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September 10th, 2019 at 9:38:16 PM permalink
I noticed another baccarat side bet at the Venetian yesterday called the Lucky 6. It pays on a winning banker total of 6. Obviously, it is used in the commission-free variant that pays 1 to 2 on a Banker win of 6.

Please click the link for all the rules and analysis. As always, I welcome all comments.

The question for the poll is would you bet the Lucky 6 if playing baccarat anyway?
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September 11th, 2019 at 4:25:24 AM permalink
I think they have Lucky-6 in Macau Casinos too.
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September 11th, 2019 at 6:51:19 AM permalink
I have seen this at Cosmopolitan since I started playing there in 2018, they call it the "Tiger" bet. I never bet it. But as well, if I am playing big I avoid this "no commission" table entirely. For example the other night I won three large hands 5000 5000 5500 on a regular commission table. One of them was a bank win 6, if I had been at the "Tiger" table I would have had to pay $2500. (versus the $250. commission that I did pay) that would have been painful.
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September 11th, 2019 at 7:32:58 AM permalink
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September 11th, 2019 at 8:06:04 AM permalink
Wiz,

On your Lucky 6 page, rule 2 says:

"If the Banker bet wins with a 3-card total of 6, then the Lucky 6 pays 24 for 1."

However, your payable says 23:1.

I suspect at least one of these values is incorrect ;-)

Hope this helps!

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September 11th, 2019 at 8:27:49 AM permalink
Dog it's just the way they do it, for example Baccarat tie bet is marked on the felt as paying "9 for 1" which means "8:1" - same thing.

23:1 is the same as paying 24 for 1.

However, at the Cosmopolitan, the Tiger Bank 6 win for three cards pays 20:1, with two cards, 12:1 , so either this casino Wiz has reviewed pays better than the Cosmopolitan, or he has made a mistake as to the payoffs. I haven't played the commission free tables at the Venetian yet, so I cannot confirm, but it seems odd that Venetian would be paying better odds on Baccarat than Cosmopolitan, but I suppose it is possible.

I would be willing to bet that Venetian and Cosmo have the same payoffs on their commission free tables, that is 12:1 for two card Bank 6, 20:1 for three card Bank 6. I can't see two casinos on the strip paying differently for the same game, whether called Lucky 6 or Tiger.
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September 11th, 2019 at 1:36:26 PM permalink
Quote: MDawg

Dog it's just the way they do it, for example Baccarat tie bet is marked on the felt as paying "9 for 1" which means "8:1" - same thing.

23:1 is the same as paying 24 for 1.

However, at the Cosmopolitan, the Tiger Bank 6 win for three cards pays 20:1, with two cards, 12:1 , so either this casino Wiz has reviewed pays better than the Cosmopolitan, or he has made a mistake as to the payoffs. I haven't played the commission free tables at the Venetian yet, so I cannot confirm, but it seems odd that Venetian would be paying better odds on Baccarat than Cosmopolitan, but I suppose it is possible.

I would be willing to bet that Venetian and Cosmo have the same payoffs on their commission free tables, that is 12:1 for two card Bank 6, 20:1 for three card Bank 6. I can't see two casinos on the strip paying differently for the same game, whether called Lucky 6 or Tiger.



How much would you like to bet? I will take the "no" , they are not the same bet.
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September 11th, 2019 at 2:09:23 PM permalink
Quote: beachbumbabs

Quote: MDawg

Dog it's just the way they do it, for example Baccarat tie bet is marked on the felt as paying "9 for 1" which means "8:1" - same thing.

23:1 is the same as paying 24 for 1.

However, at the Cosmopolitan, the Tiger Bank 6 win for three cards pays 20:1, with two cards, 12:1 , so either this casino Wiz has reviewed pays better than the Cosmopolitan, or he has made a mistake as to the payoffs. I haven't played the commission free tables at the Venetian yet, so I cannot confirm, but it seems odd that Venetian would be paying better odds on Baccarat than Cosmopolitan, but I suppose it is possible.

I would be willing to bet that Venetian and Cosmo have the same payoffs on their commission free tables, that is 12:1 for two card Bank 6, 20:1 for three card Bank 6. I can't see two casinos on the strip paying differently for the same game, whether called Lucky 6 or Tiger.



How much would you like to bet? I will take the "no" , they are not the same bet.



It’s got to be at least $5000. Anything less isn’t worth his time.
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September 11th, 2019 at 2:34:20 PM permalink
Who owns this game? Any patent? Anyone knows?
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September 11th, 2019 at 3:07:18 PM permalink
Beach: so the bet is that the Tiger baccarat game at Cosmopolitan Vegas and the Lucky 6 baccarat at Venetian Vegas have different odds for the payment of the Bank 6?

The payout is 20:1 for three card Bank 6 at Cosmo, and 12:1 for two card Bank 6 at Cosmo on their "commissionless" game. I bet that the payout is exactly the same for the Lucky 6 "commissionless" Baccarat game at Venetian. This is based on, how could it not be and my knowledge of gambling. You wish to bet against me?

I will go further and bet that The Wizard is wrong if he claims that the payout for the Lucky 6 at Venetian is 23:1 for a three card Bank 6.
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September 11th, 2019 at 3:41:14 PM permalink
Quote: DogHand

Wiz,

On your Lucky 6 page, rule 2 says:

"If the Banker bet wins with a 3-card total of 6, then the Lucky 6 pays 24 for 1."

