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Baltimore-Washington & Potomac Corridor Baccarat Market Guide: Maryland Table Minimums, Pits & Property Directory

High-volume Mid-Atlantic baccarat pits regulated under COMAR 36.05.04. Regulated by Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency (MLGCA) under COMAR Title 36 Subtitle 05 Chapter 04 with a 21+ age requirement, the Baltimore-Washington & Potomac Corridor corridor spans 5 verified casino floors across Baltimore Inner Harbor South, Perryville I-95, Eastern Shore Berlin, and Western Maryland featuring $25–$50 Main Floor Mini-Baccarat; $100–$500 Midi-Baccarat Squeeze.

Maryland Market Floors
5
MLGCA Legal Age
21+
Market Shoe Span
23 Cols
MLGCA Trend Display
5 Roads
Engine-Verified Scoreboard · 40 Hands

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

Engine-verified 40-hand 8-deck shoe for Baltimore-Washington & Potomac Corridor (14B / 24P / 2T across 23 Maryland Big Road columns).

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 2 has 3 beads. Column 1 has 3 beads. Same depth → red (=).

  1. Column 3 starts, so use Rule 1: compare Column 2 with Column 1, 1 column further back.
  2. Column 2 has 3 beads. Column 1 has 3 beads. Same depth → red (=).

Common table reading watchout: Comparing the wrong columns. Compare Column 2, the one that just finished, with Column 1.

Small Road (Lookback 2) Verified Mark #3

This bead is at Row 2. Column 2 has a bead at Row 2 too → red (=).

  1. Column 4 goes down to Row 2, so use Rule 2: look 2 columns back, at Column 2.
  2. Column 2 has a bead at Row 2 too → red (=).

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 has a bead at Row 2 too → red (=).

  1. Column 5 goes down to Row 2, so use Rule 2: look 3 columns back, at Column 2.
  2. Column 2 has a bead at Row 2 too → red (=).

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.

Verified Reference Data

Key Facts & Table Specifications

Baltimore-Washington & Potomac Corridor Typical Table Minimums
$25–$50 Main Floor Mini-Baccarat; $100–$500 Midi-Baccarat Squeeze

Benchmarked across 5 licensed properties in Baltimore Inner Harbor South, Perryville I-95, Eastern Shore Berlin, and Western Maryland.

Baltimore-Washington & Potomac Corridor Dominant Floor Variant
COMAR Midi-Baccarat & EZ Baccarat (Dragon 7 / Panda 8)

High-volume Mid-Atlantic baccarat pits regulated under COMAR 36.05.04

Baltimore-Washington & Potomac Corridor Regulatory Authority
Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency (MLGCA · 21+)

Governing statute: COMAR Title 36 Subtitle 05 Chapter 04 in Maryland.

Baltimore-Washington & Potomac Corridor Indexed Casino Properties
Horseshoe Baltimore, Hollywood Perryville, Ocean Downs Casino, Rocky Gap Casino, Chesapeake Pot

5 property guides verified in the Baltimore-Washington & Potomac Corridor regional cluster.

Baltimore-Washington & Potomac Corridor Scoreboard Audit
40 Hands · 23 Big Road Cols · 34 BEB Marks

Small Road logs 31 marks and Cockroach Pig logs 29 marks on this Maryland shoe.

BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON & POTOMAC CORRIDOR CORRIDOR OVERVIEW

Comparing Baltimore-Washington & Potomac Corridor Baccarat Salons, Minimums & MLGCA Rules

Across Baltimore Inner Harbor South, Perryville I-95, Eastern Shore Berlin, and Western Maryland, the Baltimore-Washington & Potomac Corridor baccarat market connects 5 licensed gaming floors supervised by Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency (MLGCA) under COMAR Title 36 Subtitle 05 Chapter 04. High-volume Mid-Atlantic baccarat pits regulated under COMAR 36.05.04, giving Maryland players access to COMAR Midi-Baccarat & EZ Baccarat (Dragon 7 / Panda 8) with typical limits of $25–$50 Main Floor Mini-Baccarat; $100–$500 Midi-Baccarat Squeeze.

