1. (a) Wagers at Five Card Roulette shall be made by placing value chips, plaques or other Board-approved table game wagering instruments on the appropriate areas of the Five Card Roulette layout. Verbal wagers accompanied by cash may be accepted provided that they are confirmed by the dealer and the cash is expeditiously converted into value chips or plaques.

2. (b) To participate in a round of play, a player shall place an Ante wager. The following terms apply:

   1. (1) A Black Ante wager that the community card revealed will be black.
   2. (2) A Red Ante wager that the community card revealed will be red.

3. (c) A certificate holder shall offer to each player who placed an Ante wager in accordance with subsection (b) the option of placing the following optional wagers:

   1. (1) A Two—Six wager that the community card revealed will be a two, three, four, five or six and of the color of the player’s Ante wager under subsection (b).
   2. (2) A Seven—Jack wager that the community card revealed will be a seven, eight, nine, ten or jack and of the color of the player’s Ante wager under subsection (b).
   3. (3) A Queen-King wager that the community card revealed will be a queen or king and of the color of the player’s Ante wager under subsection (b).
   4. (4) An Ace wager that the community card revealed will be an ace of the color of the player’s Ante wager under subsection (b).
   5. (5) A Joker wager that the community card revealed will be a joker.

   6. (6) A Community Card bet that the five-card hand formed at the end of the game round by the five community cards will result in a winning combination, outlined in § 691.9(c) (relating to payout). For purposes of the Community Card bet, jokers shall be considered wild. The Community Card bet will win if the five-card hand forms one of the following combinations:

      1. (i) Royal Flush without a joker, which is the ten, jack, queen, king and ace of the same suit, without a joker being used to complete the set.

      2. (ii) Five of a Kind, which is comprised of one of the following:

         1. (A) Four cards of the same rank plus a joker.
         2. (B) Three cards of the same rank plus two jokers.
      3. (iii) Royal Flush with a joker, which is the ten, jack, queen, king and ace of the same suit. One or two jokers may be used to complete the hand configuration.

      4. (iv) Straight Flush, which is five cards of the same suit in consecutive ranking. The following apply:

         1. (A) The ace card may begin the Straight Flush (face value of 1). A Straight Flush ending with an ace as the highest card would constitute a Royal Flush.
         2. (B) One or two jokers may be used to complete the hand configuration.

      5. (v) Four of a Kind, which is comprised of one of the following:

         1. (A) Four cards of the same rank regardless of suit.
         2. (B) Three cards of the same rank regardless of suit plus one joker.
         3. (C) Two cards of the same rank regardless of suit plus two jokers.
      6. (vi) Full House, which is comprised of two cards of one value (a pair) and three cards of another value (three-of-a-kind). One or two jokers may be used to complete the hand configuration.
      7. (vii) Flush, which is comprised of five cards all of the same suit. One or two jokers may be used to complete the hand configuration.
      8. (viii) Straight, which is comprised of five cards of consecutive rank, regardless of suit. One or two jokers may be used to complete the hand configuration.
      9. (ix) All same color, which is comprised of all five cards being red or all five cards being black. One or two jokers may be used to complete the hand configuration.

Cross References

This section cited in 58 Pa. Code § 691.1 (relating to Five Card Roulette table; physical characteristics); and 58 Pa. Code § 691.8 (relating to procedure for completion of each round of play).