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The banker bet wins if the banker hand total is closer to nine than the player hand; it pays even money minus a five-percent commission on most tables, reflecting the slight statistical edge banker holds over player.

The squeeze is a dealing style where the dealer slowly peels back the corner of each card on camera, revealing the suit and rank one pip at a time to build suspense before showing the full face to all players watching the stream.

A road chart is a grid that tracks the outcome of recent hands, showing whether banker or player won each round; the big road, bead plate, big eye and cockroach road help you spot streaks or patterns in the shoe history.

Dragon Bonus is a side bet that pays if your chosen hand wins by a natural nine or eight, or by a margin of four or more points; the payout scales with the winning margin, reaching thirty to one for a nine-point natural win.

A tie bet wins when the banker and player hands finish with the same point total; it typically pays eight to one, though the house edge is higher than banker or player bets because ties occur less frequently in a standard shoe.

A shoe is the transparent box that holds six or eight decks shuffled together; the dealer draws cards from it in order until a cut card appears, signaling the final hand before the studio shuffles a fresh set of decks and starts a new shoe.