TEMPORARY RULES: New Color Wagers In Roulette
Gaming Equipment
Rules of the Games
Temporary Amendments: N.J.A.C. 19:46-1.7 and 19:47-5.1
Authority: N.J.S.A. 5:12-5, 69, 70, 99 and 100
The temporary rules follow:
Summary
The temporary amendments permit Atlantic City casino licensees to offer
a variation of the authorized game of roulette that includes new “color” wagers,
commercially known as “diamond roulette.”
The new game variation requires a roulette wheel containing the same
36-number arrangement as the standard single-zero or double-zero roulette
wheel described in N.J.A.C. 19:46-1.7(b)1 or 2, but the wheel is also divided
into six sections identified by six different colors as described in the temporary
amendments at N.J.A.C. 19:46-1.7(b)3(i) and (ii).
With two exceptions noted below, the new roulette game variation
includes all of the usual roulette wagers. But the variation also permits
additional wagers on the six different colored sections of the roulette wheel. As
defined in temporary N.J.A.C. 19:47-5.1(e)6ii, the new “color wager” is a bet
that the roulette ball will come to rest in a compartment of the roulette wheel
that corresponds to any one of six numbers contained in a specific section of
the roulette wheel of the matching color (black, blue, gold, red, purple or green)
on the roulette layout. To facilitate placement of these bets, the layout for this
game variation similarly contains six new betting spots, each of a different color
and corresponding to the six colors on the modified roulette wheel. See
temporary N.J.A.C. 19:47-5.1(e)6ii.
As indicated in N.J.A.C. 19:47-5.2(a), the payout odds for this sixnumber color wager are 5 to 1, the same as the standard six-number line
wager described in N.J.A.C. 19:47-5.1(e)6i. The house advantage for the new
color wager is 5.26% on a double-zero roulette wheel and 2.70% on a singlezero roulette wheel.
The additional new “Double Diamond or Triple Diamond” wager is simply
a variation and extension of the foregoing six-number color wager. On a singlezero roulette wheel, the wager would be a seven-number bet that the roulette
ball will come to rest in a compartment of the roulette wheel that corresponds
to any one of six numbers contained in a specific section of the roulette wheel
of the matching color (black, blue, gold, red, purple or green) on the roulette
layout, or in the single-zero compartment. On a double-zero roulette wheel, the
new wager would be an eight-number bet that the roulette ball will come to rest
in the zero or double-zero compartment, or in a compartment of the roulette
wheel that corresponds to any one of six numbers contained in a specific
section of the roulette wheel of the matching color (black, blue, gold, red,
purple or green) on the roulette layout. See temporary N.J.A.C. 19:47-5.1(e)7
and 8.
The payout odds for the seven numbers color wager are 4-to-1, resulting
in a house advantage of 5.419%. The payout odds for the eight numbers color
wager are 3-to-1, resulting in a house advantage of 15.79%. See N.J.A.C. 19:475.2(a).
A roulette table offering the new color wagers may not offer the “dozens”
wager in N.J.A.C. 19:47-5.1(e)8 or the “red” or “black” wagers in N.J.A.C.
19:47-5.1(e)9 and 10. See temporary N.J.A.C. 19:45-5.1(g). The space on the
layout normally used for these bets is occupied instead by the betting spots for
the new color wagers.
The Commission has also taken this opportunity to codify the mandatory
numerical layout on a single-zero and double-zero roulette wheel, by listing the
prescribed number sequence in the temporary amendments to N.J.A.C. 19:461.7(b)1 and 2, in lieu of utilizing a diagram.
Full text of the temporary adoption follows (additions indicated in
boldface thus; deletions indicated in brackets [thus]):
19:46-1.7 Roulette wheel and table; physical characteristics; double zero
roulette wheel used as a single roulette wheel
(a) (No change.)
(b) Each roulette wheel shall be of a single zero variety or a double zero
variety as described and depicted below:
1.
Each single zero roulette wheel shall have 37 equally spaced
compartments around the wheel where the roulette ball shall come to rest. The
roulette wheel shall also have a ring of 37 equally spaced areas to correspond
to the position of the compartments with one marked zero and colored green
and the others marked 1 to 36 and colored alternately red and black. Unless
otherwise approved by the Commission, [which] the numbers shall be
arranged clockwise around the wheel [as depicted] in the following order: 0,
32, 15, 19, 4, 21, 2, 25, 17, 34, 6, 27, 13, 36, 11, 30, 8, 23, 10, 5, 24, 16,
33, 1, 20, 14, 31, 9, 22, 18, 29, 7, 28, 12, 35, 3 and 26 [diagram unless
otherwise approved by the Commission]. The color of each compartment shall
either be a corresponding color to those depicted on the ring or a neutral color
as approved by the Commission.
2.
