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58 Pa. Code § 688a.1. Definitions.

§ 688a.1. Definitions.

 The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

   Ace High Bonus Wager—An additional Face Up Pai Gow Poker wager which pays if the dealer’s hand is an Ace High Pai Gow.

   Ace High Pai Gow—When the seven cards in the player or dealer’s hand is a rank of Ace high.

   Envy Bonus—An additional fixed sum payout made to a player who placed a Qualifying Wager when another player at the Face Up Pai Gow Poker table is the holder of an Envy Bonus Qualifying Hand.

   Envy Bonus Qualifying Hand—A player’s Face Up Pai Gow Poker hand with a rank of a four-of-a-kind or better formed from the seven cards dealt to a player.

   Fortune Bonus Wager—An additional Face Up Pai Gow Poker wager which considers the best hand possible among the player’s seven cards against a posted paytable.

   High hand—The five-card hand that is formed from the seven cards dealt so as to rank equal to or higher than the two-card low hand.

   Low hand—The two-card hand that is formed from the seven cards dealt so as to rank equal to or lower than the five-card high hand.

   Progressive Payout Wager—An optional wager a player may make prior to any cards being dealt to compete against a posted progressive paytable and meter.

   Qualifying Wager—A Progressive Payout Wager or Fortune Bonus Wager of at least $5 which may entitle a player to an Envy Bonus.

   Setting the hands—The process of forming a high hand and low hand from the seven cards dealt.



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