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Bally's Chicago Casino at Medinah Temple (Chicago) Baccarat Guide: Wabash Avenue Upper High-Limit Baccarat Salon, IGB Rules & 5-Road Scoreboards

Bally's Chicago Casino at Medinah Temple in Chicago, Illinois (Downtown Chicago River North Casino operated by Bally's Corporation under Illinois Gaming Board) centers its baccarat action inside Wabash Avenue Upper High-Limit Baccarat Salon. Governed by 86 Ill. Adm. Code 3000 (21+ entry), Bally's Chicago spreads High-Limit Salon Midi-Baccarat, Main Floor Mini-Baccarat, EZ Baccarat (3-Card Banker 7 Push) with 5% Banker vigorish (1.06% edge) on classic shoes and EZ Baccarat 3-card Banker 7 push (1.02% edge).

Illinois Legal Age
21+
Bally's Chicago Formats
3
Bally's Chicago Shoe Span
22 Cols
Bally's Chicago Trend Board
5 Roads
Engine-Verified Scoreboard · 40 Hands

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Big Road B B P B B P P B B P P P P P B B P P B P P B P B B P B B P P B B B B P P
Big Eye Boy ≠ ≠ ≠ = = = = = ≠ = ≠ ≠ = ≠ ≠ = = ≠ ≠ ≠ ≠ = ≠ ≠ ≠ = = = ≠ ≠ = ≠ = ≠ =
Small Road = = ≠ ≠ = = = ≠ = ≠ ≠ ≠ ≠ ≠ ≠ = = = ≠ ≠ ≠ ≠ ≠ = ≠ = = ≠ ≠ ≠ = = ≠ =
Cockroach Pig = = ≠ ≠ = ≠ = ≠ ≠ ≠ = ≠ ≠ ≠ = = = ≠ = = = = = ≠ = ≠ ≠ ≠ = = ≠ ≠

Engine-verified 40-hand 8-deck shoe (19B / 19P / 2T across 22 Big Road columns) modeled on Bally's Chicago's Wabash Avenue Upper High-Limit Baccarat Salon in Chicago.

Big Road B is Banker, P is Player Roads under it Red (=): repeating Blue (≠): breaking
Step-by-Step Mark Proofs (Rule 1 & Rule 2)
Big Eye Boy (Lookback 1) Verified Mark #3

Column 3 has 2 beads. Column 2 has 1 bead. Different depth → blue (≠).

  1. Column 4 starts, so use Rule 1: compare Column 3 with Column 2, 1 column further back.
  2. Column 3 has 2 beads. Column 2 has 1 bead. Different depth → blue (≠).

Common table reading watchout: Comparing the wrong columns. Compare Column 3, the one that just finished, with Column 2.

Small Road (Lookback 2) Verified Mark #3

This bead is at Row 2. Column 2 stopped at Row 1, one row above → blue (≠).

  1. Column 4 goes down to Row 2, so use Rule 2: look 2 columns back, at Column 2.
  2. Column 2 stopped at Row 1, one row above → blue (≠).

Common table reading watchout: Thinking "no bead at this row" means blue. It is blue only when Column 2 stopped exactly one row above this bead.

Cockroach Pig (Lookback 3) Verified Mark #3

This bead is at Row 2. Column 2 stopped at Row 1, one row above → blue (≠).

  1. Column 5 goes down to Row 2, so use Rule 2: look 3 columns back, at Column 2.
  2. Column 2 stopped at Row 1, one row above → blue (≠).

Common table reading watchout: Thinking "no bead at this row" means blue. It is blue only when Column 2 stopped exactly one row above this bead.

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Key Facts & Table Specifications

Bally's Chicago (Chicago) Regulator & Statute
IGB · 86 Ill. Adm. Code 3000

Bally's Chicago Casino at Medinah Temple is operated by Bally's Corporation in Chicago, Illinois (21+ legal age).

Bally's Chicago Salon & Pit Layout
Wabash Avenue Upper High-Limit Baccarat Salon

Downtown Chicago River North Casino in Chicago spreading High-Limit Salon Midi-Baccarat · Main Floor Mini-Baccarat · EZ Baccarat (3-Card Banker 7 Push).

Bally's Chicago Commission & Side Wagers
5% Banker vigorish (1.06% edge) on classic shoes and EZ Baccarat 3-card Banker 7 push (1.02% edge)

Authorized Bally's Chicago side bets in Chicago: Dragon 7 (40:1), Panda 8 (25:1), Player/Banker Pair (11:1) & Tie (8:1).

Bally's Chicago 5-Road Scoreboard Audit
22 Logical Cols (22 Display Cols) · 35 BEB Marks

Bally's Chicago sample shoe in Chicago logs 34 Small Road and 32 Cockroach Pig marks.

Bally's Chicago Card Squeeze & Dealing Policy
Seated player card squeeze on high-limit Midi-Baccarat; rapid face-up dealer turn on main-floor Mini-Baccarat

Audited under IGB (86 Ill. Adm. Code 3000) for Bally's Chicago Casino at Medinah Temple in Chicago.

