Payout Percentage for Table Games and Progressive Table Games

PURPOSE: This rule establishes minimum payout percentages for progressive wagers on table games. (1) Table games shall have a minimum theoretical return to players of seventy percent (70%) of the total amount wagered and a maximum theoretical hold distributed to the Class B licensee of thirty percent (30%). The computation of the theoretical return to player and hold shall be based on the optimum player strategy for the game and use generally accepted mathematical analysis techniques. (2) Table games progressive wagers shall have a minimum theoretical return to players of seventy percent (70%) of the amount wagered and a maximum theoretical hold distributed to the Class B licensee of thirty percent (30%). Table games that include progressive jackpots shall include a progressive meter, visible to the public. If any part of the distribution to the progressive jackpot(s) is being used to fund a secondary jackpot, visible signage informing players of this supplemental distribution must be placed in the immediate area of the table. The existence of progressive jackpots and the distributions to those jackpots shall be set forth in the “rules of the game” within a licensee’s internal controls for each game having a progressive jackpot(s). (3) Any table game not meeting these distribution requirements shall be deemed an unauthorized gambling game. AUTHORITY: sections 313.004 and 313.807, RSMo 2000 and section 313.805, RSMo Supp. 2010.* Original rule filed May 10, 2000, effective Nov. 30, 2000. Amended: Filed March 1, 2002, effective Sept. 30, 2002. Amended: Filed July 28, 2010, effective Feb. 28, 2011. *Original authority: 313.004, RSMo 1993, amended 1994; 313.805, RSMo 1991, amended 1993, 1994, 2000, 2008, 2010; 313.807, RSMo 1991, amended 1992, 1993, 2000.