The Gaming Clubs (Bankers' Games) Regulations 1994

Super Pan 9

9.—(1) Section 13(1) of the Act shall not have effect in relation to a game of Super Pan 9 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.

(2) In this regulation “the House” means the holder of the licence, or a person acting on his behalf in pursuance of a contract of service made between the holder of the licence and that person, and “Super Pan 9” means a card-game having the following features:

(a) one player (the banker) plays against one or more other players (the opposing player or players);

(b) eight standard packs of fifty-two cards are used from which the sevens, eights, nines and tens have been removed, leaving a total of two hundred and eighty-eight cards;

(c) each card is valued as follows:

(i) an Ace has a value of one;

(ii) cards numbered from two to six inclusive shall have a value corresponding to their respective markings; and

(iii) Jacks, Queens and Kings have a value of zero;

(d) the value of each hand is determined by totalling the values of each of its constituent cards and then, if the resulting total is an amount in excess of nine, deducting ten or such multiple of ten as is appropriate from the total so that the final value is a number from 0 to 9 inclusive;

(e) three cards are dealt to each opposing player and three to the banker;

(f) each opposing player has the option to request a fourth card;

(g) in all circumstances the House, if banker, must draw a fourth card if its hand totals five or less and stand if it totals six or more; and

(h) a player other than the House when holding the bank may take or refuse a fourth card at his own discretion.

(3) Subject to paragraph (10), any wager in relation to the game shall be made with the banker by an opposing player.

(4) Subject to the next paragraph, the House may, during the course of the game, offer the bank to another player participating in the game and in such an event the bank shall be held for one hand at a time by each player in turn (including the House), save that the player whose turn it is to hold the bank shall (if the player is not the House) have the right to refuse to do so.

(5) Where only one opposing player has placed a wager, the bank shall always be held by the House.

(6) When the bank is being held by the House, no person other than the holder of the licence shall have any share or interest in it.

(7) An initial wager shall be made by an opposing player before any cards are dealt to him.

(8) An initial wager made by an opposing player shall win if, after all participants including the banker for the time being have either taken or declined a fourth card, the point value of the player’s hand is more than the banker’s hand, and shall be considered void if the player’s hand is of equal value to the banker’s hand.

(9) An initial wager, if won, shall be payable:

(a) where the House is the bank, at odds of 19 to 20; or

(b) where a player other than the House is holding the bank, at odds of 1 to 1.

(10) On any round of betting, regardless of who is holding the bank, a wager may be made against the House that the opposing player’s hand on which the wager is made will be equal to the banker’s hand; and if, after all cards have been disclosed, the player’s hand on which the wager has been made is equal in value to the banker’s hand, the wager shall be payable at odds of 7 to 1.

(11) A player other than the House holding the bank shall have the right, if the total value of wagers placed by other players at the table does not amount to the stake that he has placed, to request the House to place a wager, provided always that this House wager does not exceed the table maximum (that being the amount of money determined by the House as the maximum it will accept as a single wager); where such a request is made the House shall comply with it.

(12) The holder of the licence shall make available to players all the kinds of wagers referred to in this regulation.