Guides
Guides to the quiet game
Short, exact pieces on how baccarat works and how the casinos we read present it. The arithmetic is our own; the casino facts are theirs.
The three bets
Banker, Player and Tie, worked out from an eight-deck shoe: how often each lands and what the house keeps.
When a third card is drawn
The fixed drawing rules of Punto Banco in one table, so a hand can be followed card by card.
Tables without banker commission
How the no-commission rule changes a Banker win on six, and which casinos name such tables.
Side bets, priced
Pairs and other extras the casinos list, with their stated payouts and the maths behind a pair.
Live tables and digital tables
Who deals the cards, who supplies the game, and what each casino says happens if a hand is cut off.
Baccarat in promotion terms
How each casino counts baccarat toward wagering, or leaves it out, in its general promotion terms.
The glossary explains every term used on the site.