PROSPERITY 3 PICTURES

Saw on Nevada Gaming web site:

New Game: “PROSPERITY 3 PICTURES”
Live Game Developer: VENETIAN CASINO RESORT, LLC

Trial Location: VENETIAN RESORT HOTEL CASINO
3355 LAS VEGAS BLVD S
LAS VEGAS, NV 89109
Field Trial Start Date: NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Have you seen the "game"? This game looks like being developed by a casino. not common..

Quote: UCivan

Saw on Nevada Gaming web site:

New Game: “PROSPERITY 3 PICTURES”
Live Game Developer: VENETIAN CASINO RESORT, LLC

Trial Location: VENETIAN RESORT HOTEL CASINO
3355 LAS VEGAS BLVD S
LAS VEGAS, NV 89109
Field Trial Start Date: NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Have you seen the "game"? This game looks like being developed by a casino. not common..

Is this the same game?
(PROSPERITY 3 PICTURES (MBS) Game Rules .w.e.f. 18 August 2017) http://bit.ly/2X7PUAu

How To Play:
3.1. Commencement of play shall begin when the Dealer announces “Place your bets, please”.

3.2. Closing of bets shall take effect when the Dealer announces “No more bets”.

3.3. The objective of the game is to obtain a higher ranking hand than the Dealer’s hand.

3.4. After placing an initial wager, a Player may wager on “Tie”, “Player Prosperity Pictures”, “Dealer
Prosperity Pictures” and/or “Picture Perfect”.

3.5. After all wagers have been placed, starting from the Dealer’s left and continuing clockwise, the
Dealer shall deal three cards face down to each playing area. The Dealer will receive the last hand
dealt.

3.6. After examining their cards, each Player will return them face up to their respective playing area.

3.7. After all hands have been returned, the Dealer will expose his cards and announce his hand. The
Dealer will also announce whether or not the hand qualifies as a “Dealer Prosperity Pictures” hand.

3.8. Upon comparing his hand to each Player’s hand, the Dealer shall declare whether each Player has
won, lost or tied and whether they qualify for any of the additional payouts.

3.9. Each hand consists of three cards with the point total of each hand determined by adding the value
of each individual card.

3.9.1. The point value of each card is their face value except for:
3.9.1.1. Ten, King, Queen, Jack, which have a point value of zero, but only King, Queen and Jack, will rank as “Picture” cards with their respective point total.

3.10. The point total of a hand shall be:
3.10.1. That number where the total value of the cards in the hand is a number between zero and nine; or

3.10.2. The right digit of that number where the total value of the cards in the hand is the number ten or a higher number.

3.11. Three “Picture” cards is the highest ranking hand (e.g. K♣, Q♥, J♦).
3.11.1. In the event that both the Dealer and the Player have Three “Picture” cards, the hand will be declared as a “Tie”.

3.12. Hands that are not Three “Picture” cards are determined based on their point total from 0 to 9.

3.13. When a Player and the Dealer have the same point total, the hand with the most “Picture” cards wins.
3.13.1. If both the Dealer’s and Player’s hand has the same ranking, the hand will be declared a “Tie”.
3.13.2. If both the Dealer’s and Player’s hand has the same 3 cards (excluding suit), the hand will be declared as a “Perfect Tie” (e.g. Player hand: A♠, K♦, Q♣; Dealer hand: A♥, K♠, Q♦).

3.14. The “Picture” cards have no ranking, i.e. KK is equal to QJ and not higher than QJ.

3.15. A Player who placed a wager on “Tie” is entitled to the payout for “Perfect Tie” in accordance with Rule 4.1.

3.16. There are no ranking of suits in the game of Prosperity 3 Pictures.

Obviously another case of a friend of the Director. Might be the 2nd worst name for a game I've ever heard. Chance of making it. 0%.


ZCore13

Quote: Zcore13

Obviously another case of a friend of the Director. Might be the 2nd worst name for a game I've ever heard. Chance of making it. 0%.


ZCore13

+1

If this is the same one MrCasinoGames said, it's popular for Chinese players in Macau (called Sun-Gong?)

I think it has some similarities to the casino game called Niu Niu.

Looks very similar to https://wizardofodds.com/games/three-card-baccarat/ which can be found in Macau.

I will try to check it out on Friday.

Quote: UCivan

This game looks like being developed by a casino. not common..

Sands Corp has launched games themselves in the past as well. You may recall that Sand Corp was the trial developer for triple zero roulette (aka Sands Roulette) when it first launched in NV....

I played the game for about 20 minutes yesterday. So far I have time to only write up the rules in a new page on Prosperity 3 Pictures. As someone else noted, the base game is the same as Three Card Baccarat, but it adds four new side bets.

Let me know if you have any questions on the rules.

