Quantum Baccarat Live: Our Review, How and Where to Play

The base gameplay loop of Quantum Baccarat works pretty much the same as traditional baccarat tables and follows standard rules. If you need a refresher on how it all works, make sure to check out our tutorial.

To place a bet, use the chips located at the bottom of the screen and select either Player, Banker, Tie, or any side wagers. Once you confirm, the bet will be active for the earliest upcoming new round.

Since the betting period is so short, we recommend setting up your desired wagers while the previous round is still being resolved. Alternatively, you can set up the Autoplay to place your desired wagers in every round automatically until you turn it off (or run out of money, so be careful with this feature.)

The objective, as with all baccarat games, is to predict whether the Player or Banker will draw cards with a total value closer to 9, or if the round will end in a Tie.

Each side draws two cards, with the option for a third card based on baccarat third card rules. Additionally, any hand total exceeding 10 only counts as its first digit. For example, a total hand value of 16 counts as a score of 6.

Once the card dealing stage is complete, the Player and Banker’s hands are compared. The total that is closer to 9 wins, and all players with the corresponding bet receive a payout as per the game’s paytable. Banker/Player wagers pay 1:1, while Tie bets offer 8:1.

Commissioned vs Non-Commissioned

The game allows you to easily switch between commission and non-commission paytables at any moment.

The commissioned variant features a standard 5% fee on all banker bets because the Banker is slightly more likely to win. Although the 5% fee sounds annoying, this variant actually offers a higher optimal RTP. This variant has 98.94% RTP on Banker bets and 98.76% RTP for Player bets, which makes it the statistically better option.

The non-commissioned variant removes this fee, but when the Banker wins with a Six, the payout is 0.5:1. It makes some things simpler, but offers 98.66% on Banker bets and 98.76% RTP on Player bets.

All other wagers are identical in both versions.

Quantum Multipliers

In every round, the game randomly assigns multipliers to between 1 and 5 betting positions. Multipliers can affect any position, including both main bets and side bets.

If you have an active bet on a multiplied position and win the bet, you win the multiplier instead of the base payout. For example, if the game assigns a 5x multiplier to the Player bet and you win it, you’ll win 5:1 instead of the usual 1:1.

The potential size of these multipliers depends on the type of bet itself. The options are as follows:

Main Bet Multipliers

• Banker Bet multipliers – 3x, 4x, 5x, 7x, 11x, 22x, 33x, 44x, 55x, or 88x.
• Player bet multipliers – 3x, 4x, 5x, 7x, 11x, 22x, 33x, 44x, 55x, or 88x.
• Tie bet multipliers – 22x, 33x, 44x, 55x, 88x, 111x, 222x, 333x, 555x, or 888x.

Side Bet Multipliers

• Big bet multipliers – 3x, 4x, 5x, 7x, 11x, 22x, 33x, 44x, 55x, or 88x.
• Small bet multipliers – 4x, 5x, 7x, 9x, 11x, 22x, 33x, 44x, 55x, or 88x.
• Either Pair multipliers – 11x, 22x, 33x, 44x, 55x, 88x, 111x, 222x, 555x, or 888x.
• Player Pair multipliers – 22x, 33x, 44x, 55x, 88x, 111x, 222x, 333x, 555x, or 888x.
• Banker Pair multipliers – 22x, 33x, 44x, 55x, 88x, 111x, 222x, 333x, 555x, or 888x.
• Perfect Pairs multipliers – 44x, 55x, 66x, 77x, 88x, 111x, 222x, 333x, 555x, or 888x.

Side Bets

The game offers 6 side bets in total, most of which are fairly common among live baccarat tables:

• Player Pair wins if the Player’s first two cards are of the same rank, paying 11:1.
• Banker Pair wins if the Banker’s first two cards are of the same rank, paying 11:1.
• Either Pair wins if either the Player’s or the Banker’s first two cards are of the same rank, paying 5:1.
• Perfect Pairs wins if either the Player’s or the Banker’s first two cards are of the same rank and suit, paying 25:1.
• Small wins if the total number of cards drawn by Player and Banker is 4, paying 0.56:1.
• Big wins if the total number of cards drawn by Player and Banker is 5 or 6, paying 1.5:1.

The good thing about Quantum Baccarat is that the house edge ratings for most bets are identical to standard baccarat. The 20% fee and the multipliers are perfectly balanced, which is commendable.

This means that your standard baccarat strategies will all work. The base principles, odds, and statistics of the game remain the same – at least as far as the main bets are concerned.

However, we have a few additional tips and tricks we’ve picked up during our time with the game:

• The non-commissioned variant is strictly better than the commissioned version. Despite the changes and options, the commissioned Banker bet remains the statistically best wager you can make in the entire game.
• However, the added multipliers actually improve the RTP of some wagers compared to the industry standards. For example, the Player Pair and Banker Pair side bets offer 95.08% RTP, while regular baccarat tables offer 89.64% for those same wagers. The Tie bet is similarly improved, offering 95.06% RTP – a massive improvement over the usual 85.6% offered by classic tables with 8:1 payouts.
• As such, the side bets in this game are actually more worthwhile, as is the Tie. However, the main Player and Banker wagers are still the best in terms of house edge.
• The 20% fee and volatile payouts mean that betting systems like the Martingale or Labouchere won’t work particularly well. Our advice is to stick with flat betting.
• While up to 5 positions can be affected, most rounds only see 1 multiplier, maybe 2. If you want to hit as many multipliers as possible, you’ll have to place several wagers per round.
• One strategy is to combine a “safe” bet, like the Banker, and one or two side bets – a Pair bet and Big/Small. This gives you decent coverage of various positions, increasing your chances of landing a multiplier. Moreover, the Big and Small side bets both have a decently high chance to win, which helps manage risk exposure.