The Lucky 6 is a side bet on the commission-free version of baccarat that pays 1 to 2 on a winning Banker total of six. The Baccarat Lucky 6 pays on just that contingency. I first noticed the Lucky 6 at the Venetian in Las Vegas on September 10, 2019. The same side bet goes by the name of the Tiger on some games.
I have an unconfirmed report that the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas offers the same bet, but titles it the Bank 6.
Following are the rules as played at the liberal pay table.
Meanwhile, the "stingy pay table" pays only 20 to 1 on a 3-card winning Banker total of 6.
Notes:
* The poker table rules expresses the rules on a "for one" basis, which I converted to "to one," in the interests of consistency with how I write about casino table games.
The following table shows my analysis of the Lucky 6 side bet under the Liberal pay table. I converted the pays to a "to one" basis. It is interesting that the win with the higher probability also pays more. The lower right cell shows a house edge of 11.70%.
EVENT | PAYS | COMBINATIONS | PROBABILITY | RETURN |
---|---|---|---|---|
2-Card Winning Banker 6 | 12 | 186,173,936,904,192 | 0.037247 | 0.446961 |
3-Card Winning Banker 6 | 23 | 83,058,367,551,488 | 0.016617 | 0.382191 |
All other | -1 | 4,729,165,971,047,680 | 0.946136 | -0.946136 |
Total | 4,998,398,275,503,360 | 1.000000 | -0.116985 |
The next pay table shows my analysis under the stingy pay table. The lower right cell shows a house edge of 16.68%.
EVENT | PAYS | COMBINATIONS | PROBABILITY | RETURN |
---|---|---|---|---|
2-Card Winning Banker 6 | 12 | 186,173,936,904,192 | 0.037247 | 0.446961 |
3-Card Winning Banker 6 | 20 | 83,058,367,551,488 | 0.016617 | 0.332340 |
All other | -1 | 4,729,165,971,047,680 | 0.946136 | -0.946136 |
Total | 4,998,398,275,503,360 | 1.000000 | -0.166836 |
The Lucky 6 is a side bet on the commission-free version of baccarat that pays 1 to 2 on a winning Banker total of six. The Baccarat Lucky 6 pays on just that contingency. I first noticed the Lucky 6 at the Venetian in Las Vegas on September 10, 2019. The same side bet goes by the name of the Tiger on some games.
I have an unconfirmed report that the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas offers the same bet, but titles it the Bank 6.
Following are the rules as played at the liberal pay table.
Meanwhile, the "stingy pay table" pays only 20 to 1 on a 3-card winning Banker total of 6.
Notes:
* The poker table rules expresses the rules on a "for one" basis, which I converted to "to one," in the interests of consistency with how I write about casino table games.
The following table shows my analysis of the Lucky 6 side bet under the Liberal pay table. I converted the pays to a "to one" basis. It is interesting that the win with the higher probability also pays more. The lower right cell shows a house edge of 11.70%.
EVENT | PAYS | COMBINATIONS | PROBABILITY | RETURN |
---|---|---|---|---|
2-Card Winning Banker 6 | 12 | 186,173,936,904,192 | 0.037247 | 0.446961 |
3-Card Winning Banker 6 | 23 | 83,058,367,551,488 | 0.016617 | 0.382191 |
All other | -1 | 4,729,165,971,047,680 | 0.946136 | -0.946136 |
Total | 4,998,398,275,503,360 | 1.000000 | -0.116985 |
The next pay table shows my analysis under the stingy pay table. The lower right cell shows a house edge of 16.68%.
EVENT | PAYS | COMBINATIONS | PROBABILITY | RETURN |
---|---|---|---|---|
2-Card Winning Banker 6 | 12 | 186,173,936,904,192 | 0.037247 | 0.446961 |
3-Card Winning Banker 6 | 20 | 83,058,367,551,488 | 0.016617 | 0.332340 |
All other | -1 | 4,729,165,971,047,680 | 0.946136 | -0.946136 |
Total | 4,998,398,275,503,360 | 1.000000 | -0.166836 |