Section 99-01.3-11-05 - Conduct and play1. An organization may limit the number of players and may require a minimum number of players to open a table.2. A player shall buy a betting chip with currency or may exchange a casino chip for a betting chip. Only a betting chip can be used to place a bet.3. The maximum betting limit of a player for each spin is twenty dollars. Each chip is a separate chance to win. Unless an organization has a restrictive policy, a player may bet more than one chip on the same colored number or symbol for a spin. To bet, a player shall place a chip on the betting layout of a table. If a player's total bet exceeds a value of twenty dollars or exceeds an organization's maximum wager on a spin, the bet is void and the organization shall return the player's chips to the player. A player may not place a tip bet for a wheel operator.4. After all the players have bought a betting chip and before a paddlewheel is spun, a wheel operator shall announce that the players' bets for the next spin must now be placed. A wheel operator may place a chip for a player if the wheel operator first states, in a voice loud enough to be heard by all the players at a table, that the player is being assisted. When a wheel operator has determined that no other person desires to bet, the wheel operator shall announce bets closed. Thereafter, a player may not bet or touch any placed betting chip or obstruct the view of the playing surface until after a wheel operator pays off all winning wagers. A wheel operator shall double spin a paddlewheel by pulling it in a downward or upward direction and releasing it. While the paddlewheel is in motion, a wheel operator shall again pull it in a consistent downward or upward direction. A paddlewheel must rotate at least four full unrestricted revolutions. Otherwise, the spin is void and a paddlewheel must be spun again.5. When a paddlewheel stops, a wheel operator shall announce the winning colored number or symbol in a tone of voice loud enough to be heard by all the players at a table. The announcement must be in sequence of the outermost circle first to the innermost circle last. A wheel operator shall first remove all losing betting chips from the table and place them in the chip tray. Then, a wheel operator shall pay off the winning betting chips in the sequence of the bets that are most accessible to the players first and to the bets that are least accessible to the players last.6. To pay off a winning bet, a wheel operator shall fan all of a player's betting chips toward the wheel operator or side. A wheel operator shall take betting chips of the same color as the winning chip or casino chips, equal to the prize amount of the winning bet, from the chip tray, place the betting or casino chips in a stacked manner beside the wagered fanned betting chips, fan the payoff chips toward the wheel operator or side, and momentarily move the wheel operator's hands away from the chips so they are within a camera's view. However, if the prize payout equals or exceeds twenty betting or casino chips of the same value, the wheel operator may use a rack to account for one or more sets of twenty chips and fan the remaining payoff chips.7. A tip for a wheel operator must be made with a betting or casino chip. If a tip is made with a betting chip, a wheel operator shall immediately exchange the betting chip for a casino chip in the inner table area, momentarily move the wheel operator's hands away from the chip so it is within a camera's view, place the betting chip in the chip tray and casino chip in the tip receptacle. When the wheel operator's shift ends, the wheel operator shall take the tip receptacle and leave the table.8. If a player desires to redeem a betting chip, an organization shall exchange the betting chip for a casino chip at the paddlewheel table. A player may redeem a casino chip with the cashier or use it in the game of twenty-one.N.D. Admin Code 99-01.3-11-05
Effective May 1, 1998; amended effective July 1, 2000; July 1, 2002; October 1, 2006.Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2016-360, April 2016, effective 4/1/2016.Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2022-387, January 2023, effective 1/1/2023.General Authority: NDCC 53-06.1-01.1
Law Implemented: NDCC 53-06.1-01.1, 53-06.1-07.4