Quote: https://wizardofodds.com/games/prosperity-3-pictures/

...
(3) The side with more face cards wins the Main bet.
(4) In the event that the player and dealer have an equal number of face cards, then the win shall go to the side with more points.
...
(10) If the player has the higher hand, then the Ante pays even money, except with a winning total of six points, which pays 1 to 2.
(11) If the dealer has the higher hand, then the Main bet is a push.
(12) The Tie bet wins if the Ante bet is a tie...
...

Quote: https://wizardofodds.com/games/three-card-baccarat/

...The highest hand is three face cards. After that the hands are scored as in baccarat, the hand with more points wins. If both hands have the same number of points, then the hand with more face cards will win. If both hands have the same number of points and face cards, then the hands will tie...

I would have guessed that the aim of the game is to have either (a) Three Face Cards or (b) Higher baccarat score; where ties are broken by the number of face cards (K Q or J) and the actual rank of the cards is irrelevant for the base game (so K63 ties with K54 but loses to QJ9).

Also I think the term "Main" and "Ante" are probably the same; also "Ante" could be confusing as I don't think there's a Raise or Play element.

Quote: charliepatrick

I would have guessed that the aim of the game is to have either (a) Three Face Cards or (b) Higher baccarat score; where ties are broken by the number of face cards (K Q or J) and the actual rank of the cards is irrelevant for the base game (so K63 ties with K54 but loses to QJ9).

Good catch. I admit that my comparison to Three Card Baccarat was either inaccurate or my understanding of the rules of either game is incorrect. I was last in Macau ten years ago, so don't remember the game very well. However, I do recall it being extremely difficult getting a clear understanding of the rules of any game there, due to the language barrier and more of an oral tradition in China/Macau. I would be surprised if you could get the rules of any game in writing in any casino there. I suspect my understanding of the rules of Three Card Baccarat may be in error, as it seems kind of silly to plop a "three pictures" on top of baccarat, which would rarely take effect (1 in 100 hands).

I'll have to see what other sources I can find on Three Card Baccarat.

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Also I think the term "Main" and "Ante" are probably the same; also "Ante" could be confusing as I don't think there's a Raise or Play element.

I asked the dealer at the Venetian for the name of the mandated wager and she paused and then said it was called the "Main" bet. On the layout there was a character in Chinese where you put the bet, but I don't know what it means and neglected to try to copy it for later translation.

Another problem is they had no rack cards for the game. The supervisor said there was an error in the printing of them so they had to throw them away and were waiting for new ones.

Thanks again for catching me in that contradiction.

Using google translate, it translates "figura"/"figuiras" to both figure(s) and picture(s), so I've left it asis. (I imagine an earlier part has explained that totals over 9 only use last digit.)

Quote: http://www.dicj.gov.mo/web/pt/rules/3CardBacara.html

Annex to the "3 - Card Baccarat Game" Official Rules

Value of card combinations, in descending order:

1 - Three figures (King, Lady and Jack);

2 - Nine with two figures (two figures + 9);

3 - Nine with one figure (one figure + cards that add up to 9);

4 - Nine without picture (three cards giving the sum of 9);

5 - Eight with two figures (two figures + 8);

6 - Eight with one figure (one figure + cards that add up to 8);

7 - Eight without picture (three cards that give the sum of 8);

8 - Seven with two figures (two figures + 7);

9 - Seven with one figure (one figure + cards that add up to 7);

10 - Seven without picture (three cards that give the sum of 7);

11 - Six with two figures (two figures + 6);

12 - Six with one figure (one figure + cards that add up to 6);

13 - Six without a picture (three cards giving the sum of 6);

14 - Five with two figures (two figures + 5);

15 - Five with one figure (one figure + cards giving the sum of 5);

16 - Five without a picture (three cards giving the sum of 5);

17 - Four with two figures (two figures + 4);

18 - Four with one figure (one figure + cards that add up to 4);

19 - Four without a picture (three cards giving the sum of 4);

20 - Three with two figures (two figures + 3);

21 - Three with one figure (one figure + cards that add up to 3);

22 - Three without a picture (three cards giving the sum of 3);

23 - Two with two figures (two figures + 2);

24 - Two with one figure (one figure + cards that add up to 2);

25 - Two without a picture (three cards giving the sum of 2);

26 - One with two figures (two figures + 1);

27 - One with a picture (a picture + cards that add up to 1);

28 - One without a picture (three cards giving the sum of 1);

29 - Zero with two figures (two figures + 0);

30 - Zero with one figure (one figure + letters that add the sum of 0);

31 - Zero without a figure (three cards that add up to 0).

Thank you, Charlie, for those rules. It would seem I misunderstood them. Now I have two games to analyze.

Quote: charliepatrick

Using google translate, it translates "figura"/"figuiras" to both figure(s) and picture(s), so I've left it asis.

in one earlier post, it was said to be "Sun-Gong". This translates to 3 "figura"/"figuiras" or 3 "Kings/dressed figures.".

My analysis is up on this game. As a reminder, here is a link to my page on Prosperity 3 Pictures. Please note that in Las Vegas the number of faces takes priority and in Singapore the number of points do.