Card Tournaments

Card Tournaments. (a) The rules and procedures for all card room tournaments shall be submitted by the licensee to the Mississippi Gaming Commission at least ten (10) working days prior to commencement of the tournament. (b) A casino licensee may offer complimentary card room tournament entries provided the dollar value of the entry is added to the tournament prize pool. (c) All tournament wagers must be made with approved tournament chips provided by the licensee. No currency or other things of value shall be used as wagers. (d) Tournament chips shall never be redeemed for cash or other things of value except that the total represented by the players’ accumulation of tournament chips shall be used to determine the winner and/or final place in a tournament. (e) Card room tournaments shall only be conducted upon the licensees’ premises and only in areas approved by the Mississippi Gaming Commission. (f) Card room tournaments shall be video recorded by the licensees’ surveillance department. (g) Card room tournament rules may permit remaining players at the final table to split the prize pool between or among themselves without the necessity of continuing tournament play to finality, provided: 1. The agreement is unanimous. 2. The agreement is voluntary. 3. The option to split the prize pool is clearly stated in the tournament rules. (h) The card room tournament director shall not encourage the final players to end tournament play early and shall ensure that every player understands all agreements concerning an early end to the tournament and splitting of the prize pool must be voluntary and unanimous. (i) If the card room tournament director feels any player is being coerced or improperly pressured into an agreement with the other players, the tournament director shall not permit an early end to the tournament.