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Summary EZ Baccarat is a commission-free variant of Punto Banco baccarat in which the standard 5% commission on winning Banker bets is removed and replaced with two structural rules that preserve the house's edge without a commission mechanism: the Dragon 7, which turns a Banker win on a three-card total of 7 into a push rather than a win, and the Panda 8, an optional side bet tied to a Player three-card total of 8. The game is dealt from the same shoe and follows the same drawing rules as standard Punto Banco baccarat. It is offered at commercial and tribal casinos across the United States and at Loto-Québec properties in Canada, including Casino de Montréal. Rules EZ Baccarat is dealt as standard Punto Banco: two two-card hands, Player and Banker, are dealt from a shoe, typically eight decks, with a fixed table of drawing rules determining whether either hand draws a third card based on its two-card total. Players wager on Player, Banker or Tie before the cards are d...

Summary Pai Gow Poker is a card game in which each player forms two poker hands, a five-card hand and a two-card hand, from a seven-card deal, then compares both against a banker's two hands to win, lose or push. It is played with a standard 52-card deck plus one joker. The game combines the two-hand structure of the Chinese domino game Pai Gow with standard poker hand rankings, and is offered at land-based and regulated online casinos across Canada, the United States and several other markets. Rules Pai Gow Poker uses a 52-card deck plus a single joker, 53 cards total, and seats two to seven players against a banker. Play begins with seven face-down piles of seven cards each dealt from the shuffled deck, with four cards left unused; a randomly determined number from one to seven sets which position receives the first pile, and dealing proceeds counterclockwise from there. Each player, and the banker, receives one seven-card pile and must divide it into two hands: a five-card ...