However, your payable says 23:1.

I suspect at least one of these values is incorrect ;-)

Hope this helps!

Dog Hand



I explained on the page that the wording on the table is on a "for one" basis, but I converted it to "to one," just to be consistent with how I analyze table most bets.
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September 11th, 2019 at 5:06:53 PM permalink
I agree with your figures but not the addition, it comes out as a player advantage. When I change the payout to 20 to 1 ( c.f. https://www.ggrasia.com/macau-regulator-approves-lucky-6-side-bet-for-baccarat/ ) there's a very small House Edge (0.18%), so I'm guessing that's what they should be offering.
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September 11th, 2019 at 8:05:41 PM permalink
Quote: charliepatrick

I agree with your figures but not the addition, it comes out as a player advantage.



Who were you responding to? I'm not sure I follow.

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When I change the payout to 20 to 1 ( c.f. https://www.ggrasia.com/macau-regulator-approves-lucky-6-side-bet-for-baccarat/ ) there's a very small House Edge (0.18%), so I'm guessing that's what they should be offering.



I get a house edge of 20.12% under the Macau rules.
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September 11th, 2019 at 9:54:05 PM permalink
Quote: Wizard

Who were you responding to? I'm not sure I follow.



charliepatrick's comment
Your return table has

EVENT__________________ RETURN
3-Card Winning Banker 0.856675
2-Card Winning Banker 0.199404
All other________________ -0.946136
Total____________________ -0.089462

But 0.856675 + 0.199404 - 0.946136 = +0.114718 which is a player advantage of 11.47% !!!! Yet, your total implies a H.E. of 8.946%
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September 12th, 2019 at 1:34:59 AM permalink
Sorry but I think we've both got the 2-card and 3-card the wrong way round. When in doubt run a sim!
Overall Result: Exp: -0.11610937322971716 Hands: 80592701 2card6: 3006121 3card6: 1339815 lose6: 76246765
The sim shows Pr(3card6) = 0.016625 and Pr(3card6) = 0.037300
The expected loss should be 11.698% so the sim is fairly close and typical for bad value sidebets (I wonder why they didn't chose to pay 25 to 1).
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September 12th, 2019 at 5:57:51 AM permalink
Oh, nice save, I'll keep it in mind for the future.
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September 12th, 2019 at 6:39:49 AM permalink
Thank you all for your corrections. It looks like I had two mistakes, my total return didn't count everything and I flopped the 2-card and 3-card combinations. The errors roughly offset, so it looked like a reasonable house edge.

Everything is hopefully corrected now.
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September 12th, 2019 at 8:37:37 AM permalink
Quote: charliepatrick

I agree with your figures but not the addition, it comes out as a player advantage. When I change the payout to 20 to 1 ( c.f. https://www.ggrasia.com/macau-regulator-approves-lucky-6-side-bet-for-baccarat/ ) there's a very small House Edge (0.18%), so I'm guessing that's what they should be offering.



GGRASIA says, "‘Lucky Six’ pays out on any winning ‘banker’ hand with a face value of six. It pays 20 to 1 if the winning ‘banker’ hand with a face value of six is composed of three cards, and 12 to 1 for a two-card winning hand, according to the rules published by the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau, also known by its Portuguese acronym DICJ."

I did not see the rules published on http://www.dicj.gov.mo/web/en/rules/index.html
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October 19th, 2019 at 1:50:02 PM permalink
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Beach: so the bet is that the Tiger baccarat game at Cosmopolitan Vegas and the Lucky 6 baccarat at Venetian Vegas have different odds for the payment of the Bank 6?

The payout is 20:1 for three card Bank 6 at Cosmo, and 12:1 for two card Bank 6 at Cosmo on their "commissionless" game. I bet that the payout is exactly the same for the Lucky 6 "commissionless" Baccarat game at Venetian. This is based on, how could it not be and my knowledge of gambling. You wish to bet against me?

I will go further and bet that The Wizard is wrong if he claims that the payout for the Lucky 6 at Venetian is 23:1 for a three card Bank 6.


I am sure Wiz is wrong here. While in Vegas for five weeks I actually never stepped foot inside the Venetian because was too busy playing at other casinos this particular trip, but if you check here
https://www.venetian.com/content/dam/venetian/casino/table-games/VP-Gaming-Guide.pdf
it states "There is also an additional proposition wager
called Lucky 6. Should you choose to wager on the
Lucky 6, you win 13 for 1 on any winning two card
Banker hand totaling 6 and 21 for 1 on any three
card Banker hand totaling 6."
which is exactly the same as the Dragon bet at Cosmopolitan: The payout is 20:1 for three card Bank 6 at Cosmo, and 12:1 for two card Bank 6 at Cosmo on their "commissionless" game. As I stated, it would be unimaginable that two properties on the strip offer an identical game with such disparate payouts.

So, Wiz was wrong when he claimed that the Lucky 6 pays 24 for 1 at Venetian for 3 card Bank six, in fact, it pays 21 for 1.

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How much would you like to bet? I will take the "no" , they are not the same bet.


BeachBumBabs loses the bet, but I didn't want to take it because it would have been like taking money from home.
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