(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all wagers shall be made prior to the first card being dealt for each round of play.
(2) All wagers at red dog shall be made by placing gaming chips or gaming plaques on the appropriate area of the layout of the red dog table and no call bets shall be allowed.
(3) To begin each round of play, the dealer shall place the first card, face up, on the box farthest to the dealer's left and the dealer shall then place the second card, face up, on the box farthest to the dealer's right.
(4) Once the first card of each round has been removed from the dealing shoe by the dealer, a participant in the game shall not handle, remove or alter any wager until a decision has been rendered and implemented with respect to that wager.
(5) If the initial 2 cards dealt have values that are consecutive, the dealer shall announce “The cards are consecutive, Tie Hand” and all wagers shall be void and the round of play shall be concluded.
(6) If the initial 2 cards dealt are of identical value, the dealer shall announce “We have a pair” and shall immediately draw a third card and place it face up in the middle box.
(7) If the third card dealt is identical in value to the initial 2 cards, the dealer shall announce “3 of a kind” and the players shall win and all wagers shall be paid at odds of 11 to 1.
(8) If the third card dealt is not identical in value to the initial 2 cards, the dealer shall announce “No 3 of a kind, Tie hand” and all wagers shall be void and the round of play shall be concluded.
(9) If the initial 2 cards dealt are neither consecutive nor a pair, the dealer shall announce “Spread” and place a marker on the corresponding spread of the layout of red dog table.
(10) The spread for each round of play shall be a number from 1 to 11 inclusive and shall be determined by the number of cards whose value can fall between the values of the initial 2 cards dealt.
(11) After all raise wagers have been made and prior to dealing the third card, the dealer shall announce “Raises closed” and the dealer shall then draw a third card, place it face up on the box between the initial 2 cards and announce the value of the third card and the dealer shall then collect all losing wagers and pay all winning wagers as follows—
(a) the player shall win if the value of the third card dealt is between the value of the initial 2 cards dealt but a third card which has the same value as the first or second card dealt is not deemed to be between the values of the initial 2 cards;
(b) all winning wagers and raise wagers shall be paid at payout odds determined by the spread for that round of play, as follows—
(c) a gaming operator or his or her employees or agents shall not payout winning wagers at the game of red dog at less than or more than the odds listed in paragraph (a) above, without prior approval of the Board of the Gaming Authority.
(12) At the conclusion of each round of play, all cards on the layout of the red dog table shall be picked up by the dealer and placed in the discard rack in order and in such a way that they can be readily arranged to reconstruct the hand in case of a question or dispute.
(13) Whenever the cutting card is reached in the deal of the cards, the dealer shall continue dealing the cards until that round of play is completed and the dealer shall then reshuffle the cards.