BALLY'S CHICAGO (CHICAGO) PIT ARCHITECTURE

Inside Wabash Avenue Upper High-Limit Baccarat Salon & IGB Table Rules at Bally's Chicago Casino at Medinah Temple

At Bally's Chicago Casino at Medinah Temple in Chicago, Bally's Corporation runs Wabash Avenue Upper High-Limit Baccarat Salon within a Downtown Chicago River North Casino supervised by IGB (86 Ill. Adm. Code 3000). Guests visiting Bally's Chicago (21+ ID required at Wabash Avenue Upper) select between High-Limit Salon Midi-Baccarat inside Wabash Avenue Upper High-Limit Baccarat Salon and Main Floor Mini-Baccarat across the Bally's Chicago concourse ($25–$50 Chicagoland Mini-Baccarat; $100–$500 Des Plaines & Medinah Salons).

Under IGB (86 Ill. Adm. Code 3000), Bally's Chicago's Wabash Avenue Upper High-Limit Baccarat Salon in Chicago pairs 5% Banker vigorish (1.06% edge) on classic shoes and EZ Baccarat 3-card Banker 7 push (1.02% edge) and Dragon 7 (40:1), Panda 8 (25:1), Player/Banker Pair (11:1) & Tie (8:1) with Bally's Chicago's card rule: seated player card squeeze on high-limit midi-baccarat; rapid face-up dealer turn on main-floor mini-baccarat.

Verified Bally's Chicago Casino at Medinah Temple (Chicago, Illinois) Baccarat Floor & IGB Specifications
Bally's Chicago (Wabash Avenue Upper) AttributeBally's Chicago (IGB) Verified Specification
Bally's Chicago (Wabash Avenue Upper) VenueBally's Chicago Casino at Medinah Temple (Downtown Chicago River North Casino) operated by Bally's Corporation at Wabash Avenue Upper High-Limit Baccarat Salon in Chicago
Bally's Chicago (Wabash Avenue Upper) RegulatorIllinois Gaming Board (IGB · 21+ under 86 Ill. Adm. Code 3000) at Bally's Chicago
Bally's Chicago (Wabash Avenue Upper) SalonWabash Avenue Upper High-Limit Baccarat Salon inside Bally's Chicago (Downtown Chicago River North Casino, Chicago)
Bally's Chicago (Wabash Avenue Upper) Payouts5% Banker vigorish (1.06% edge) on classic shoes and EZ Baccarat 3-card Banker 7 push (1.02% edge) · Dragon 7 (40:1), Panda 8 (25:1), Player/Banker Pair (11:1) & Tie (8:1) at Bally's Chicago (Wabash Avenue Upper)
Bally's Chicago (Wabash Avenue Upper) AuditSeated player card squeeze on high-limit Midi-Baccarat; rapid face-up dealer turn on main-floor Mini-Baccarat · 40-hand Bally's Chicago shoe (19B / 19P / 2T, 22 Bally's Chicago cols)
  • At Bally's Chicago (Wabash Avenue Upper), present 21+ government ID per IGB (86 Ill. Adm. Code 3000).
  • Inspect Wabash Avenue Upper High-Limit Baccarat Salon plaques at Bally's Chicago (Chicago) for 5% Banker vigorish (1.06% edge) on classic shoes and EZ Baccarat 3-card Banker 7 push (1.02% edge).
  • Follow Bally's Chicago (Wabash Avenue Upper) dealing etiquette inside Wabash Avenue Upper High-Limit Baccarat Salon: Seated player card squeeze on high-limit Midi-Baccarat; rapid face-up dealer turn on main-floor Mini-Baccarat.
BALLY'S CHICAGO SCOREBOARD & LOOKBACK VERIFICATION

Reading 5-Road Displays Inside Bally's Chicago's Wabash Avenue Upper High-Limit Baccarat Salon (Chicago)

Electronic tote boards in Wabash Avenue Upper High-Limit Baccarat Salon at Bally's Chicago Casino at Medinah Temple (Chicago) track all five Macau roads for Bally's Chicago players: Bead Plate, Big Road (22 Bally's Chicago columns from 19B / 19P / 2T), Big Eye Boy (35 Wabash Avenue Upper marks), Small Road (34 marks), and Cockroach Pig (32 marks).

On Bally's Chicago's Wabash Avenue Upper High-Limit Baccarat Salon display in Chicago, the Hand #41 Ask Banker indicator projects BEB BLUE, Small Road RED, and Cockroach Pig BLUE. Every Bally's Chicago (Wabash Avenue Upper) deal under 86 Ill. Adm. Code 3000 remains statistically independent.

Table Reality Check

Myth vs. Truth

MythSqueezing cards inside Wabash Avenue Upper High-Limit Baccarat Salon at Bally's Chicago Casino at Medinah Temple in Chicago allows Bally's Chicago bettors to alter the Banker third-card rule under IGB.
TruthAt Bally's Chicago Casino at Medinah Temple (Chicago, Illinois), 86 Ill. Adm. Code 3000 mandates the fixed statutory third-card drawing chart on every Bally's Chicago hand; card squeezing in Wabash Avenue Upper High-Limit Baccarat Salon only changes how slowly the dealt card is revealed.
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