If you are ever thinking about playing baccarat online, there are a couple of things that you need to understand beforehand:
Online Casino Bonuses
I can guarantee that 100% of the online casinos that you find will offer a “casino bonus” of some kind. This casino bonus is used to draw new players into an online casino with the lure of free money. In actuality, you are agreeing to wager a certain amount when you accept the bonus money.
Most often, the bonus will be most favourable to the people who play on slot machines. About 50% of the casino bonuses that I have seen have been exclusively for casino games with a large house advantage. This includes slots as well as keno and scratch cards.
Other bonuses may be labeled to intend which games are designed to help players. A blackjack bonus helps blackjack players, a video poker bonus helps video poker players and so on …
Excluded Games from Bonus
There are some games that you will specifically not be allowed to play online with a casino bonus. Baccarat is one of these games that is often excluded from most casino bonuses. By most, I mean about 98% of online casino bonuses.
Along with playing baccarat online, you can add the games of craps, roulette and pai gow poker as frequently excluded games from casino bonuses.
Basically, these games are excluded from bonus money play for two reasons: 1) The house advantage of the casino game is very low.
2) There exists the possibility to cheat in order to reach the wagering requirement by betting on both sides of a 50/50 bet. This possibility exists in Roulette (Red/Black, Odd/Even, etc.), in Craps (Pass/Don’t Pass, etc.) as well as in Baccarat (Player/Banker).
What does Excluded Game mean?
An excluded game can mean one of two things. One – you may be able to place bets on the game but these bets do not count towards the wagering requirement. You have to reach this wagering requirement if you would like to cash out.
Two – However, there is another option if you are not careful in reading the casino rules. You may have your bonus and winnings voided if you play an excluded game. That means that you could only get your original money back if you tried to cash out.
The moral of this story is that people who want to play baccarat at an online casino should not accept the casino bonus.
With the following exception …
Lucky Red Casino
I have found one online casino that does allow bet on Baccarat with their casino bonus. Lucky Red Casino offers an “Other Games” bonus. In order to receive this bonus, you must use the Coupon Code: OTHERGAMES55
In order to claim this bonus, you must download and install the Lucky Red Casino software. Just sign up for an account and login. You will find yourself in the casino lobby. From here, click on the Go To Cashier button.
Click on the Redeem Coupon tab and enter the coupon code OTHERGAMES55. Do this before you make your deposit. After that, make a deposit between $30 and $2000 and you will automatically receive a 55% bonus.
You will be allowed to play any game that is offered at Lucky Red Casino.
Bonus Terms
The deposit and bonus must be wagered 25 times before cashing out. The following games only contribute 60% of the wager towards the requirement: Baccarat, Blackjack, Video Pokers, Multihand Video Poker, Craps, Roulette & Sic Bo.
This means that you basically have to wager a 42x rollover on baccarat before you cash out. If you were to deposit $500, you will receive a $275 bonus. You would have to wager ($500 + $275) x 42 or $32,550 before you can cash out. If you average $10 per hand, you can finish this bonus in less than 8 hours of playing.
This bonus can be claimed multiple times. In order to qualify for the next bonus, you must either clear the first bonus or have busted out.