new Tiger Baccarat side bets

jul24

A fresh side bet option for baccarat play introduced to the Macau market – known as ‘Small 6/Big 6’ – is now prevalent in all key properties promoted by the city’s six casino operators across Cotai and downtown Macau, based on GGRAsia’s recent site checks.

Small 6/Big 6 – a variant of the ‘Lucky Six’ found in Macau casinos – pays 22 to 1, if the winning ‘banker’ hand with a face value of six is composed of two cards. The side bet pays 50 to 1 for a winning ‘banker’ hand with a face value of six, composed of three cards.

Macau casino operators Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd and Sands China Ltd had been the earliest adopters of this fresh side bet option. Both companies had already launched the offer at their respective properties by early May, coinciding with the Labour Day holiday period.

In late May, MGM China Holdings Ltd and Wynn Macau Ltd also started offering the Small 6/Big 6 bet option at the mass and high-limit gaming areas of their respective casino properties on Macau peninsula and in Cotai, according to GGRAsia’s checks at the time.

Now, in the City of Dreams casino resort – operated by Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd in Cotai – the Small 6/Big 6-side bet option is available throughout its main floors and the “Qi Long” high-limit baccarat play area. The side bet option was not available at the time of GGRAsia’s checks in late May.

The Small 6/Big 6-side bet is also currently available at the main floors of the casino at Studio City, another Cotai property run by Melco Resorts, according to our latest site checks.

The side bet option is also offered at the main floors and the “Phoenix Pavilion” high-limit baccarat play zones at both Grand Lisboa and Grand Lisboa Palace, both run by SJM Holdings Ltd. This option was not available at the time of our visit in late May.

The Small 6/Big 6 bet option offers attractive payout to winning customers but is likely to boost house edge overall, investment analysts and a gaming research analyst told GGRAsia.

The ‘Small 6’ side bet – also known as the ‘Small Tiger’ – statistically exhibits a house edge of 14.33 percent; while the ‘Big 6’ side bet, or known as ‘Big Tiger’, demonstrates a higher house edge of 15.25 percent, said gaming research specialist Ryan Ho.

https://www.ggrasia.com/side-bet-small-6big-6-now-common-in-macau-casinos/

 may24

A new ‘Small 6/Big 6’ baccarat side bet with attractive payout to winning customers but that is likely to boost house edge overall, was in use in the Macau market on Thursday, during a GGRAsia spot-check of some of the city’s main casino floors. The new side bet can be offered by Macau casino operators without them needing to utilise so-called ‘smart’ tables.

Also, so-called ‘baccarat insurance’ bets – a hedging wager favoured by some players but with a high house edge – were in evidence at MGM China Holdings Ltd’s properties. The company says such bets are hard to offer without use of smart tables, and MGM China describes itself an early adopter of such technology.

Thursday was the second day of mainland China’s five-day May holidays, and large numbers of tourists were in evidence downtown and in the newer Cotai casino district.

https://www.ggrasia.com/macau-new-baccarat-side-bet-on-offer-amid-may-hols/


may24

A number of Macau’s concessionaires have been preparing to roll out a new baccarat side bet offering odds as high as 50/1 after it received approval from the local regulator, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ).

The side bet, most commonly known globally as Tiger No Commission Baccarat, is variously referred to in Macau as “Small 6/Big 6”, “Small Lucky 6/Big Lucky 6” or “Small Tiger/Big Tiger”, depending on the concessionaire, and is similar to the popular Lucky 6 game but offers both two-card and three-card side bet options.

The “Small Tiger” bet offers odds of 22/1 and is paid when a Banker bet wins the hand with a two-card total of 6. “Big Tiger” offers odds of 50/1 and is paid on Banker wins with a three-card total of 6.

Although the house edge of 14.3% on “Small 6” and 15.3% on “Big 6” is lower than the 16.7% offered on traditional Lucky 6, it is hoped the offer of two different side bet options provides additional appeal to customers. The game is known to be particularly popular among Malaysian and Singaporean players.

IAG is aware of at least three concessionaires to have already installed this new side bet option on multiple baccarat tables, while one concessionaire said they would wait to see how the bet is received before moving forward.

The bet is also supported by both Walker Digital Table Systems and Angel, the two companies providing smart table game technology to Macau’s concessionaires.

IAG understands the DICJ previously sent game rules and details to its six concessionaires and approved the new bet to go live from 29 April.

The DICJ did not respond to a request for comment.

https://www.asgam.com/index.php/2024/04/30/macaus-dicj-approves-new-tiger-baccarat-side-bets/

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