27 SEPTEMBER

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

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11.6A The casino operator may (with the Authority’s approval) divide the jackpot prize pool into two separate sub-pools:
(a) one for the payment of winning Flush, Full House, and 4 of a Kind hands (the “Minor Prize Pool”); and
(b) the other for the payment of winning Straight Flush and Royal Flush hands (the “Major Prize Pool”).
On granting its approval the Authority may impose such conditions as it thinks fit. The rate of increment to each sub-pool established under this rule shall be approved, and may be varied, by the Authority.

11.6B The casino operator may (with the Authority’s approval) combine the separate sub-pools established pursuant to rule 11.6A into a single jackpot prize pool. On granting its approval the Authority may impose such conditions as it thinks fit.

11.6C Where the casino operator has established separate jackpot sub-pools pursuant to rule 11.6A, the following rules in this division shall be modified as follows:
(a) rule 3.5 (a) is amended by inserting, after the words “prize pool”, the words “and of each jackpot sub-pool”;
(b) rule 3.5 (b) is amended by substituting “the amount of the Major Prize Pool” for “the amount of the jackpot”;
(c) rules 11.9 (a) and (b) are each amended by substituting the words “Major Prize Pool” for “jackpot”;
(d) rule 11.10 is deleted and the following rule substituted:

“11.10 If 2 or more hands qualify for a progressive jackpot payout from the Major Prize Pool during a round of play at the same table:
(a) all Straight Flushes (if any) shall first be paid in accordance with subparagraph (b) of rule 11.9;
(b) all Royal Flushes (if any) shall receive the greater of either:
(i) $10,000, or
(ii) an equal share (if there are 2 or more Royal Flushes), or the whole (if there is only 1), of the Major Prize Pool, being the amount remaining in the pool after deduction of the payouts (if any) referred to in the preceding subparagraph of this rule.”;
(e) rule 11.11 is amended by inserting the words “from the Major Prize Pool” after “jackpot payout”, and by deleting the words “jackpot prize”;
(f) rule 11.14 is amended by inserting the words “from the Major Prize Pool” after “payout”.

Section 12 – Irregularities

4.2 Rule 12.11 of this division is amended by deleting the words “made during the round, or the wagers”.

4.3 Rule 12.15 of this division is amended by deleting the words “and none of the dealer’s face down cards has been revealed”.

5. Division 8 – Roulette

Section 3 – Wagers

5.1 Rule 3.8 of this division is deleted and the following rule substituted:

“3.8 Subject to the proviso contained in this rule:
(a) each wager shall be settled in accordance with its position on the layout when the ball falls to rest in a compartment of the wheel; and
(b) for the purposes of this rule, any wager touching a line or lines on the layout shall be treated as though the wager was placed on that line or those lines (as the case may be).

Proviso: the casino operator may modify the application of this rule if it is apparent that:
(i) the wager has been accidentally moved or misplaced by the dealer (except in the case of bets placed incorrectly on the layout by the dealer as the result of a call bet from a patron); or
(ii) the wager has been accidentally moved by another patron,
in which event the wager shall be settled in accordance with its original placement.”

6. Division 9 – Tai-Sai

Index

6.1 The index to this division is amended by:
(a) numbering the appendix as “Appendix 1”;
(b) adding the words “Appendix 2 Tai-Sai Table Layout (Alternative)” at the end.

Section 3 – Table Layout and Equipment

6.2 Rule 3.2 of this division is amended by substituting the words “either of the appendices” for “the appendix”.

Section 4 – Wagers

6.3 Rule 4.1 of this division is amended by inserting, after rule 4.1 (h), the following:

“And, where the alternative layout as shown in Appendix 2 is used:
(i) Three Dice Combinations, being a wager on any one of the following specific three dice combinations of:
1, 1, and 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6
2, 2, and 1, 3, 4, 5 or 6
3, 3, and 1, 2, 4, 5 or 6
4, 4, and 1, 2, 3, 5 or 6
5, 5, and 1, 2, 3, 4 or 6
6, 6, and 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5