Betting

1. An original wager must be an even dollar amount and may range from one dollar to twenty-five dollars. The organization may establish a minimum wager at not more than three dollars on one active table. If there is more than one active table at a site, the organization may set a higher minimum wager on additional tables. An active table under this subsection means a table in which a dealer and chips are present and available for play or has one or more players participating in the game. An organization may establish a maximum wager for each table, not to exceed twenty-five dollars. If all the tables at a site do not have the same betting limit, a plaque must be placed on top of a table indicating the minimum and maximum wager for the table. Wagers in increments of one dollar must be accepted between the posted minimum and the posted maximum limit. A wager that exceeds the maximum wager is valued at a table's maximum wager and the excess must be returned to a player. An organization shall post and announce a change in the minimum and maximum wager at a table with adequate notice to a player. 2. An original wager is the amount bet per hand before the first card is dealt and excludes tip betting. After the first card has been dealt, no original wager or tip bet may be changed. A separate wager may be a tip bet, insurance bet, splitting pairs, and doubling-down. After the first two cards have been dealt to each betting space, with the exception of the tip bet which is placed prior to any cards being dealt, the following additional wagers may be bet: a. Tip bet. An organization may permit tip betting. A tip bet is made when the original wager is made by placing a chip outside a betting space, but with the chip touching the lower left edge of the betting space, from a dealer's perspective. A betting space is limited to one tip bet. A tip bet does not have to equal an original wager and may range from fifty cents up to a table's maximum wager, but may be limited to less than the table's maximum wager at an organization's option. If a player's hand wins, a tip bet is paid off at an equal amount and the tip bet and payoff are placed in a dealer's tip receptacle. If the dealer's hand wins, a tip bet is placed in the chip tray. If a player's and dealer's hands tie, a tip bet is a tie (push). b. Insurance bet. If a dealer's faceup card is an ace, the dealer shall ask the players if they desire to make an insurance bet. A player shall make an insurance bet by placing a chip on the insurance line of the playing surface. An organization may permit insurance betting except on a tip bet. An insurance bet must be one-half the original wager. The payoff on a winning insurance bet is two to one. A dealer shall reposition the chip below the lower right-hand corner of the first card dealt and to the immediate right of the second card dealt, from the dealer's perspective. A dealer shall then announce "insurance bets are closed". However, if a player who has been dealt a natural twenty-one (blackjack) desires to make an insurance bet and does not desire to double-down, a dealer may, at an organization's option, do an even money payoff rather than having the player place an "insurance" bet. To exercise this option, a dealer shall state "even money" and immediately do a chip payoff to a player equal to the player's original wager. A dealer shall then place the player's cards in a discard holder. For this option, a tip bet is a tie (push). This rule does not apply if an insurance bet is not permitted. c. Splitting pairs. A dealer shall, beginning from the dealer's left and for each player's hand, prompt a player to indicate whether the player desires to split. Splitting is permitted on any pair or any two 10-count value cards. A player is allowed a maximum of four hands per betting space. For splitting a hand, a player shall place an additional wager, equal to an original wager, horizontal to the original wager. A player's right-hand card in a split must be played to completion before the adjacent split hand is dealt a second card. A player shall take at least one card on a split hand. A wager on each hand must equal the original wager. Split aces draw only one card each; however, if an additional ace is drawn it may be split again up to a maximum of four hands. A two-card twenty-one after a split is not a natural twenty-one. d. Doubling-down. Doubling-down is permitted on the first two cards dealt to a betting space or the first two cards of a split hand, except on split aces. An organization may permit doubling-down on tips bets. An organization may require a double-down wager to equal the original wager or tip bet or a double-down wager to be equal to or less than the original wager or tip bet. Only one additional card is dealt. A dealer shall, beginning from the dealer's left and for each player's hand, prompt a player to indicate whether the player desires to double-down. For doubling-down on an original wager or tip bet, a player shall place a chip vertical to the wager. A player may not double-down on a tip bet unless the player also doubles-down on the original wager. If a dealer is unsure of a player's intent, the dealer shall ask the player and properly reposition a chip. 3. If a player's wager consists of two or more values of chips, a player shall neatly stack the lowest value chip on top of the highest value chip. If the chips are improperly stacked, a dealer shall tell the player and either the dealer or player shall properly stack the chips.