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Texas Hold'em Work Group
| Texas Hold'em Update The Texas Hold’em Wager Limit Increase Pilot Program began October 15, 2010, and is scheduled to end March 31, 2012. Current poker wager limits are set at $40. However, card rooms participating in the pilot program can offer Texas Hold’em games with wager limits up to $100. Mid-Program update  |
At their September 2010 meeting, the Commission approved an 18 month pilot program to authorize $100 wager limits for Texas Hold’em at house-banked and Class F card rooms.
We will be sending a letter to all house-banked and Class F card rooms outlining the pilot program. Card rooms may participate in the pilot program only after requesting and receiving approval from us.
Card rooms in the pilot program must collect and submit the following information to us each month:
• Dates, times, and number of tables operating under the pilot program.
• Number of players at pilot program tables every hour the games are operated.
• Wager limits offered at pilot program games.
• Daily food and beverage sales.
• Number of customers requesting to be self-barred.
• Number of suspected cheating cases on pilot program poker tables.
A final report will be presented by staff at the May 2012 Commission meeting. The Commission will evaluate the data collected in the report and use it to determine whether the wager increase should be made permanent.
Licensees in the pilot program may continue to operate at $100 wager limits until the Commission finally approves or disapproves the wager limit or until December 31, 2012, whichever comes first.
The Texas Hold’em Work Group was created in January 2010 and included representatives from the Gambling Commission, card rooms, the Recreational Gaming Association, and various other stakeholder groups. The Commissioners decided to try a work group approach after receiving several petitions the past few years to increase card game wagering limits across the board.
Commission Discussion of Pilot Program Rule
September Commission Meeting (minutes to be posted soon)
August Commission Meeting Minutes
(see pages 24-29)July Commission Meeting Minutes
(see pages 30-36)Texas Hold'em Work Group Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Summary - April 9, 2010
- Meeting Summary - March 25,
2010
- Meeting Summary - February 12,
2010
- Meeting Summary - January 19,
2010