Baccarat

Objective
The player's objective is to wager on his prediction that either the player's hand will win, the banker's hand will win, or that the game will result in a tie.

Rules
The game is played using 8 decks of cards, re-shuffled after each round.

The object of baccarat is to predict if the player or the banker's hand will get a point value closest to 9, keeping in mind that all ten-value cards count as zero and Aces count as one. The hand with the highest point value wins.

The highest total any baccarat hand can have is nine. A two-card total of nine is called a "natural" and cannot lose. An eight is the second-best hand and is also called a "natural". If both the player and banker are dealt identical hands, it's a standoff (a tie) and neither the banker nor the player hand wins.

You do not receive any cards, or play against anyone but you have to predict which hand will beat the other.

The player and the banker are each dealt a two-card hand. Following standard baccarat rules, a third card is dealt to the player and/or the banker.

Hand Values
The highest total any Baccarat hand can have is nine. A two-card total of nine is called a "natural" and cannot lose. An eight is the second-best hand and is also called a "natural". If both the player and banker are dealt identical hands, it's a push (tie) and neither the banker nor the player hand wins.

Card Values:
Ace = one point
Face cards and tens = zero

All other cards carry the point value stated on the card. If the cards in a hand total more than ten points, simply subtract ten; the remainder is the baccarat point value of the hand. For example: 8+8=16, which counts as a 6 in Baccarat; and a Jack+7=17, which counts as 7 in Baccarat.

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: If the point value of the first two cards is 8 or 9, this is called a Natural. If anyone is dealt a Natural the game ends and no third card is dealt to anyone.

Player:
Point Value of the first two cards, and actions required:

Banker:
Third card rule.

Payouts

Menu and Buttons
The messages and dealer audio will assist you while the game is in progress.

In the Main Menu you will find the "Gaming Guide", with instructions on how to play the game, the "Games Menu", to choose from the selection of games, "Support", to contact us and the "Cashier" that allows you to manage chips and money in your account.

Within the Options Menu you may turn the sound on or off and set the visual quality of the game to "High" or "Low".

Available buttons: "Deal", "Undo", "Same Bet" and "New Game".

Betting areas: "Tie", "Player" and "Banker".

You can remove bets from the bet circles by holding the "Shift" key and left-clicking on the bet circle.

For convenience, the value of the last chip clicked on the chip stack is held in memory and can be repeated without returning to the chip stack. Simply click on the bet circle to place the chip. Each click on the same bet circle will increase your bet by 1 chip.

How to play
1. Click on the chip stack located in the lower right hand corner of the game screen to select the desired bet amount. The amount selected must be greater-than or equal-to the minimum bet requirement posted on the table.

2. Once you have set your bet amount, click the area(s) of the table where you would like to place bet(s): "Player", "Banker", or "Tie". Tie bets can be combined with either Banker or Player, but Player bets cannot be combined with Banker bets.

To remove or change a bet, hold the shift key and left click the chip(s) or use the "Undo" button.

3. Click on the "Deal" button to have the cards dealt.

In the bottom left hand corner of the screen, at all times, you will be able to check you Balance and the Total of your current bet. Your account will be credited or debited after each game.

4. To start a new game click on "New Game". To repeat the last bet you placed, click on "Same Bet".