<html> <head> <title>Rule 20:18:16:09 Ante.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 20:18:16:09"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 20:18:16:09 Ante."> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Office HTML Filter 2.0"> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <style> <!-- --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US> <div> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>20:18:16:09.&nbsp;&nbsp;Ante.</b> An ante may be used in the game at the discretion of the retail licensee. The player must ante for each hand by placing chips equaling the ante in front of the player on the table before the first card of the game is dealt. The dealer must sweep the antes and place them in the pot. Once the first card is dealt to any player, the ante may not be altered.</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Source:</b> 16 SDR 57, effective October 1, 1989.</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>General Authority:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=42-7B-7">42-7B-7.</A></p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Law Implemented:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=42-7B-1">42-7B-1</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=42-7B-2">42-7B-2</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=42-7B-3">42-7B-3</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=42-7B-4">42-7B-4</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=42-7B-7">42-7B-7</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=42-7B-14">42-7B-14</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=42-7B-15">42-7B-15.</A></p> </div> </body> </html>