Quan Shi G2E ASIA 2013 Baccarat Presentation

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May 21 23, 2013 | Venetian Macao

Mining the Baccarat Bonanza:

A Baccarat Master Speaks

Quan Shi

Board MemberZuan Xin Lucky Dragon Gaming Pte Ltd

Las Vegas, Nevada


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Mr. Quan Shi is a member of the Board of Directors of Zuan Xin Lucky

Dragon Gaming Pte Ltd of Las Vegas, Nevada, maker of the

unprecedented mobile Chinese gaming expert app Zuan Xin LuckyDragon Baccarat that contains the solution to the game elaborated in

2006 by Zuan Xin and his group from Harvard. An honors graduate in

civil engineering from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore,

Quan mastered the Baccarat Great Learning of Zuan Xin and went on to

become one of the top Baccarat experts in Southeast Asia. As a boardmember of Zuan Xin Lucky Dragon Gaming, Quan oversees the design

and quality of the company's gaming expert apps for Baccarat and Pai

Gow and its novel Good Luck Machine app.


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Why Im Here

We Know Baccarat is Big

Lets Make It BiggerBut Lets Make It Better Too


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Global Gambling is Changing

Our Games Must Evolve

Or They Will DevolveSo We Strive to Understand


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Games Die from Neglect

We Focus on Strengths

Make Them StrongerWe Eliminate Nits

Invest Effort Elsewhere


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Bonanzas Can Be Mismanaged

But Not the Baccarat Bonanza

We Grow Game Taking Long View


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The Baccarat Bonanza

Nature of the Game

Nature of the PlayersNature of the Times



Nature of the Game

Simplicity and Symmetry

Ceremony and ReputationTest of Luck



Simplicity and Symmetry

Simple Mathematics

Simple Fascinating RulesFast Mesmerizing Card Game



Ceremony and Reputation

Luxury and Aspirational Luxury

Association with James BondLore of the Great Whales



What is the name of the self

proclaimed luxury lifestyle

magazine of Hong Kong?

Baccarat



Test of Luck

No Apparent Method

Ed Thorp Couldnt Solve ItInfinite Ways to Play



Edward O. Thorp declaredBaccarat unsolvable in 1966!



Thus the results for n=13 seemto conclusively demonstrate

that no practical winning strategy

is possible for the Nevada game,

even with a computing machineplaying a perfect game.



Psychoneurolinguistics

Keyed on Chinese Mind

Numbers and Characters



Notion of Deep Unifying PatternStrong Bias Strong Attribute



Insight in Ancient Characters

Fate Yun CNY YunReal PsychoneurolinguisticsReal Effects in Real People



Baccarat Best SocialPai Gow Tiles Not Complex

Mahjong Tiles CompetitiveI Ching Hexagrams Not Social


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Baccarat by Her Very Name

Chinese Game of Patterns


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Nature of the Players

Compression of Attention

Hyperobsession with MoneyDesperation for Uncertainty


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Nature of the Times

Notion that Everythings Fixed

Infinite ComplexityHyperwired World of the Now


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What Does This Mean

Baccarats Purity is Her Strength

The Honesty of Random ShoesThe Integrity of an Honest Deal


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Desmond Lam arguably

top expert on both Chinese

gambling and gambling

addiction


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Says Lam

Illusion of Control is Key

Baccarat Delivers

No Wrong Way


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Theres No Other Game

That Can Deliver Endlessly

Quintessential Purity

With Quintessential Integrity


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There is Only One Game

Comparable to the Finest Wine

Baccarat


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Parallel

The Great Russian Writer

Dostoyevsky was a Gambler

He Described the Spell of Roulette


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However, I deduced from the sceneone conclusion which seemed to me

reliablenamely, that in the flow of

fortuitous chances there is, if not a

system, at all events a sort of order.


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As Dostoyevsky said

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A Similar Fate

Baccarat Meant To Be

Overwhelming Favorite

Chinese Gambling Game


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The Shoe

8 Packs of Cards

Billion Trillion PatternsEndless Roads


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Endless Roads


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Chinese Gambling Model

Integrating not Isolating

Socializing not Alienating

Mindful not Mindless


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This is Why Gambling

Holds a Special Place in

Chinese Culture


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Sweet Spot for Growing Game

Patterns

Side Bets on Patterns

Variations Based on Patterns


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ETG/LD Can Redefine

Perfect Test Bed

Decisions Runs SequencesEasy to Test Propositions


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Scoreboard as Map

Each Shoe a Journey

Each Shoe as Journey

Dealer as Journey Guide


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Bigger Better Scoreboards

Las Vegas Sports Book Model

More Analysis the Merrier

Macaus Asias Baccarat Sages


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Three Truest Truths

We Need to Embrace Winners

We Need More Players

We Need to Elevate the Game


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How to Embrace Winners

Encourage Analysis

Discourage Obsession

Big Analytical Competitions


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Terminology

Decisions (B or P only)

Runs (BB or PP simplest)

Sequences (BPBPBP simplest)


