Baccarat: Banker versus Player

Banker wins more hands; Player pays without commission. The exact 8-deck arithmetic settles it, and the simulation below is preloaded on Banker — one click on the Player pill runs the same session on the other side.

Scenario

Current game: Baccarat · Banker — each round wins with probability 45.86%, paying 0.95 to 1, and pushes (stake returned) with probability 9.52%.

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Advanced — win chance, payout, push, table limits, seed

Rounds are capped at 100,000.

40.11% of sessions finish ahead — typically by $121.

Across every possible sequence of 500 rounds, the expectation is −$53.

Computed exactly — no simulation involved, so there is no margin of error.

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Ending bankroll. Grey shows flat betting on the same scenario. Computed exactly.

Expected versus typical

Expected ending bankroll
$947

The average across every simulated session (−$53).

Typical ending bankroll
$946

What the middle session experienced (−$54).

These agree closely here, which means the distribution is roughly symmetric.

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Outcomes

Finish ahead
40.11%
Finish behind
59.88%
Bankroll exhausted
0.00%

Could not place even the minimum bet.

Strategy could not continue
0.00%

The next required bet exceeded the bankroll or the table maximum, with money still left.

Full detail — percentiles, risk metrics, and the exact figures

Distribution of ending bankroll

P1
$466
P5
$605
P25
$808
P50
$946
P75
$1,089
P95
$1,288
P99
$1,431

Risk

Average largest bet
$10
Median maximum drawdown
$252
Average longest losing streak
8
Average total wagered
$5,000

Exact figures

Computed in closed form. No simulation, no margin of error.

Expected loss per $100 wagered
$1
Fair payout for this win chance
0.9731 to 1
Break-even win chance at this payout
46.40%
Chance the next 10 resolved rounds all lose
0.09%
Chance of at least one 10-loss streak within 500 rounds
19.20%

A different question from the one above, and a much larger number.

Typical longest losing streak
8

95th percentile: 12.

The exact edges

Per $100 wagered, Banker's expected loss is $1 and Player's is $1 — both computed exactly from the standard 8-deck probabilities, ties pushing. Banker's 5% commission is priced into its 0.95 payout, and even after paying it, Banker keeps the smaller edge. Neither is favourable: the difference decides only how slowly the same drift works against you.

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