from the hand); and 58 Pa. Code § 679a.10 (relating to procedures for dealing the cards from an automated dealing shoe).
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