Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
(a) Wagers at Fortune Asia Poker shall be made by placing value chips or plaques on the appropriate areas of the Fortune Asia Poker layout. Verbal wagers accompanied by cash may not be accepted.(b) Only players who are seated at a Fortune Asia Poker 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 at Fortune Asia Poker shall be placed prior to the dealer announcing "no more bets" in accordance with the dealing procedures in § 659a.8, § 659a.9 or § 659a.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). A wager may not be made, increased or withdrawn after the dealer has announced "no more bets."(d) To participate in a round of play and compete against the dealer's high hand, medium hand and low hand, a player shall place a Fortune Asia Poker Wager.(e) If specified in its Rules Submission under § 601a.2 (relating to table games Rules Submissions), a certificate holder may offer to each player who placed a Fortune Asia Poker Wager in accordance with subsection (d), the option of placing the following additional wagers:(1) A Fortune Bonus Wager that the seven cards dealt to the player will form a hand with a rank of a straight or better as described in § 659a.6(d) (relating to Fortune Asia Poker rankings) or three pairs or better, depending on the payout table selected by the certificate holder.(2) An Insurance Wager that the seven cards dealt to the player will form a seven-card Poker hand that does not contain a pair or better, as described in § 659a.6(d), but will contain a card ranked a 9-high or better.(3) A Progressive Payout Wager that the seven cards dealt to the player will form a seven-card Poker hand with a rank of a full house or better as described in § 659a.6(e).(f) If specified in its Rules Submission under § 601a.2, a certificate holder may permit a player to wager on two adjacent betting areas at a Fortune Asia Poker table. If a certificate holder permits a player to wager on adjacent betting areas, the cards dealt to each betting area shall be played separately. If the two wagers are not equal, the player shall set the hand with the larger wager before ranking and setting the other hand. If the amounts wagered are equal, each hand shall be played separately in a counterclockwise rotation with the first hand being ranked and set before the player proceeds to rank and set the second hand. Once a hand has been ranked, set and placed face down on the layout, the hands may not be changed.The provisions of this § 659a.7 amended October 7, 2016, effective 10/8/2016, 46 Pa.B. 6300.The provisions of this § 659a.7 amended under 4 Pa.C.S. §§ 1202(b)(30) and 13A 02(1) and (2).
This section cited in 58 Pa. Code § 659a.2 (relating to Fortune Asia Poker table; shaker; physical characteristics); 58 Pa. Code § 659a.6 (relating to Asia Poker rankings); 58 Pa. Code § 659a.11 (relating to procedures for completion of each round of play); and 58 Pa. Code § 659b.1 (relating to Must-Hit-By Mystery Bonus).