- (a) If the certificate holder offers Three Card Prime in accordance with Chapter 679a (relating to Three Card Prime) or a variation of Three Card Prime under Chapter 679b (relating to Three Card Prime side wagers and variations—temporary regulations), the certificate holder may, if specified in its Rules Submission filed under § 601a.2 (relating to table games Rules Submissions), offer to each player who has placed an Ante wager the optional Five Card progressive payout wager.
(b) In addition to the layout and signage for the Three Card Prime table under § 679a.2(b) (relating to Three Card Prime table physical characteristics), the layout shall include the following:
- (1) A designated area for the placement of the Five Card progressive payout wager.
- (2) A designated area for the placement of two community cards to be used in conjunction with the player’s hand for purposes of forming a five-card hand for the Five Card progressive payout wager.
(c) If a certificate holder offers the Five Card progressive payout wager, the Three Card Prime table must have a progressive table game system, in accordance with § 605a.7 (relating to progressive table games), for the placement of Five Card progressive payout wagers. If the certificate holder is offering the Five Card progressive payout wager on multiple linked tables or games in the same licensed facility, the progressive table game system must comply with § 605a.8 (relating to linked progressive table games). The progressive table game system must include the following:
- (1) A wagering device at each betting position that acknowledges or accepts the placement of the Five Card progressive payout wager.
- (2) A device that controls or monitors the placement of Five Card progressive payout wagers at the gaming table, including a mechanism, such as a lock-out button, that prevents the recognition of a Mini-royal progressive payout wager that a player attempts to place after the dealer has announced ‘‘no more bets.’’
- (d) A Five Card progressive payout wager may be placed at any time prior to the dealer announcing ‘‘no more bets’’ under § 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).
- (e) After placing the Three Card Prime wagers as required in § 679a.7(d) (relating to wagers) and any optional wagers, including the Five Card progressive payout wager, the dealer shall deal the cards in accordance with § 679a.11(a) and (b) (relating to procedures for completion of each round of play). If a player, having made a Five Card progressive payout wager, chooses not to place a Play wager, thereby folding, the Five Card progressive payout wager shall not be forfeited but shall remain on the table until settled, consistent with the Prime, Pair bonus or All Six bonus wager.
- (f) The dealer shall then deal two community cards face down onto the area designated under subsection (b)(2).
- (g) The dealer shall continue to deal the round to completion consistent with § 679a.11(c)—(e).
- (h) Following the settlement of all other optional wagers, the dealer shall turn the two community cards face up. These two cards shall be combined with players’ three-card hands to form the player’s five-card hand for the Five Card progressive payout wager.
- (i) Five Card progressive payout wagers shall win and be paid according to subsection (j) if the player’s five-card hand forms a designated winning combination under the certificate holder’s selected paytable.
(j) The certificate holder shall pay out winning Five Card progressive payout wagers at the odds in one of the following paytables, selected by the certificate holder in its Rules Submission filed in accordance with § 601a.2:
| Hand | Paytable 1 | Paytable 2 | Paytable 3 | Paytable 4 |
| Five-card royal flush | 100% progressive meter | 100% progressive meter | 100% progressive meter | 100% progressive meter |
| Five-card straight flush | 1,500 for 1 | 2,500 for 1 | 1,000 for 1 | 2,000 for 1 |
| Four-of-a-kind | 250 for 1 | 250 for 1 | 200 for 1 | 250 for 1 |
| Full house | 100 for 1 | 100 for 1 | 100 for 1 | 75 for 1 |
| Five-card flush | 50 for 1 | 50 for 1 | 75 for 1 | 50 for 1 |
| Five-card straight | 25 for 1 | 25 for 1 | 20 for 1 | 20 for 1 |
| Three-of-a-kind | 5 for 1 | 5 for 1 | 5 for 1 | 5 for 1 |
| Two pair | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Hand | Paytable 5 | Paytable 6 | Paytable 7 | Paytable 8 |
| Five-card royal flush | 100% progressive meter | 100% progressive meter | 100% progressive meter | 100% progressive meter |