Each double zero roulette wheel shall have 38 equally spaced
compartments around the wheel where the roulette ball shall come to rest. The
roulette wheel shall also have a ring of 38 equally spaced areas to correspond
to the position of the compartments with one marked zero and colored green,
one marked double-zero (00) and colored green, and the others marked 1 to 36
and colored alternately red and black. Unless otherwise approved by the
Commission, [which] the numbers shall be arranged clockwise around the
wheel [as depicted] in the following order: 0, 28, 9, 26, 30, 11, 7, 20, 32, 17,
5, 22, 34, 15, 3, 24, 36, 13, 1, 00, 27, 10, 25, 29, 12, 8, 19, 31, 18, 6, 21,
33, 16, 4, 23, 35, 14 and 2 [diagram unless otherwise approved by the
Commission]. The color of each compartment shall either be a corresponding
color to those depicted on the ring or a neutral color as approved by the
Commission.
3.
Notwithstanding (b)1 and 2 above, if a casino licensee offers
the optional six numbers color wager authorized by N.J.A.C. 19:47-5.1(g):
i.
The areas on the ring of a single zero roulette wheel
shall have one marked zero (0) and colored green, and the others marked
in the order specified in (b)1 above, but colored as follows: purple - 4, 21,
2, 25, 17, 34; green - 6, 27, 13, 36, 11, 30; black - 8, 23, 10, 5, 24, 16;
blue – 33, 1, 20, 14, 31, 9; gold - 22, 18, 29, 7, 28, 12; and red - 35, 3, 26,
32, 15, 19. The color of each compartment shall either be a
corresponding color to those depicted on the ring or a neutral color as
approved by the Commission.
ii.
The areas on the ring of a double zero roulette wheel
shall have one marked zero (0) and colored green, one marked double-zero
(00) and colored green, and the others marked in the order specified in (b)1
and 2 above, but colored as follows: blue – 30, 11, 7, 20, 32, 17; gold – 5,
22, 34, 15, 3, 24; red – 36, 13, 1, 27, 10, 25; purple – 29, 12, 8, 19, 31,
18; green – 6, 21, 33, 16, 4, 23; and black – 35, 14, 2, 28, 9, 26. The color
of each compartment shall either be a corresponding color to those
depicted on the ring or a neutral color as approved by the Commission.
(c) – (f) No change.)
19:47-5.1 Roulette: placement of wagers; permissible and optional wagers
(a) – (d) (No change.)
(e) The permissible wagers in the game of roulette shall be:
1.
- 5. (No change.)
6.
"Six numbers" is a wager that the roulette ball will come to rest
in a compartment of the roulette wheel that corresponds to:
i.
Any one of six consecutive numbers contained in two
contiguous rows of numbers on the roulette layout selected by the [player. The]
player, who shall select the two rows of numbers by placing a wager on the
outside common corner of the boxes on the roulette layout that contain the
first number in each of the rows being selected; or
ii.
If the casino licensee, in its discretion, offers the six
numbers color wager, the matching color (black, blue, gold, red, purple or
green) on the roulette layout selected by the player, who shall select a
color by placing a wager within the area on the roulette layout designated
for the color wager being selected.
7.
“Seven numbers color wager” is a wager on a single-zero
roulette wheel that the roulette ball will come to rest in a compartment of
the roulette wheel that corresponds to the single-zero compartment or to
any one of six numbers contained in a specific section of the roulette
wheel of the matching color (black, blue, gold, red, purple or green) on the
roulette layout selected by the player, who shall select a color by placing
a wager within the area on the roulette layout designated for the seven
numbers color wager being selected.
8.
“Eight numbers color wager” is a wager on a double-zero
roulette wheel that the roulette ball will come to rest in a compartment of
the roulette wheel that corresponds to the single-zero compartment, the
double-zero compartment or to any one of six numbers contained in a
specific section of the roulette wheel of the matching color (black, blue,
gold, red, purple or green) on the roulette layout selected by the player,
who shall select a color by placing a wager within the area on the roulette
layout designated for the eight numbers color wager being selected.
Recodify 7. -14. as 9. – 16. (No change in existing text.)
(f) Notwithstanding (e) above, a casino licensee may, in its discretion,
offer to every player at a roulette table the option to make a "seven numbers"
wager. "Seven numbers" is a wager that the roulette ball will come to rest in a
compartment of the roulette wheel that corresponds to any one of the numbers
"10", "11", "12", "13", "14", "15" or "33".
[1.
Any casino licensee offering the "seven numbers" option shall
use a roulette table layout approved by the commission.
2.] The player shall bet on "seven numbers" by placing a wager
within the area on the roulette layout that is designated for such wager and
approved by the Commission.
(g) A casino licensee that offers the six numbers color wager in (e)6ii
above, the seven numbers color wager in (e)7 above, or the eight numbers
color wager in (e)8 above shall not offer the dozen wager in (e)8 above or
the red and black wagers in (e)9 and 10 above, respectively, at the same
roulette table.
19:47-5.2 Roulette: payout odds
(a) No casino licensee, its employees or agents shall pay off winning
wagers at the game or roulette at less than the odds listed below:
Bets
Straight
Split
Three Numbers
Four Numbers
First Five Numbers
Six Numbers
Seven Numbers
Eight Numbers
Column
Dozen
Red
Black
Odd
Even
1 to 18
19 to 36
(b) – (d) (No change.)
Payout Odds
35 to 1
17 to 1
11 to 1
8 to 1
6 to 1
5 to 1
4 to 1
3 to 1
2 to 1
2 to 1
1 to 1
1 to 1
1 to 1
1 to 1
1 to 1
1 to 1