Punto Banco is a popular card game offered by most mobile casinos in Russia. The game is played between the ‘Banker’ (the house) and the ‘Punto’ (the player). The goal of the game is to have a hand with the higher total amount of points than the Banker’s hand, without exceeding the total of nine.
To begin the game, each player places a bet. The banker and the player are then dealt two initial cards. Depending on the cards they have drawn, each player can opt to ‘stand’ or ‘hit’. If the total card points in the player's hand is closer to nine than the banker's hand, the player is declared the winner.
The Bust Rule states that if a player's total points exceed nine, they are ‘bust’ and lose the round. Face cards are worth zero, aces are worth one, and all other cards are worth their numerical values.