GAME OVERVIEW
Mega Baccarat is a Baccarat variation with classic Baccarat game rules.
Baccarat is one of the oldest and most popular casino games in the world. It is especially popular among high-rollers and Asian gamblers. It’s as simple as betting on the toss of a coin.
The objective in Baccarat is to predict which side (Player or Banker) wins, by having a hand whose value is closest to 9.
HOW TO PLAY
To start playing, select a bet amount by clicking on a chip from the chips tray and then click on your choice of the following: Player, Banker or Tie.
You are allowed to place or modify your bets while the message “PLEASE PLACE YOUR BETS” is shown on the screen.
A Mega Fee of 20% will be added to each of your placed bets. For example, if your bet is 10, then Mega Fee applied is 2, and your total bet will be 12.
You may place bets during the betting time until the Dealer announces: “BETS CLOSED”.
The total amount of your bets is shown in the Total Bet field.
Mega Round
When your bets are accepted, random Mega multipliers from 2x up to 100x are applied to all bets spots. The dice shaker then starts tumbling to decide whether this game round will be the Mega Round.
If the dice result is 8 or 9, Mega Round is played, and multipliers get activated. Payouts are updated by multiplying the Mega Multipliers assigned to corresponding bet spots. If your bets win, you get paid according to the updated higher payout. Your initial bet will be added on top of your winnings. You will have a chance to win even more if you win with two or more bet spots.
Regular Round
If the dice result is not 8 or 9, a regular game round is played, and multipliers disappear. If your bets win, you get paid the regular payouts.
The Dealer deals 4 initial cards in the following order: 1st and 3rd card to the Player’s side and 2nd and 4th cards to the Banker’s side. After the betting time is over, the Dealer scans/reveals the 4 initial cards dealt to the Player and Banker, starting with the Player.
If a 3rd card is needed by either side, the Dealer deals the additional card according to the Third Card Rule explained below.
Once the Live Dealer has dealt all needed cards to each hand, the game round is complete. The side with the closest total points to 9 wins. If the points totals are equal, the game round is a Tie.
On the game user interface, the winning bet fields are highlighted. If any of your bets cover the winning bet fields, you receive returns in accordance with the type of bets placed. Your win amount is shown in the win message.
Once the game round is finished, the Dealer collects all the open cards on the table, places them in the discard and opens bets for the next game round.
Card Values
The game is played with 8 standard 52-card decks.
Only the numeric value of each card is relevant in the main Baccarat game – the suit of cards (hearts, spades, clubs or diamonds) is irrelevant.
| Cards | A | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | J | Q | K |
| Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The value on the Player and Banker sides are calculated by adding up the points of the cards.
In Baccarat, the maximum possible points score is 9. Each hand’s value is calculated by dropping ten digits in a hand otherwise worth 10 or more.
For example,
- 5 + 5 = 10 – 10 = 0
- 8 + 7 = 15 – 10 = 5
- J + K = 0
- 1 + 5 + 8 = 14 – 10 = 4
- 8 + Q = 8
- 9 + 9 = 18 – 10 = 8
The Third Card Rule
There are three cases when a game round is over after dealing 4 cards (Small hand) with no additional cards needed:
- When the Player’s or Banker’s first 2 cards are equal to 8 or 9 points in total (Natural hand).
- When the Player has 6 points, and the Banker has 7 points or vice versa.
- When there is a Tie on 6, 7, 8 or 9 points.
If the Player and Banker receives an initial two-card hand worth 0-7, the Third Card Rule is consulted to determine if the third card is to be dealt to either of hands. The Player always goes first.
For the Player’s hand to draw:
| If the Player’s two cards total: | Behaviour |
| 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | Player’s hand must draw |
| 6, 7 | Player’s hand must stand |
| 8, 9 (Natural) | Both hands stand |
For the Banker’s hand to draw:
| Banker’s initial two cards | Value of third card drawn by Player | ||||||||||
| No Thrid Card | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| 0 | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
| 1 | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
| 2 | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
| 3 | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | S | D |
| 4 | D | S | S | D | D | D | D | D | D | S | S |
| 5 | D | S | S | S | S | D | D | D | D | S | S |
| 6 | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | D | D | S | S |
| 7 | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| 8 | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| 9 | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
D – Draw; S – Stand
When the Player’s first 2 cards are equal to 6 or 7 points in total, but the Banker’s first 2 cards are equal to 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 points in total, the Banker must draw an extra card.
Baccarat Main Bets
There are three different kinds of main bets in Baccarat that can be placed corresponding to three possible outcomes: Player wins (player has the higher score), Banker wins and Tie bet wins (when the cards on the Player and the Banker side are worth the same points total).
