Online glossary for baccarat casino play

All the technical terms you need to understand and play a better Baccarat game online

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	*BACCARAT GLOSSARY*
	This guide to online Baccarat contains some special terminology which may be unfamiliar. We provide this useful glossary, written in a clear and concise manner, to help you understand the terms and play a better game.

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Action

The total money a player bets during a baccarat game session

Baccara

Baccarat (Italian)

Baccarat

Casino game of chance where all face cards and tens have a value of zero

Banco

Dealer or player with a baccarat shoe who deals and plays the hands

Bankroll

A player's total gambling money for the baccarat game

Banque

Popular version of the game of baccarat played in North America

Carte

Request a card be dealt (French)

Chemin de Fer

French version of the baccarat game

Coup

Round of play in Baccarat (French)

Croupier

Dealer (French)

Deal

Distribute the cards in the baccarat game

Down Card

A face down card

Face Cards

Jack, Queen, and King of any suit of cards (all having a zero value in baccarat)

Fade

To cover all or part of the bank bet, also called cover or cover the bank

Flat Bet

Same baccarat bet, placed over and over again, when a player bets the same amount from hand to hand

La Petite

Eight dealt in a natural (French)

Lace

Where cards are replaced at random into a stack of cards one at a time

Ladderman

Casino employee who supervises baccarat games from a chair above the table (in land-based casinos)

Le Grande

Baccarat hand totaling 9

Mini-baccarat

Version of American baccarat using a smaller table that is about the size of a blackjack table

Natural

Baccarat hand with a value of 8 or 9 with the first two cards

Palette

A tool (generally a long flat wooden baton) used in baccarat games to move cards on the baccarat table

Punto

Baccarat player (Spanish)

Shoe

Usually a wooden box for holding and dealing baccarat cards, holds up to eight decks - Sabot (French)

Shuffle Up

Premature shuffling of playing cards by the baccarat dealer

Standoff

A tie in the baccarat game

Upcard

A face up card

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Eurogrand Casino Baccarat

97.47

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32vegas Casino Baccarat

98.70

PLAYTECH

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Lucky Ace Casino Baccarat

95.73

97.06

Amber Coast Casino Baccarat

97.13

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Casino On Net Baccarat

97.53

RANDOM LOGIC

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Diamond Club Casino Baccarat

97.70

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New York casino Baccarat

97.66

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