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If you are not familiar with
Baccarat, proceed straight to the Baccarat Rules.
To play the game:
- Click on a chip of
desired value to select it (lower left corner of the screen).
Then move your cursor to the middle of the screen and click on
any of the three areas on the table (player, banker or tie) to
place your bet there. Every click on the area adds one chip to
the bet. Select another chip if you wish to increase the bet
by some other amount. Right clicking on the area removes one
chip. You can place several chips into several areas at the
same time.
- Click the Deal
button.
Cards are now dealt
and you will see the game result. Click New Game if you
wish to play again. Place your bets as described above and click
Deal. You can also click Rebet to place the same
bet as in the previous round.
Buttons:
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Deal |
Deal out the cards. |
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Rebet |
Place the same bet
as in the previous round and deal the cards. |
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Skip Turn |
Skip your turn
when playing in multiplayer mode. |
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New Game |
Start a new game
round. |
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Game History |
See the dates,
bets and results of your previous game rounds. |
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Chat |
To chat with other
players (in multiplayer mode only), click this button, type
your message and then click this button again (or press
enter). |
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Help |
Open the help file
(which you are reading right now). |
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Options |
Open the Options
dialog box – see the
Options section of this help file. |
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Lobby |
Press this to exit
the game and go back to lobby. You can’t exit in the middle
of a game round. |
Shortcut keys
If you wish, you can
press the following keys on your keyboard instead of clicking on
the buttons on the screen.
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Press this key |
To do this |
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TAB |
Tab between the
buttons on the screen. |
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ENTER |
Click the button
that is currently highlighted. |
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SPACEBAR |
Place your
previous bet (same as the Rebet button). |
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Number 1 |
Add the currently
selected chip to the Tie field. |
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Number 2 |
Add the currently
selected chip to the Banker field. |
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Number 3 |
Add the currently
selected chip to the Player field. |
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ESC |
Exit the game and
go back to lobby. |
Note: If you are disconnected
from the Internet in the middle of a game, re-establish your
Internet connection and log back into the casino. You can then
click the Game History button to see the outcome of your
previous round.
The object of baccarat
is to obtain a hand with a point total closest to 9. Aces count
as one; 2 through 9 as their face value; tens and picture cards
count as zero. If the value of the hand is ten points or more,
subtract ten, and the remainder is the baccarat point value of
the hand. For example: 7+6=13=3 and 4+6=10=0
Place your wager on
the banker’s hand and/or on the player’s hand and/or on a tie.
The player and the banker are then each dealt a two-card hand.
In certain cases, a third card is dealt to the player or the
banker or both (Third Card Rules). Cards are dealt from a shoe
that holds 6 decks of cards. The decks are shuffled each round.
The player closest to
9, wins.
If you bet on the player and the player wins, you are paid 2 for
1 winnings on your bet.
If you bet on the banker and the banker wins, you are paid 2 for
1 minus 5% bank commission (vigorish).
If both the player’s hand and the banker’s hand have equal
totals, the game result is a ‘tie’. If you have placed a bet on
the ‘tie’ field, your payoff is 9 for 1.
Third Card Rules
The following baccarat
rule chart governs when the player and/or the banker will
automatically be dealt (i.e. “draws”) a third card in the
baccarat game:
Player
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Point Value of
First Two Cards: |
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0 – 1 – 2 - 3 – 4
– 5 |
Draws a card. |
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6 – 7 |
Stands. |
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8 – 9 |
“Natural hand”, no
further draw. |
Banker
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Point Value of
First Two Cards: |
Draws when the
player’s third card is: |
Does not draw
when the player’s third card is: |
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0 – 1 – 2 |
Always draws a
card. |
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3 |
0 – 1 – 2 – 3 – 4
– 5 – 6 – 7 – 9 |
8 |
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4 |
2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6
– 7 |
0 – 1 – 8 – 9 |
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5 |
4 – 5 – 6 – 7 |
0 – 1 – 2 – 3 – 8
– 9 |
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6 |
6 – 7 |
0 – 1 – 2 – 3 – 4
– 5 – 8 – 9 |
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7 |
Always stands. |
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8 – 9 |
Player cannot draw. |
Player cannot draw. |
Important note:
If either the player and /or the Banker has a total of 8 or 9,
they both stand. This Rule overrides all other rules. |