When selecting a seat in Baltimore-Washington & Potomac Corridor (Baltimore Inner Harbor South, Perryville I-95, Eastern Shore Berlin, and Western Maryland), verify the posted MLGCA rule plaque at Horseshoe Baltimore, Hollywood Perryville, Ocean Downs Casino: every Maryland table enforces the statutory third-card chart under COMAR Title 36 Subtitle 05 Chapter 04 while varying between main-floor dealer-turned shoes and high-limit salon squeeze pits.

Verified Baltimore-Washington & Potomac Corridor (Maryland) Casino Properties & Pit Specifications
Maryland Property & CityMLGCA OperatorMaryland Featured PitMaryland Venue Profile
Horseshoe Baltimore (Baltimore)Caesars Entertainment · MLGCARussell Street High-Limit Asian SalonBaltimore Stadium Corridor Urban Casino (Maryland)
Hollywood Perryville (Perryville)PENN Entertainment · MLGCAChesapeake Overlook Minibaccarat PitCecil County I-95 Commercial Casino (Maryland)
Ocean Downs Casino (Berlin)Churchill Downs Inc. · MLGCAOcean Parkway Eastern Shore Table PitWorcester County Coastal Racino (Maryland)
Rocky Gap Casino (Flintstone)Century Casinos · MLGCALake Habeeb Mountain Table LoungeAllegany County State Park Resort (Maryland)
Chesapeake Potomac Annex (Fort Washington)Maryland Gaming Operations · MLGCAPotomac Corridor VIP Midi-Baccarat RoomPrince George's County Gaming Pavilion (Maryland)
  • Baltimore-Washington & Potomac Corridor (Maryland) limits: $25–$50 Main Floor Mini-Baccarat; $100–$500 Midi-Baccarat Squeeze across Baltimore Inner Harbor South, Perryville I-95, Eastern Shore Berlin, and Western Maryland.
  • Baltimore-Washington & Potomac Corridor (Maryland) primary game mix: COMAR Midi-Baccarat & EZ Baccarat (Dragon 7 / Panda 8).
  • Baltimore-Washington & Potomac Corridor (Maryland) regulator: Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency (MLGCA, 21+ under COMAR Title 36 Subtitle 05 Chapter 04).
MARYLAND 5-ROAD SCOREBOARD LITERACY

Reading 5-Road Displays Across Baltimore-Washington & Potomac Corridor (Baltimore Inner Harbor South, Perryville I-95, Eastern Shore Berlin, and Western Maryland)

Electronic reader boards across Baltimore-Washington & Potomac Corridor—including Horseshoe Baltimore's Russell Street High-Limit Asian Salon and Hollywood Perryville's Chesapeake Overlook Minibaccarat Pit and Ocean Downs Casino's Ocean Parkway Eastern Shore Table Pit—plot the Bead Plate, 6-row Big Road, Big Eye Boy, Small Road, and Cockroach Pig in real time under MLGCA standards. Our featured 40-hand Baltimore-Washington & Potomac Corridor shoe (14 Banker wins, 24 Player wins, and 2 ties) spans 23 Big Road columns and generates 34 Big Eye Boy marks plus 31 Small Road marks.

In every Baltimore-Washington & Potomac Corridor pit governed by COMAR Title 36 Subtitle 05 Chapter 04, derived-road marks compare Big Road column lengths and depths from completed Maryland hands; each new deal from an 8-deck MLGCA shoe remains an independent event.

Table Reality Check

Myth vs. Truth

MythHigh-limit salons in Baltimore-Washington & Potomac Corridor (Baltimore Inner Harbor South, Perryville I-95, Eastern Shore Berlin, and Western Maryland) use a different Banker third-card rule than main-floor tables in Maryland.
TruthEvery table in Baltimore-Washington & Potomac Corridor obeys the identical third-card drawing statute codified in COMAR Title 36 Subtitle 05 Chapter 04 and enforced by Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency (MLGCA).
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