Bets can be placed on the designated areas on the graphical game layout on the User Interface. Traditionally in Baccarat, the Player’s betting field is coloured blue, the Banker’s is red, and the Tie field is green.
A winning bet on Player is paid at 1-100:1.
A winning bet on Banker is paid at 1-100:1*.
A winning Tie bet is paid at 8-800:1. In the event of a Tie, bets on Player and Banker will not lose and will be pushed.
* 95 % of your Banker bet is returned if Banker wins
Placing bets on the Player and Banker betting spots may be a subject to opposite betting blocking.
Baccarat Side Bets
To make your Baccarat experience more exciting, with bigger and more frequent wins, we offer several types of side bets:
- Player Pair
- Banker Pair
Player Pair and Banker Pair
A Player Pair side bet wins if the two initial cards in the Player’s hand constitute a pair while a Banker Pair side bet wins if the two initial cards in the Banker’s hand constitute a pair. Any type of pair is considered for both Player and Banker hands:
- Perfect Pair – two identical cards (e.g., two Kings of Hearts)
- Coloured Pair – two cards of the same value and colour but different suits (e.g., 5 of Hearts and 5 of Diamonds)
- Mixed Pair – two cards of different suits and colours but the same value, (e.g., 7 of Spades and 7 of Diamonds)
A winning bet on any type of Player or Banker Pair is paid at 10-1000:1.
Either both or only one side bet on Player Pair or Banker Pair can be placed in the same game round.
You may place bets on Player and Banker Pair without having to place a main bet first.
* After 50 game rounds the side bets Player Pair and Banker Pair will be disabled.
Placing Bets
When placing bets, please pay attention to the screen elements below to make sure your bets are placed on time and successfully validated.
The Table Name indicates the table you are currently playing at, and the Table Limits show the minimum and maximum stakes allowed at the table. When clicking on this area, the Bet Limits & Payouts window is opened, showing minimum and maximum limits for each bet type as well as the payout odds.
The Game Information Indicator informs you of the game status, the remaining time for placing bets and the status of your bets.
PLEASE PLACE YOUR BETS is shown to tell you when you may start placing your bets. The indicator bar shows the remaining time in green, which decreases from right to left. “LAST BETS” is shown when only 5 seconds of the betting time remain. This indicator is coloured orange.
“BETS CLOSED” means that there is no more time to place bets and all betting areas become inactive.
After the betting time is over, you receive a “BETS ACCEPTED” message indicating that your bets have been accepted and will participate in the game round. Otherwise, you receive a message stating “NOT ALL BETS ACCEPTED” or “BETS REJECTED” in cases described in the “Game Inconveniences” section of this guide.
The “DICE SHAKING” message is shown when dice shaker starts tumbling.
The “DICE RESULT” message is shown when dice shaker result is displayed.
The “MEGA ROUND” message is shown when dice shaker result is 8 or 9 and Mega Round is played.
The “DEALING” message is shown when the Dealer is dealing initial cards and additional cards.
The message “WAIT FOR NEXT GAME” is shown if you have no bets placed in the current game round. After this game round is over, you may place your bets during the next betting time.
A “LOW BALANCE” message on the status bar means that your balance is too low to cover the minimum bet amount allowed at the table. It is necessary to add funds to your balance to be able to participate in the game round.
A “GAME PAUSED” message appears if the game round is temporarily suspended due to Dealer failure, equipment failure, or other unforeseen circumstances.
A “GAME CANCELLED” message appears on the status bar if the game round is cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances and immediate resolution is not possible. For more information about “Game Cancelled” cases, please refer to the “Game Inconveniences” section of this guide.
The Chip Display allows you to select the value of the chips you wish to bet with. To see all available chip values, click on the chip in the lower part of the screen under the Rebet, Double and Undo buttons. Only chip values that can be used with your current Balance are available.
The Display settings button allows you to customize roads preferences.
The Rebet button allows you to repeat the same bet(s) you placed in the previous game round at the current table. Once you have clicked Rebet, the Double and Undo buttons are enabled.
Clicking the Double button doubles the number of chips that you have placed on an available bet spot. Every click doubles your bet.
Clicking the Undo button removes the last bet you placed. This button is available only during the betting time. Once bets are closed, you are not able to undo or change your bets. Repeatedly clicking the undo button removes bets one by one, with the most recent bet(s) removed first.
Clicking/tapping the Mega Round statistics button allows to see more detailed statistics for up to 500 previous Mega Rounds.
The Balance indicator shows your available funds and the currency. It is always displayed in the bottom of the game window on desktop and mobile devices.
Please make sure that your balance is sufficient to cover your bets before you start playing.
If your balance is not updated after placing bets or after you see a winning message, please try refreshing your game window in the browser or click the F5 key on your keyboard.