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Typical Shoe

80 Hands

8 Ties

72 Decisions


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Runs

36 Total

18 Runs of 1

18 Runs of More Than 1


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Sequences

18 Sequences of Runs


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Meta Sequences

18 Meta Sequences

Containing All Sequences


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Baccarat Solved

Presented Next Thursday

ICGRT at Caesars Palace

Baccarat Beatable


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The Pattern of the Patterns

Elaborated by Zuan Xin

Validated Three Ways

More Interesting than Useful


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Validated Three Ways

Mathematically

Empirically

Computationally


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Baccarat Solved a Good Thing

Magnet for Non Asians

Game Overpowers All Methods

Generates Self Justification


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Big Analytical Competitions

Many Many Many Methods

Celebrity Plays Shoe Publicly

Somebody Must Win


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Next Level Competitions

More Player Development Value

High Return on Investment


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The Edward O. Thorp Effect

Perception that a game of chance

is beatable is the magnet that pulls

in every player that wants to win


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Make Baccarat Bigger

Attract Non Asians Too

Promote the Game like Poker

We Need Ambassadors


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Ambassadors of Baccarat

Male and Female Celebrities

Chinese and Non Asian

Lovers of the Game


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Make Baccarat Better

Pick and Choose Best Ways

Dont Thrash About Edges

Protect Integrity of the Game


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Player Development

Mobile Applications Footprint

Electronic Training Versions

Hyperemphasis on Winners


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Mobile Mobile Mobile





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Smartphone Reality

Absorb It Before It Absorbs Us

Nothing Can Be Sacred

Accept It Will Get Its Share


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The Question

Is the Smartphone a Threat?

The Answer

Absolutely Not!


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Why Shouldnt Baccarat

the Greatest Game andthe Biggest Game

be the Coolest Game Too?


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For Example

Baccarat Stadiums on Steroids

Celebrity Live Dealers

Luxury Brand Sponsored Prizes


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The Casino as Mobile Network

Baccarat Happenings Feasible

Patterns Patterns Patterns

Shared Insights Networks


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A Word on Variations

Try Any and All

Dont Amp Up House Edge

Player Development Tools


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Exotica

Three Card Baccarat

Baccarat Insurance

Player Development Tools


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Law of Large Numbers

With Us Not Against Us

Everyone Aspires to VIP

Millions of Ten Thousands


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Fold Venues into the Game

Global Baccarat Meccas

Larger Than Life Events

Celebrate Winners


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Celebrate the Game

Shes an Honorable Game

No One Doesnt Love Her

Every Day is a Special Day


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Translate Macau VIP Baccarat

Macau Raised the Bar in Gaming

Now We Make Everyone VIP

Because VIP is a State of Mind


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The New Baccarat Room

Hybridize Twice Excitement

High Limit Slot Parlor

Internet Mobile Social Cafe


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More Endless RoadsTo Captivate Younger Players

Personalized Roads

Socially Shared Roads


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Bring All Baccarat In House

Player Banker Option

Player Groups Option

Live Mobile Play Option


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Everyones a VIP

New Kind of Baccarat Host

Players Journeys Guides

Reinforcement of Winning Okay


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New Emphasis

Deemphasize Addicts

Emphasize New Players

Ten Twenty Times More Players


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Player Development Cycling

Trainee (ETG/LD/Variants)Mass Market (Public Tables)

Premium Mass Market (Focused)

VIP (Into Private Rooms)


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New Baccarat

Social Sharing Game

Craps Table Like Intimacy

Efficient Well Trained Staff


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New Baccarat Management

Each Shoe an Event

Macau Asia Baccarat Vegas Keno

Mobile Engagement


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The Next Level

Super Shoe as Super Bowl

Entire Casinos Engaged

All of Macau Asia Engaged


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A Word on Scoreboards

Make Them Bigger

Bigger the Better

Less Busy More Entertaining


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Key Next Step

A New Approach to the Game

Roads and Patterns Experts

Spend Money Make Money


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Suggestions for Vendors

Integrate the Smartphone

It Aint Broke Dont Fix It

VIP Entertainment Events


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More Suggestions for Vendors

Manufacture Baccarat Stars

Creative Baccarat Pit Design

Junket Stylized Side Bets


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Baccarat Tournaments

This Needs Assessment

Think Higher Real ROI Events

Suggest Celebrity/TV Baccarat


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What Im Saying

Dont Tweak the Game

Spectacularize the Game

Self Generating Expansion


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And Then

Assess True Customer ROIs

Enhance Status of True VIPs

Internationalized Baccarat


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Dont Be Afraid of Winners

Winners Generate Players

Players Generate Winners

Winners Generate Players


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Most Important Takeaway

Baccarat Shes Special GameShe Taps Deep into the Brain

No Need to Make Her Up

Just Shine the Light on Her


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G2E Conference 2008

Landmark Session

Blackjack vs. Baccarat

David Sofers Prescient Remark


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Baccarats pure, Blackjack isnt.

Blackjacks peaked,Baccarat hasnt.

Heres to a bigger better game!


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Last Word

Remember to embrace winners

Remember to respect the game

Remember to laugh at ourselves


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