Section 68 IAC 10-2-1 - General provisionsAuthority: IC 4-33-4-1; IC 4-33-4-2; IC 4-33-4-3
Affected: IC 4-33
Sec. 1.
(a) This rule applies to all riverboat licensees.(b) Blackjack shall be conducted in conformance with this rule.(c) Riverboat licensees may only offer the game of blackjack on a table and layout that are in compliance with 68 IAC 14.(d) The following definitions apply throughout this rule:(1) "Blackjack" means an ace and second card with a point value of ten (10) dealt as the initial two (2) cards to a player or the dealer. Blackjack may not include an ace and card with a point value of ten (10) dealt to a player who has split the first two(2) cards dealt to the player.(2) "Burn" means the act of placing a card face downward in the discard rack if it is not to be utilized in play in accordance with this rule.(3) "Deal" means the distribution of the playing cards among the players and the dealer.(4) "Dealer" means the occupational licensee of the riverboat licensee who is responsible for dealing the cards at the blackjack table.(5) "Doubling down" means to make an additional wager, identical to or less than the player's original wager, on the first two (2) cards dealt to the player or the first two (2) cards of any split pair.(6) "Even money wager" means a bet placed by a player when the player has a blackjack and the exposed card dealt to the dealer is an ace. A player who makes an even money wager shall be paid at odds of at least one (1) to one (1).(7) "Exposed card" means the card held by a dealer that is seen by the other players.(8) "Hard total" means the total point count of a hand that contains no aces or that contains aces that are counted as a value of one (1).(9) "Hole card" means a card held by the dealer or player that is unseen by the other players or the dealer unless otherwise authorized by this rule.(10) "Insurance wager" means a bet placed by a player when the exposed card dealt to the dealer is an ace. The insurance wager wins if the dealer's hole card is a king, queen, jack, or ten (10). An insurance wager loses if the dealer's hole card is an ace or a two (2) through nine (9).(11) "Peek machine" means a device that allows the dealer to see the hole card to determine if the dealer has a blackjack.(12) "Soft total" means the total point count of a hand that contains an ace that is counted as a value of eleven (11).(13) "Splitting pairs" means a wager in which the first two (2) cards a player receives are identical in value. The player must make a wager on the second hand in an amount equal to the player's original wager.(14) "Surrender" means an option whereby the player surrenders the player's hand by forfeiting one-half (1/2) of the player's original wager if the dealer does not have a blackjack. Indiana Gaming Commission; 68 IAC 10-2-1; filed Apr 19, 1996, 3:00 p.m.: 19 IR 2257; errata filed Jun 20, 1996, 1:15 p.m.: 19 IR 3114; filed Dec 2, 2001, 12:35 p.m.: 25 IR 1065; readopted filed Nov 25, 2002, 10:11 a.m.: 26 IR 1261; readopted filed Nov 14, 2008, 12:51 p.m.: 20081210-IR-068080730RFAReadopted filed 11/24/2014, 10:49 a.m.: 20141224-IR-068140402RFAReadopted filed 11/24/2020, 2:41 p.m.: 20201223-IR-068200446RFA