The Cashier button (if applicable) located next to your Balance on desktop opens the Cashier window for deposits and withdrawals. On mobile devices the Cashier button is located inside the game Menu.
The Total Bet indicator shows the current total of all bets placed on the current game round. It is always displayed at the bottom of the game window.
Baccarat Roadmaps
Baccarat trends are recorded on “roads” which are pictorial representations of the results of the shoe in play. These roads help players quickly assess the history of the game, identify trends and attempt to predict future results.
A Baccarat statistical roadmap begins when the first game round of the new shoe is dealt and continues until the cutting card appears. At the completion of the last hand of the shoe, all current data in the roadmap is cleared.
When the new shoe is started, the process starts over.
When a new shoe is started, the process starts from the beginning.
- The Big Road
- Big Eye Boy
- The Small Road
- The Cockroach Road
- The Bead Plate
Big Road
The Big Road is the main road which all other roads are derived from. It is a grid, always six rows deep by many columns wide.
Symbols on the Big Road:
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| Meaning | Player won | Banker won | Tie won after Banker | 2 consecutive Ties | Player Pair won | Banker Pair won |
When the shoe begins, the first result is shown in the top-left corner of the Big Road. If the second result is for the same side as the first, it goes under the first. Otherwise, a new column is started, and the process continues like this throughout the entire shoe. As a result, the Big Road becomes a series of columns of alternating hollow circles – blue for Player and red for Banker – with a minimum height of one circle and no maximum height.
On the Big Road, a Tie is not displayed in a separate cell, but simply as a green line across the most recent result. In the event of multiple ties, a small number is shown next to the green line, representing the number of ties. If a Tie happens before there has been a result in favour of the Banker or Player, the green Tie line is shown in the very top-left cell on the grid, and when the first Banker or Player result is known, that circle is shown in the same cell under the Tie line.
If there are more than six consecutive Banker or Player wins, and the display runs out of vertical space, the situation is called “the dragon”. One popular Baccarat strategy is to “follow the dragon” and take this trend into account when betting.
Mega Round on Roads
Mega rounds will be represented on the Big Road as golden coloured circles.
The Derived Roads
The “Big Eye Boy”, “Small Road” and “Cockroach Road” are all derived from the Big Road and show the various patterns in it. Derived roads serve as the “predictive roads” and show whether there were any patterns.
The derived roads are built of red and blue symbols: empty circles for the Big Eye Boy, solid circles for the Small Road, and slashes for the Cockroach Road.
The red and blue symbols that make up the derived roads do not correspond to Banker or Player. Red generally means there is a pattern, and blue generally means that the shoe is “choppy”, with no pattern.
The derived roads do not start at the very beginning of the shoe. They start with the hand following the first hand in the second, third and fourth columns of the Big Road:
- For Big Eye Boy: the second result in the second column.
- For the Small Road: the second result in the third column.
- For the Cockroach Road: the second result in the fourth column.
Once a derived road starts, an additional red or blue symbol is added to that road after every hand.
Click/tap on any of the derived roads to zoom in the road content.
Bead Plate
The Bead Plate,is an exact representation of every hand of the shoe. A Tie result is shown in a separate cell in the Bead Plate road and is marked with a green circle.
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| Meaning | Player won | Banker won | Tie won | Player Pair won | Banker Pair won |
The first symbol appears in the top-left corner of the grid, and the road is filled vertically down through all six cells of the column. A new column is begun once the previous column has been filled, irrespective of the result of each hand.
By clicking/tapping on the Bead Plate statistics area, you will see the results, represented by letters, corresponding to the winning result (Player, Banker, Tie) or with numbers corresponding to the value of the winning hand.
Roadmap Probing (Ask Player, Ask Banker)
Roadmap Probing helps players in predicting the outcome of the next round. It shows the trends in the Big Road, Big Eye Boy, Small Road, Cockroach Road and Bead Plate if either a Player or a Banker result were added.
Press the Ask Player button to see the roads if the next result is a Player win or press the Ask Banker button to see how they will look if the next result is a Banker win.
The symbols on the buttons represent the most recent symbol in each of the derived roads.
Navigation Controls
The Lobby button can be clicked at any time from any game. It allows you to easily change the table, select any other live game or simply leave the table. You will not be removed from your current table until you have selected the new table you wish to join, so the Lobby can be used to browse other games while remaining at the current table. Once on the lobby page, please click the Return to Game button in order to exit the lobby and return to your open table.
Clicking the Chat button opens the chat window so you can send messages to the Dealer and other players. Our Dealers communicate with you directly and answer any questions regarding the game.
If you need to speak with our Live Support team, please select the corresponding chat room by clicking the Support button and you will be assisted in a private chat.
