- (a) If the card dealt face up to the dealer is an ace, each player may make an Insurance wager which shall win if the dealer’s hole card is a king, queen, jack or ten.
- (b) An Insurance wager may be made by placing a value chip on the insurance line on the layout in an amount not more than 1/2 of the player’s initial Double Down Madness Blackjack wager. A player may wager an amount in excess of the 1/2 of the initial Double Down Madness Blackjack wager to the next unit that can be wagered in chips, when, because of the limitation of the value of chip demonetizations, 1/2 of the initial Double Down Madness Blackjack wager cannot be bet. Insurance wagers shall be placed prior to the dealer inserting their hole card into the card reader device.
- (c) Winning Insurance wagers shall be paid in accordance with the payout odds in § 692.10(c) (relating to payout odds).
- (d) Losing Insurance wagers shall be collected by the dealer immediately after the dealer inserts their hole card into the card reader device and determines that the dealer does not have Blackjack and before the dealer draws any additional cards.
Cross References
This section cited in 58 Pa. Code § 692.6 (relating to wagers); and 58 Pa. Code § 692.7 (relating to procedure for dealing the cards; completion of each round of play).