Method and assembly for playing a variation of the game of baccarat

A method of playing a variation of the card game of baccarat, said method comprising the steps of:

• a) designating one of a plurality of players as a banker,
• b) indicating a bonus payout to be paid at least to the banker in the event of a predetermined number count occurring in at least two consecutive hands dealt to the banker,
• c) the banker making a bonus wager so as to qualify for the bonus payout,
• d) playing a plurality of conventional baccarat games, each of which comprise dealing a player's hand and a banker's hand,
• e) determining if the banker's hand in a first of the plurality of conventional baccarat games has a number count equal to said predetermined number count,
• f) determining if the total number count in each of at least two consecutive banker's hands of the plurality conventional baccarat games is equal to the predetermined number count;
• and
• g) designating payment to the banker of at least the bonus payout when the total of the number count of at least two consecutive banker's hands of the plurality of baccarat games are each equal to the predetermine number count.