| Five-card straight flush | 100% progressive meter | 1,500 for 1 | 100% progressive meter | 2,000 for 1 |
| Four-of-a-kind | 250 for 1 | 250 for 1 | 200 for 1 | 250 for 1 |
| Full house | 75 for 1 | 75 for 1 | 75 for 1 | 75 for 1 |
| Five-card flush | 50 for 1 | 50 for 1 | 50 for 1 | 50 for 1 |
| Five-card straight | 20 for 1 | 20 for 1 | 30 for 1 | 25 for 1 |
| Three-of-a-kind | 5 for 1 | 10 for 1 | 5 for 1 | 5 for 1 |
| Two pair | 3 for 1 | N/A | 3 for 1 | 2 for 1 |
| Hand | Paytable 9 | Paytable 10 | Paytable 11 | Paytable 12 |
| Five-card royal flush | 100% progressive meter | 100% progressive meter | 100% progressive meter | 100% progressive meter |
| Five-card straight flush | 2,500 for 1 | 2,000 for 1 | 10% progressive meter | 10% progressive meter |
| Four-of-a-kind | 250 for 1 | 300 for 1 | 300 for 1 | 300 for 1 |
| Full house | 100 for 1 | 50 for 1 | 50 for 1 | 50 for 1 |
| Five-card flush | 50 for 1 | 40 for 1 | 40 for 1 | 40 for 1 |
| Five-card straight | 20 for 1 | 30 for 1 | 30 for 1 | 30 for 1 |
| Three-of-a-kind | 10 for 1 | 10 for 1 | 10 for 1 | 9 for 1 |
| Two pair | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Hand | Paytable 13 | Paytable 14 |
| Five-card royal flush | 100% progressive meter | 100% progressive meter |
| Five-card straight flush | 10% progressive meter | 10% progressive meter |
| Four-of-a-kind | 300 for 1 | 250 for 1 |
| Full house | 50 for 1 | 75 for 1 |
| Five-card flush | 40 for 1 | 50 for 1 |
| Five-card straight | 30 for 1 | 25 for 1 |
| Three-of-a-kind | 9 for 1 | 10 for 1 |
| Two pair | N/A | N/A |
| Hand | Paytable 15 | Paytable 16 | Paytable 17 | Paytable 18 |
| Five-card royal flush | 100% progressive meter | 100% progressive meter | 100% progressive meter | 100% progressive meter |
| Five-card straight flush | 500 for 1 | 1,000 for 1 | 2,500 for 1 | 500 for 1 |
| Four-card straight flush | 200 for 1 | 200 for 1 | 150 for 1 | 200 for 1 |
| Five-card flush | 50 for 1 | 50 for 1 | 75 for 1 | 75 for 1 |
| Four-card flush | 5 for 1 | 5 for 1 | 5 for 1 | 5 for 1 |
(k) The seed, increment rates and reserve increment rates listed in the following charts shall correspond with the paytable selected under subsection (j) and shall be included by the certificate holder in its Rules Submission filed in accordance with § 601a.2:
| Paytable 1 | Paytable 2 | Paytable 3 | Paytable 4 | Paytable 5 | Paytable 6 |
| Seed (multiple of progressive wager amount) | 10,000x | 10,000x | 10,000x | 10,000x | 2,000x | 10,000x |
| Increment rate | 22% | 22% | 22% | 30% | 15% | 21% |
| Reserve rate | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Paytable 7 | Paytable 8 | Paytable 9 | Paytable 10 | Paytable 11 | Paytable 12 |
| Seed (multiple of progressive wager amount) | 2,000x | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 10,000x |
| Increment rate | 15% | 15% | 15% | 15% | 18% | 22% |
| Reserve rate | N/A | 3% | 3% | 4% | 3% | N/A |
| Paytable 13 | Paytable 14 | Paytable 15 | Paytable 16 | Paytable 17 | Paytable 18 |
| Seed (multiple of progressive wager amount) | 10,000x | 10,000x | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Increment rate | 22% | 21% | 26% | 26% | 22% | 25% |
| Reserve rate | N/A | N/A | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% |
(l) In the event that a player wins the Five Card progressive payout wager, an Envy bonus shall be paid to all other players that have placed a Five Card progressive payout wager. The Envy bonus shall be paid in addition to any other payouts which the player may be entitled. The Envy bonus shall correspond to the Five Card progressive paytable selected by the certificate holder as follows:
| Paytable 1 | N/A |
| Paytable 2 | N/A |
| Paytable 3 | N/A |
| Paytable 4 | N/A |
| Paytable 5 | N/A |
| Paytable 6 | N/A |
| Paytable 7 | N/A |
| Paytable 8 | N/A |
| Paytable 9 | N/A |
| Paytable 10 | N/A |
| Paytable 11 | N/A |
| Paytable 15 | N/A |
| Paytable 16 | N/A |
| Paytable 17 | N/A |
| Paytable 18 | N/A |
| Hand | Paytable 12 | Paytable 13 | Paytable 14 |
| Five-card royal flush (multiple of progressive wager amount) | 1,000x | 5,000x | 1,000x |
| Five-card straight flush (multiple of progressive wager amount) | 300x | 1,500x | 250x |
Cross References
This section cited in 58 Pa. Code § 679b.1 (relating to Three Card Prime 2025); 58 Pa. Code § 679b.5 (relating to Five Card multi-progressive); and 58 Pa. Code § 679b.6 (relating to Five Card Dynamic progressive).