Chat messages are monitored by dedicated Studio personnel at all times. Any chat messages may be deleted, and your chat feature may be blocked if you use inappropriate or rude language with the Dealers and/or other players at the table or flood the chat with unnecessary messages.
Clicking the Volume Control button opens a slider which lets you change the sound volume at your table. Clicking the Volume control button mutes the game – it will then turn into a “Muted” icon.
By default, the game is opened with muted audio. Please click the Muted button to unmute the game. The icon then turns into the Volume Control button.
Clicking the History button opens a window showing details of your activity in our Live Casino. By default, it is opened on your history for Today. You can also see your history from previous days by selecting the Older tab.
Simply select a game round from the list to see details of it, including all your bets. The details of your game round history are shown in the History window and split into 2 parts: game round information and bets information.
Clicking the Game Help button opens the Help window you are in right now.
Clicking the Settings button opens a Settings window allowing you to set your desired preferences. In the General tab the following options are available:
- Video stream on/off.
- Manage video quality.
- Manage game sounds.
- Change interface language.
Under the Display tab the following options are available:
- Show betting statistics.
- Enable/disable Dark stats mode.
By clicking the Classic View button, you can change the view of the game to Classic mode where the video is shown inside a small frame. The virtual table is available below the video and the graphical cards are shown for each side.
The game interface may also change automatically to Classic mode if your internet connection is slow or unstable. If this happens, the video is automatically set to Low video resolution.
Clicking the Full Screen button launches Full Screen mode and the game and/or Lobby fills the entire screen. To exit this mode, either click the button again or press the “Esc” key on your keyboard.
Cards Shuffle and Cards Change
Deck shuffling occurs once the postillion (cutting card) is removed from the shoe and the game round has been completed.
When the cutting card appears during play, it is removed, and the hand completed. The Dealer will announce “The last hand of the shoe”. Upon completion of this hand, no more cards should be dealt until the shoe change or shuffle procedure occurs.
Cards must be shuffled (mixed) by a Shuffler on the accessory table or by the Dealer at the gaming table, according to the established procedure.
The cards change procedure takes place at each card game table once every 24 hours. However, it shall also be done in the following cases:
- Table has been opened after a period of inactivity.
- Video stream was unavailable at the table.
- More than three cards fell to the floor during the game round.
- A card with a defective barcode is present in the shoe.
Game Inconveniences
You are personally responsible for the correct positioning of your wagers at any Fortune 6 Baccarat table.
In the event of any technical malfunction or human error, the instance is reported to the Shift Manager immediately.
If any error in the game procedure occurs, the game round is temporarily paused, and the Shift Manager is notified. You will be informed by an on-screen notification that the issue is being investigated.
If the Shift Manager can immediately resolve the error (e.g. by rescanning the cards, placing the cards in the correct positions, etc.) the game round continues as normal.
If immediate resolution is not possible, the game round is cancelled, and initial bets are refunded to all players who participated in the game round.
A bet may be rejected by the system after the betting time is finished due to not being placed in time, not meeting the minimum or maximum requirements, or to other transaction issues.
If you place a wager that is lower than the minimum table bet limit, it is shown as an inactive chip. You will be informed about this via the small tooltip window above your bet. Once the betting time is over, all inactive chips are rejected.
If your bet exceeds any maximum bet limit, it is adjusted automatically, and you will be informed about this via the small tooltip window above your bet.
If the game ends with what you consider to be a wrong result, or in the event of any other irregularities, please contact Casino Time Customer Support, providing them with details of the game in question including the the Game name and the exact time it occurred.
Disconnection Policy
Pragmatic Play Live Casino services are provided over the internet, from which you may be disconnected at times. This poses potential problems to the game flow and your user experience.
In order to minimize the impact of unexpected disconnections, when you lose connectivity to the game server, a reconnect message will be displayed on the screen.
The following error handling procedures apply in case of a disconnection:
- If disconnection occurs before the BETS CLOSED message appears on the screen and your bets were not yet accepted by the server, your bets will not be deducted from your balance, and you will not participate in the game round. Once reconnected, you can view bet outcomes in the History window.
- If a disconnection occurs after the BETS CLOSED message appears on the screen and your bets were accepted by the server, the game round continues as usual, your placed bets remain valid and are settled in your absence. Once reconnected, you can view bet outcomes in the History window.
After being disconnected, please check your winnings in the History window and if you have any doubts regarding game outcomes, please contact Live Support within the game or Casino Time Customer Support, providing them with details of the game in question including the the Game name and the exact time it occurred.
If connection to the table from the Studio is lost for more than 5 minutes, the game will be cancelled.
If we determine that you would have won the game round, your winnings will be credited to your account through Casino Time Customer Support.
