N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 5324.22

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 45, November 2, 2024

Section 5324.22 - Casino war

(a) Casino war shall be played at a table having on one side betting positions for no more than seven players and on the opposite side a place for the dealer.

(b) The layout for a casino war table shall contain, at a minimum:

(1) the name and/or logo of the gaming facility;

(2) a separate designated betting area at each betting position for the placement of initial and war wagers;

(3) a separate designated betting area for the placement of tie wagers; and

(4) the payout odds for a tie wager and war wager.

(c) Casino war shall be played with six, seven or eight decks of cards with backs of the same color and design. Each deck of cards shall consist of 52 cards. The game of casino war shall also require one additional cover card of a color that is readily distinguishable from the backs of the cards used to play the game.

(d) All cards used in casino war shall be dealt from a manual dealing shoe.

(e) Nothing in this section shall preclude a gaming facility from using an additional cover card or similar object to conceal the last card of the stack of cards to be placed in the dealing shoe.

(f) The rank of the cards used in casino war, for the purpose of determining a winning hand, shall be, in order from the highest to lowest rank: ace, king, queen, jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3 and 2. The suit of a card shall have no effect on such card's rank.

(g) Wagers.

(1) All wagers at casino war shall be made by placing chips or plaques and, if applicable, table game promotional coupons on the appropriate betting area of the casino war layout. A verbal wager accompanied by cash shall not be accepted at the game of casino war.

(2) Except as provided in paragraph (5) of subdivision (i) of this section, all wagers at casino war shall be placed prior to the dealer announcing "no more bets" in accordance with the dealing procedures set forth in subdivision (i) of this section. Once a wager has been placed, no player shall handle, remove or alter the wager unless and until the dealer indicates that the wager has been decided in the player's favor as provided in this subsection.

(h) Procedure for dealing the cards.

(1) Prior to starting the first round of play, the dealer shall remove the first card from the shoe face down and, without revealing such card's rank to anyone, place such card in the discard rack. Each new dealer who comes to the table also shall discard one burn card before dealing any cards in a round of play.

(2) Prior to dealing any cards, the dealer shall announce "no more bets." Each card shall be removed from the dealing shoe with the left hand of the dealer and placed face up on the appropriate area of the layout with the right hand of the dealer.

(3) The dealer shall, starting with the player farthest to the dealer's left and continuing in a clockwise manner, deal the cards as follows:

(i) one card face up to each player who has placed an initial wager in accordance with subdivision (b) of this section;

(ii) one card face up to the dealer; and

(iii) If a card is not dealt to a player's initial wager or tie wager in the original deal, the wager shall be void and the player shall be included in the next round of play.

(4) Whenever the cover card is reached in the deal of the cards, the dealer shall continue dealing the cards until that round of play is completed, after which the cards shall be re-shuffled.

(5) No player shall touch any card used in the game of casino war other than the cover card.

(i) Procedures for completion of each round of play; collection and payment of wagers.

(1) After the dealing is complete, the dealer shall, beginning from the dealer's left and proceeding around the table in a clockwise direction, compare the rank of each player's card with that of the dealer's card and settle all initial and tie wagers.

(i) If a player's card is lower in rank than the dealer's card, the player shall lose such player's initial wager and, if applicable, tie wager.

(ii) If a player's card is higher in rank than the dealer's card, the player shall win such player's initial wager and, if applicable, lose such player's tie wager.

(iii) If the player's card and the dealer's card are of equal rank (a tie hand), the player shall be afforded the options specified in paragraph (3) of this subdivision as to such player's initial wager and, if applicable, win such player's tie wager.

(2) All losing initial wagers and tie wagers shall be collected by the dealer and placed in the chip tray. All winning initial wagers and tie wagers shall be paid by the dealer in accordance with the payout odds provided in subdivision (j) of this section.

(3) If a player has a tie hand, the player shall be offered one of the following options:

(i) the player may surrender one-half of such player's initial wager and end such player's participation in that round of play. If a player selects this option, the dealer shall collect one-half of the player's initial wager and place it in the chip tray. The dealer shall return the remaining one half of the initial wager to the player. The dealer shall then proceed around the table in a clockwise direction, repeating the process for each player with a tie hand who selects this option; or

(ii) the player may surrender such player's entire initial wager and place a war wager pursuant to paragraph (5) of this subdivision.

(4) After settling all initial wagers and tie wagers on the original deal, the dealer shall collect the cards of all players except for the cards of those players with a tie hand who have elected to go to war. The collected cards shall be placed in the discard rack in a manner that permits the reconstruction of each hand of the original deal in case of a question or dispute.

(5) If any player elects to make a war wager upon the occurrence of a tie hand, the dealer shall confirm the placement of the war wager and collect the full amount of the player's initial wager and place such wager in the chip tray. The player's card and the dealer's card from the original deal shall remain exposed during the war deal. The dealer shall offer any player who has elected to go to war the opportunity to place a tie wager on the war deal.

(i) The war deal shall begin with the dealer discarding three burn cards and then dealing the next card face up to the player farthest to the dealer's left who has placed a war wager. The player's war deal card shall be placed on the table adjacent to the player's card from the original deal. The dealer shall then proceed around the table in a clockwise direction repeating the process for each player who has placed a war wager and the dealer.

(ii) After the dealing procedures have been completed, the dealer shall, beginning from the dealer's left and proceeding around the table in a clockwise direction, compare the rank of each player's card from the war deal to the dealer's card from the war deal and settle all war and tie wagers.

(a) If the player's card in the war deal is lower in rank than the dealer's card in the war deal, the player shall lose such player's war wager and, if applicable, tie wager.

(b) If the player's card in the war deal is higher in rank than the dealer's card in the war deal, the player shall win such player's war wager and, if applicable, lose such player's tie wager.

(c) If the player's card in the war deal and the dealer's card in the war deal are of equal rank, the initial wager shall be returned to the player and the player shall win the player's war wager and the player's tie wager, if applicable.

(iii) All losing war wagers and tie wagers shall be collected by the dealer and placed in the chip tray. All winning war wagers and tie wagers shall be paid in accordance with the payout odds posted. After the collection of all losing wagers and the payment of all winning wagers from the war deal, the dealer shall remove all remaining cards from the table and place such cards in the discard rack in a manner that permits the reconstruction of each hand of the war deal in case of a question or dispute.

(j) Payout odds. The gaming facility shall pay winning wagers at no less than the following odds:

(1) An initial wager shall be paid at 1:1.

(2) A tie wager shall be paid at 10:1.

(3) A war wager shall be paid at odds of 2:1, unless the war deal results in a tie hand, in which a case a war wager shall be paid at 3:1.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 5324.22

Adopted New York State Register November 16, 2016/Volume XXXVIII, Issue 46, eff. 11/16/2016