§ 680a.7. Wagers.
(a) Wagers at Saigon 5 Card 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 Saigon 5 Card 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 shall be placed prior to the dealer announcing ‘‘no more bets’’ in accordance with the dealing procedure in § 680a.8, § 680a.9 or § 680a.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cards from the hand; and procedures for dealing the cards from an automated dealing shoe) and may not be increased or withdrawn after the dealer has announced ‘‘no more bets.’’
(d) The following wagers may be placed in the game of Saigon 5 Card:
(1) A player shall compete solely against the dealer by placing an Ante Wager.
(2) If more than one player is playing at a Saigon 5 Card table and the certificate holder elects to require players to place a Pot Wager, a player shall make a Pot Wager equal to the table minimum to compete against the other players’ two-card hands.
(3) 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 Saigon 5 Card table the option to make an additional Bonus Wager which shall win if the player’s five cards contain two pair or better as described in § 680a.6(c) (relating to Saigon 5 Card rankings).
(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.
Authority The provisions of this § 680a.7 amended under 4 Pa.C.S. § § 1202(b)(30), 1322, 13A02(1) and (2), 13A27, 1602, 1604 and 1608.
Source The provisions of this § 680a.7 amended November 1, 2019, effective November 2, 2019, 49 Pa.B. 6676. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (385373) to (385374).
Cross References This section cited in 58 Pa. Code § 680a.2 (relating to Saigon 5 Card table physical characteristics); 58 Pa. Code § 680a.8 (relating to procedures for dealing the cards from a manual dealing shoe); 58 Pa. Code § 680a.9 (relating to procedures for dealing the cards from the hand); and 58 Pa. Code § 680a.10 (relating to procedures for dealing the cards from an automated dealing shoe).
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