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DETROIT, MICHIGAN · VERIFIED PROPERTY GUIDE

MotorCity Casino Hotel Detroit (Detroit) Baccarat Guide: Grand River Avenue High-Limit Table Lounge, MGCB Rules & 5-Road Scoreboards

MotorCity Casino Hotel Detroit in Detroit, Michigan (Midtown Detroit Commercial Casino operated by Marian Ilitch Holdings under Michigan Gaming Control Board) centers its baccarat action inside Grand River Avenue High-Limit Table Lounge. Governed by Mich. Admin. Code R 432.1839 (21+ entry), MotorCity Casino 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).

Michigan Legal Age
21+
MotorCity Casino Formats
3
MotorCity Casino Shoe Span
22 Cols
MotorCity Casino Trend Board
5 Roads
Engine-Verified Scoreboard · 40 Hands

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

Engine-verified 40-hand 8-deck shoe (21B / 17P / 2T across 22 Big Road columns) modeled on MotorCity Casino's Grand River Avenue High-Limit Table Lounge in Detroit.

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.

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Key Facts & Table Specifications

MotorCity Casino (Detroit) Regulator & Statute
MGCB · Mich. Admin. Code R 432.1839

MotorCity Casino Hotel Detroit is operated by Marian Ilitch Holdings in Detroit, Michigan (21+ legal age).

MotorCity Casino Salon & Pit Layout
Grand River Avenue High-Limit Table Lounge

Midtown Detroit Commercial Casino in Detroit spreading High-Limit Salon Midi-Baccarat · Main Floor Mini-Baccarat · EZ Baccarat (3-Card Banker 7 Push).

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

Authorized MotorCity Casino side bets in Detroit: Dragon 7 (40:1), Panda 8 (25:1), Player/Banker Pair (11:1) & Tie (8:1).

MotorCity Casino 5-Road Scoreboard Audit
22 Logical Cols (22 Display Cols) · 34 BEB Marks

MotorCity Casino sample shoe in Detroit logs 31 Small Road and 29 Cockroach Pig marks.

MotorCity Casino 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 MGCB (Mich. Admin. Code R 432.1839) for MotorCity Casino Hotel Detroit in Detroit.

MOTORCITY CASINO (DETROIT) PIT ARCHITECTURE

Inside Grand River Avenue High-Limit Table Lounge & MGCB Table Rules at MotorCity Casino Hotel Detroit

Operated by Marian Ilitch Holdings in Detroit, MotorCity Casino Hotel Detroit houses Grand River Avenue High-Limit Table Lounge inside a Midtown Detroit Commercial Casino audited by MGCB pursuant to Mich. Admin. Code R 432.1839. Across MotorCity Casino (21+ entry at Grand River Avenue), Grand River Avenue High-Limit Table Lounge spreads High-Limit Salon Midi-Baccarat alongside Main Floor Mini-Baccarat and EZ Baccarat (3-Card Banker 7 Push) ($15–$25 Main Floor Mini-Baccarat; $50–$500 Detroit High-Limit Salons).

Inspectors from MGCB audit Grand River Avenue High-Limit Table Lounge at MotorCity Casino (Detroit) under Mich. Admin. Code R 432.1839, verifying 5% 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), and MotorCity Casino card handling (seated player card squeeze on high-limit midi-baccarat; rapid face-up dealer turn on main-floor mini-baccarat).

Verified MotorCity Casino Hotel Detroit (Detroit, Michigan) Baccarat Floor & MGCB Specifications
MotorCity Casino (Grand River Avenue) AttributeMotorCity Casino (MGCB) Verified Specification
MotorCity Casino (Grand River Avenue) VenueMotorCity Casino Hotel Detroit (Midtown Detroit Commercial Casino) operated by Marian Ilitch Holdings at Grand River Avenue High-Limit Table Lounge in Detroit
MotorCity Casino (Grand River Avenue) RegulatorMichigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB · 21+ under Mich. Admin. Code R 432.1839) at MotorCity Casino
MotorCity Casino (Grand River Avenue) SalonGrand River Avenue High-Limit Table Lounge inside MotorCity Casino (Midtown Detroit Commercial Casino, Detroit)
MotorCity Casino (Grand River Avenue) 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 MotorCity Casino (Grand River Avenue)
MotorCity Casino (Grand River Avenue) AuditSeated player card squeeze on high-limit Midi-Baccarat; rapid face-up dealer turn on main-floor Mini-Baccarat · 40-hand MotorCity Casino shoe (21B / 17P / 2T, 22 MotorCity Casino cols)
  • At MotorCity Casino (Grand River Avenue), present 21+ government ID per MGCB (Mich. Admin. Code R 432.1839).
  • Inspect Grand River Avenue High-Limit Table Lounge plaques at MotorCity Casino (Detroit) for 5% Banker vigorish (1.06% edge) on classic shoes and EZ Baccarat 3-card Banker 7 push (1.02% edge).
  • Follow MotorCity Casino (Grand River Avenue) dealing etiquette inside Grand River Avenue High-Limit Table Lounge: Seated player card squeeze on high-limit Midi-Baccarat; rapid face-up dealer turn on main-floor Mini-Baccarat.
MOTORCITY CASINO SCOREBOARD & LOOKBACK VERIFICATION

Reading 5-Road Displays Inside MotorCity Casino's Grand River Avenue High-Limit Table Lounge (Detroit)

Electronic tote boards in Grand River Avenue High-Limit Table Lounge at MotorCity Casino Hotel Detroit (Detroit) track all five Macau roads for MotorCity Casino players: Bead Plate, Big Road (22 MotorCity Casino columns from 21B / 17P / 2T), Big Eye Boy (34 Grand River Avenue marks), Small Road (31 marks), and Cockroach Pig (29 marks).

If Hand #41 lands next at MotorCity Casino (Grand River Avenue), Grand River Avenue High-Limit Table Lounge's Ask Banker probe shows Big Eye Boy BLUE, Small Road BLUE, and Cockroach Pig BLUE. Per Mich. Admin. Code R 432.1839, MotorCity Casino's board in Grand River Avenue High-Limit Table Lounge records past Detroit hands only and never alters 8-deck shoe probabilities at MotorCity Casino.

Table Reality Check

Myth vs. Truth

MythSqueezing cards inside Grand River Avenue High-Limit Table Lounge at MotorCity Casino Hotel Detroit in Detroit allows MotorCity Casino bettors to alter the Banker third-card rule under MGCB.
TruthAt MotorCity Casino Hotel Detroit (Detroit, Michigan), Mich. Admin. Code R 432.1839 mandates the fixed statutory third-card drawing chart on every MotorCity Casino hand; card squeezing in Grand River Avenue High-Limit Table Lounge only changes how slowly the dealt card is revealed.
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