8.—(1) In this regulation “Casino Stud Poker” means a version of the card-game stud poker in which—
(a)one player (the banker) plays against one or more other players (the opposing player or players);
(b)a single pack of fifty-two cards is used, which is shuffled prior to the commencement of each hand;
(c)the relative value of the cards, the ranking of hands and the terms used to describe the hands held by a participant in the game are as described in Schedule 2 to these Regulations;
(d)each opposing player and the banker are dealt five cards; and
(e)all cards are dealt face down with the exception of the banker’s fifth card which is dealt face up.
(2) Section 13(1) of the Act shall not have effect in relation to a game of Casino Stud Poker which is played on premises in respect of which a licence under the Act is for the time being in force, if the game is so played as to comply with the following provisions of this regulation.
(3) Any wager in relation to the game shall be made with the banker by an opposing player and the bank shall be held by the holder of the licence or by a person acting on his behalf in pursuance of a contract of service made between the holder of the licence and that person.
(4) No person other than the holder of the licence shall have any share or interest in the bank.
(5) An initial wager (referred to in this regulation as a player’s “Ante wager”), shall be made by an opposing player before any cards are dealt in the game, and shall be placed in the designated betting area.
(6) An opposing player who wishes to continue in the game after the cards are dealt shall make a second wager (referred to in this regulation as a player’s “Raise wager”) which must be exactly twice his Ante wager.
(7) Those opposing players not making a Raise wager shall surrender the amount staked on their Ante wager to the bank.
(8) The wagers of the remaining opposing players shall win if, upon the hands being revealed—
(a)the banker does not have a hand containing Ace/King or better, in which case the hand will be complete and the opposing player’s Ante wager only shall win at 1 to 1; in this case, his Raise wager shall be a “no bet” and shall be returned; or
(b)the banker does have a hand containing Ace/King or better and the opposing player has a hand which outranks it, in which case the player’s Ante wager shall win at 1 to 1 and his Raise wager shall win and be paid as follows:
(i)straight flush (50 to 1);
(ii)four of a kind (20 to 1);
(iii)full house (8 to 1);
(iv)flush (6 to 1);
(v)straight (4 to 1);
(vi)three of a kind (3 to 1);
(vii)two pairs (2 to 1); and
(viii)one pair or less (1 to 1).
(9) For the purposes of paragraph (8) above, “Ace/King or better” means a hand containing at least one Ace and one King, or any better hand in accordance with the ranking of hands described in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.
(10) An opposing player’s hand which is outranked by the banker’s will lose both his Ante and Raise wagers.
(11) If an opposing player’s hand and the banker’s hand are of exactly equal ranking, the wagers on those hands will be void.
(12) The holder of the licence shall make available to players all the kinds of wagers referred to in this regulation.