Baccarat

HOW TO PLAY

The game is played with eight decks of 52 cards. Two hands are dealt – the Banker’s hand and the Player’s hand. The shoe is shuffled after seven decks.

BET ON PLAYER, BANKER AND TIE
Prior to each deal, the player can wager on whether the Player’s hand or the Banker’s hand will win by being closest to 9.
The player also has the option to wager on a Tie (i.e. both the Banker’s and Player’s hands will total the same).

THE INITIAL DEAL AND CALCULATING THE VALUE OF EACH HAND
After the betting time period has expired, the Player and Banker are dealt two cards.

• Aces count as 1
• Cards from 2 to 9 are worth their numerical face values
• 10 and face cards (King, Queen, Jack) are each worth zero.

If the initial value of the hand is 10 or higher, then 10 is subtracted from the total and the figure remaining is the value of the hand.

EXAMPLE BACCARAT HANDS
9+7 = 16 (= hand value of 6)
5+5+5 = 15 (= hand value of 5)
10+9 = 19 (= ‘Natural’ 9)

HOW TO PLAY

THE THIRD CARD RULE
After the first two cards are dealt to both the Player and Banker, the ‘Third Card Rule’ will determine if a third card is to be dealt. No hand receives more than three cards.

When the Player and Banker hands equal the same total, the hand is declared a Tie. If the value of the cards in either the Player’s hand or the Banker’s hand is an 8 or a 9 (a ‘Natural’) after receiving their initial two cards, then no more cards shall be dealt to either hand.

If the value of the cards in either hand on the first two cards is 0 to 7 inclusive, the hands shall draw in accordance with the ‘Third Card Rule’.

All ‘How to Play’ information plus full details of the ‘Third Card Rule’ can be accessed by players at the live table via the Help button in the toolbar.

HOW TO PLAY

RED ENVELOPE
Red Envelope is an unexpected bonus that may sometimes be generated on either the Tie, Banker Pair or Player Pair bet spots by increasing the payout up to 88x. One, two or three Red Envelopes can be generated for the same round, and they can all have different increased payout values.

The Red Envelopes are generated after betting time has expired. All three bet spots may receive a Red Envelope and an increased payout at the same time.

The Tie bet can get an increased payout of between 11x and 88x, the Banker Pair or Player Pair bet spot can receive an increased payout of between 15x to 88x.

Each time the Red Envelope happens, an animation will be visible on the relevant bet spot, showing a Red Envelope together with a randomly generated increased payout.

If the player’s bet is placed on a bet spot with a Red Envelope, and if the player won on that bet, the player will receive the higher payout. For example, if the Tie bet spot received a Red Envelope with an 88x payout, your winnings will be multiplied with 88x if you win on this bet spot.

The maximum bet limit for the Tie and Pair’s bet will be lowered to 20% of today’s max limit.

The Red Envelope feature is available on all Baccarat tables, except for Lightning Baccarat and Dual Play Baccarat.

Free games support Red Envelope. If the player plays with bonus money and wins with a Red Envelope, the payout is given to the player as bonus money.

SIDE BETS AND OTHER FEATURES

THE PAIRS SIDE BET
Players will see two additional betting spots — Player Pair and Banker Pair. These allow the player to bet on either the Player’s or the Banker’s first two cards being a Pair. The payout for either bet is a very attractive 11:1.

FURTHER SIDE BETS (ENABLED BY LICENSEE AND PLAYER)
The licensee can choose whether to take additional side bets as part of their game package.
If additional side bets are enabled in the licensee’s version of the game, that licensee’s players may then choose to activate the following side bets in Settings.

• Perfect Pair*
Pays 25 to 1 if two identical cards (in terms of value and suit) are dealt as the first two cards to either the Banker or the Player.
Pays 200 to 1 if two identical cards (in terms of value and suit) are dealt as the first two cards to both the Banker and the Player.
*Licensing fee applies to this side bet.

• Either Pair
Pays if either the Banker or Player hand is a pair. This side bet is removed for No Commission Baccarat and replaced with Super 6.

• Super 6
Pays if Banker wins with a score of 6.

• Player Bonus
Pays when the Player wins the round on a natural 8 or 9 or by at least four points.

• Banker Bonus
Pays when the Banker wins the round on a natural 8 or 9 or by at least four points.

LIVE BETTING STATISTICS
Players can see the total wager placed on a particular bet spot, as well as the number of players who placed bets on the bet spot.
The percentages of all bets placed on the Banker, the Player or on a Tie are also shown, and everything is updated in real time.

SCOREBOARDS (ROADS)
Baccarat streaks and trends for either the Player or the Banker are recorded in various scoreboards, or ‘roads. These pictorial representations of past round results and other statistics related to the current shoe may help players to predict the results of future rounds. Players can choose the background of the scorecards in Settings.

The Bead Road and Big Road display the results of each past round, while the Big Eye Road, Small Road and Cockroach Road display patterns derived from the Big Road.

SHOE STATISTICS
Statistics for the current shoe are displayed above the Big Road and include number of completed rounds; number of Player wins; number of Banker wins; number of Tie rounds; number of Player pair wins; number of Banker pair wins.

Roads and shoe statistics are always cleared when a new shoe is introduced.

FIRST PERSON

Combining the best of First Person gaming and Live Baccarat, this superior Baccarat game offers players more options than ever when playing an RNG-based game.

Players have access to six Baccarat tables and six No Commission tables. All our normal side bets, including the Super 6 bet on No Commission tables, are available.

First Person Baccarat offers players a VIP seat at the table with full control of the game. Bets are placed directly on the table which makes the game even more realistic. There is no rush, take as long as you need when placing bets. You decide when it’s time to draw the cards by clicking on the ‘DEAL’ button.

It’s easy to change to another table if you don’t like the trends at a particular table. Navigate between tables via the Multi Table View or choose another table in the Baccarat hall. You can also easily sort the tables by the longest streak for your chosen road.

You can have a number of hands dealt to a specific table for free to build trends. Choose to deal free hands or shuffle the deck at your table, or at all tables at once. After each shuffle, you are prompted to cut the deck if you want. There are exactly eight decks in the shoe and cards are burned after each shuffle.

The Red Envelope bonus feature is also available for First Person Baccarat.

First Person Baccarat comes with the unique ‘GO LIVE’ button that takes you directly to our Live Baccarat games.

BACCARAT MULTIPLAY

Baccarat Multiplay allows you to place bets at all our Live Baccarat tables simultaneously without joining each table separately. All our Baccarat tables are displayed with video, a small version of the betting grid and the player’s choice of road.

Simply click on the Baccarat Multiplay button in the lobby or on the screen when playing a Baccarat game to open the user interface.

It is easy to find the table with the longest streak in the user interface. Click on the ‘REFRESH’ button and the tables will be sorted according to the hottest streak, with the hottest table at the top. You can choose to sort according to Big Road, Big Eye, Small Road or Cockroach.

It is possible to pin a favourite table, by clicking on the Pin Table-button. The selected table will now always appear at the top of the list, independent of its streak, even after you click ‘Refresh’ to sort the tables.

Personalise your view in the Settings menu. Here you can choose to turn off dark mode or if you want to turn off bet spots. You can set video quality and select which tables you want to see in the user interface. It’s all designed to offer you the optimal access to all our tables!

You can place a bet at any table as long as the betting time is open.

Baccarat Multiplay can be used independently of our other games.

Baccarat Multiplay automatically supports Red Envelope, if the feature is available on the table.