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Baccarat

To place your bet

1. Click on chips in amounts from £1 to £100. Each click increases your bet.

2. Place your cursor on the table and click to place a chip in the desired area.

3. Click Deal.

Note: If you changed your mind, right click on the last chip bet to remove your bet before you click to Deal the cards.

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 select Game History to see the outcome of your previous round.

Buttons:

Click this button	For this move
	Deals out the cards.
	Place your previous bet on the table.
	Skip your turn when you are playing with another person.
	Start a new game round.
	See the dates, bets and results of your previous games.
	To chat with other players (in multiplayer mode only), click this button, type your message and then click this button again (or press enter).
	Opens the help file (which you are reading right now).
	Opens the Options dialog box - see the Options section of this help file.
	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 desired, you can use the following keyboard shortcuts instead of clicking on the graphics themselves.

Press this key	To do this
TAB	Tabs between the buttons on the screen.
ENTER	Selects the button that is currently highlighted.
SPACEBAR	Places your previous bet.
Number 1	Adds coins to the Tie field.
Number 2	Adds coins to the Banker field.
Number 3	Adds coins to the Player field.
ESC	Exits the game.

Rules for Playing Baccarat

The object of baccarat is to reach a point total of 9. Aces count as one, 2 through 9 as their face value, and tens and picture cards count as zero.

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. Following standard baccarat rules, a third card is dealt to the player and/or the banker.

The player closest to 9 wins and is paid even money (1 to 1). 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.

All winning wagers for the banker and the player pay even money. A 5% commission (vigorish) is charged on winning banker bets.

Card Values

Ace = one point.

Picture cards and tens = zero.

All other cards carry the point value stated on the card.

If the cards in a hand exceed ten points, subtract ten, and the remainder is the baccarat point value of the hand. For example: 7+6=13, counts as a 3 and 4+6=10, counts as 0.

Third Card Rules

The following baccarat rule chart governs when the player and/or the bank will automatically be dealt (i.e. "draws") a third card in the baccarat game:

Player

Point Value of First Two Cards:
0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5	Draws a card.
6 - 7	Stands.
8 - 9	"Natural hand", no further draw.

Banker

Point Value of First Two Cards:	Draws when the player's third card is:	Does not draw when the player's third card is:
0 - 1 - 2	Always draws a card.
3	0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 9	8
4	2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7	0 - 1 - 8 - 9
5	4 - 5 - 6 - 7	0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 8 - 9
6	6 - 7	0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 8 - 9
7	Always stands.
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.

Winnings

Winning Wager	Pays
On the banker	1.95 for 1 (Bank receives commission: 5% of the winning amount.)
On the player	2 for 1
On a tie	9 for 1

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