In California Player-Banked Cardrooms (8-Deck) (8-deck, 416-card shoe), Baccarat Progressive Jackpot (Four Suited Aces / Royal 8D Meter) pays 100% Meter / 10% Meter / 500:1 / 25:1 with a 1.8400% hit frequency, a 21.4500% house edge, and a 18.4580 per-hand standard deviation under California Bureau of Gambling Control standards (SBA441).
Reference shoe scoreboard (PPBBPBPPBBPBPPBBPB) alongside SBA441 (Progressive Suited Aces in California 8D, 416 cards).
Column 2 has 2 beads. Column 1 has 2 beads. Same depth → red (=).
Common table reading watchout: Comparing the wrong columns. Compare Column 2, the one that just finished, with Column 1.
Column 4 has 1 bead. Column 2 has 2 beads. Different depth → blue (≠).
Common table reading watchout: Comparing the wrong columns. Compare Column 4, the one that just finished, with Column 2.
This bead is at Row 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.
Top meter awards 100% of progressive pool when Player and Banker open with four suited Aces of Spades/Diamonds.
Evaluated across 416 cards (8 decks) in California Player-Banked Cardrooms (8-Deck).
Compared against 1.0579% Banker (5% vig) and 1.2351% Player main bets.
Per-wager volatility under California Bureau of Gambling Control rules.
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Under California Bureau of Gambling Control rules in California Player-Banked Cardrooms (8-Deck) (SBA441), Baccarat Progressive Jackpot (Four Suited Aces / Royal 8D Meter) offers 100% Meter / 10% Meter / 500:1 / 25:1 across a 8-deck (416-card) carrier, generating 1.8400% winning tickets, a 21.4500% house edge, and 18.4580 volatility.
Finite 8-deck (416-card) enumeration in SBA441 (California 8D) proves that top meter awards 100% (sba441) of progressive pool when player (california 8d) and banker open with four (sba441·california 8d) suited aces of spades/diamonds, while base non-progressive contribution carries (sba441-8d) ~21.4% house hold before adding (california 8d) incremental meter accrual per $1/$5 (sba441-8d·california 8d) drop (1.8400% frequency, -21.4500% EV, 18.4580 SD).
| Wager Option | Payout Schedule | Hit Rate (8D) | House Edge / EV |
|---|---|---|---|
| SBA441 Progressive Suited Aces | 100% Meter / 10% Meter / 500:1 / 25:1 | 1.8400% | -21.4500% (18.4580 SD) |
| SBA441 Banker (California 8D) | 0.95 to 1 | 45.8597% | -1.0579% (416c) |
| SBA441 Player (California 8D) | 1 to 1 | 44.6247% | -1.2351% (8D) |
Across 100 hands in California Player-Banked Cardrooms (8-Deck) (SBA441, 416-card 8-deck shoe), staking 1 unit per hand on Progressive Suited Aces (100% Meter / 10% Meter / 500:1 / 25:1) carries an expected cost of 21.4500% per hand with 18.4580 single-hand dispersion (1.8400% hit rate).
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