Lucky 9 Card Game
Lucky 9
“Lucky 9 card game is a fusion of two of the most popular casino games, Blackjack and Baccarat. Lucky 9 is a House-Banked card game that uses the Baccarat numbering system in a Blackjack style dealing structure. The object of the game is to have a hand higher than the dealer as close to 9 as possible.”
Title: Lucky 9 Card Game
Uploaded by: TheAbuanGaming
Video length: 5:01
Published: 7 years ago
Popularity: 36,000 views
Lucky 9 sounds like a fun game to play, Let’s hope someone ‘picks it up” in Vegas and starts offering it to real players.
Lucky 9 Playing Strategy
The below is a player devised strategy for playing Lucky 9 as well as the probabilities of winning the side bets. It is always sound advice to know the stats before you bet.
| Player | Dealer | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | A | |
| 2-Card Totals | ||||||||||
| 6-9 | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| 5 | S | S | S | S | H | H | H | H | S | S |
| 0-4 | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H |
| Pairs | ||||||||||
| A-A | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H |
| 10-10 | P | P | H | H | H | H | H | H | P | P |
| 9-9 | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| 8-8 | S | S | S | S | S | P | S | S | S | S |
| 7-7 | P | P | P | P | P | P | H | H | P | P |
| 6-6 | P | P | P | P | P | H | H | H | P | P |
| 5-5 | P | P | P | P | H | H | H | H | P | P |
| 4-4 | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| 3-3 | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| 2-2 | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H |
Lucky 9 Side Bet Payouts and Probabilities
| Players Hand | Payout | Combinations | Probability | Return |
| Suited 3-3-3 | 200 | 224 | 0.000019 | 0.003761 |
| Suited 2-3-4 | 100 | 2,048 | 0.000172 | 0.017193 |
| Any 3-3-3 | 50 | 4,736 | 0.000398 | 0.019879 |
| Any 2-3-4 | 40 | 30,720 | 0.002579 | 0.103155 |
| Suited 9 Total | 30 | 70,144 | 0.005888 | 0.176653 |
| Other 9 Total | 5 | 1,070,592 | 0.089874 | 0.449369 |
| nothing | -1 | 10,733,696 | 0.901071 | -0.901071 |
| Total | 11,912,160 | 1 | -0.131061 |
So far there seems to be only interest in the Philippines ( which is an awesome country to visit – I wish the Dept. of tourism would invite me back).
Anyway, the video does explain all the rules and how to play!
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