Progressive baccarat

Progressive Baccarat is virtually the same game as traditional Baccarat, only Progressive Baccarat jackpots typically grow into massive winnings… and very, very quickly!

A Progressive Baccarat game essentially works like this: The game is linked to any number of other online casinos offering players the same Progressive Jackpot game. Each time someone places a wager on one progressive game, a percentage of that wager is automatically added to the shared jackpot. When a gambler achieves the result required to win, he/she is declared the winner of either the whole jackpot or part thereof, depending – of course – on that particular game's rules.

When one Progressive Baccarat Jackpot is won, a new Jackpot starts building in value immediately afterwards. In order to be sure that players are guaranteed a sizeable payoff early on in the development of a Progressive Jackpot, each of the networked online casinos providing the same progressive game contribute a minimum amount of 'seed' money to the pot. This way, even if you hit the jackpot immediately after somebody else does, you're still guaranteed a significant win.

How to Play Baccarat

The aim in Baccarat is to build a hand point-total as close to 9 as possible, based on a particular point system. In Progressive Baccarat aces are worth 1, all number cards are worth their face values, and tens & picture cards count as zero. If your hand total is a 2-digit number, you count the second digit as your total point value. Example: 6 + 8 = 14. Thus your hand would be worth 4 points. If the Banker has a 9 + 8 adding up to 17, the Banker wins with 7, which is closer to 9 than 4.

Progressive Baccarat Betting

Betting in Baccarat is also easy as pie. There are 3 possible bets a player can place: betting on the Banker's hand, the Player's hand, on a Tie, or any combo of these 3 possible outcomes. The Player and the Banker (also known as the Dealer or House) are then each dealt a two-card hand. (When played according to 'Third Card Rules' the Player and/or Banker are dealt a third card.)

Progressive Baccarat's Winning Hand Payoffs

Betting on the Player is a 2 to 1 payoff, betting on the Banker also pays 2 to 1 (after the House's 5 percent commission or 'Vigorish'), and gambling on a Tie pays 9:1. If the Player's and Dealer's hands are equal in total point value, the outcome is a Tie, or 'Push' and the player’s wager is returned to him/her (if no bets were placed on a Tie to win).

An online Progressive Baccarat shoe comprises 6 card decks which undergo reshuffling after each played hand.

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