Filbet: How to Play Dragon Tiger, and What the Tie Costs

This page breaks one bet out of the casino table game odds pillar: Dragon Tiger, the fastest of the four table games priced there. How to play Dragon Tiger comes down to three bets and one comparison, and this page prices all three before you place a single one.

How to Play Dragon Tiger: The Three Bets on the Table

Every Dragon Tiger round only ever offers three bets, and they price very differently.

Bet	Payout	House edge
Dragon	Even money (1:1)	3.73%
Tiger	Even money (1:1)	3.73%
Tie	8:1 (this page’s rule set)	32.77%

Dragon and Tiger are mirror bets — identical payout, identical house edge — because the game itself has no structural reason to favour one side over the other.

Dragon Tiger Game Speed: Two Cards, No Third-Card Draw

A dragon tiger game moves faster than baccarat for one specific reason: the maximum number of cards a hand ever needs is fixed, and it’s lower than baccarat’s.

Game	Cards a hand can need
Dragon Tiger	2 — exactly one to Dragon, one to Tiger, always
Baccarat	4 to 6 — two starting cards per side, plus a third card for either side under the baccarat banker or player bet’s draw rules

That fixed, lower card count is why a Dragon Tiger table clears rounds noticeably quicker than a baccarat table running the same shoe.

Ranking the Two Cards: Ace Low, King High

Only rank decides the round; suits carry no weight at all.

Rank order	Cards
Lowest	Ace
Low-middle	2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Middle	7, 8, 9, 10
Highest	Jack, Queen, King

Two cards of the same rank — a 7 and a 7, a King and a King — settle the round as a Tie, whatever suits they happen to be.

Playing a Round, Step by Step

1. 1

   Pick Dragon, Tiger or Tie before the deal

   Every round starts with exactly one bet — Dragon, Tiger or Tie — placed before either card is dealt. You cannot add a second bet type mid-round.

2. 2

   Watch one card land on each side

   One card goes to Dragon's spot and one to Tiger's spot. No third card gets drawn for either side, unlike baccarat's draw rules.

3. 3

   Compare the two ranks, Ace low through King high

   The higher-ranked card wins the round outright. Matching ranks settle the round as a Tie instead of a Dragon or Tiger win.

4. 4

   Collect the payout your bet actually carries

   Dragon or Tiger pays even money on a win and drops to half the stake on a Tie. The Tie bet itself pays a stated multiple, commonly 8:1, only when both cards match.

What the Tie Bet Actually Costs

The Tie bet’s payout looks generous next to Dragon or Tiger’s even money, and the arithmetic says otherwise.

1. Two cards matching in rank happens in roughly 7.5% of rounds, on a large multi-deck shoe.
2. At an 8:1 payout, that frequency prices the Tie bet at a 32.77% house edge.
3. That is nearly nine times the 3.73% house edge on a straight Dragon or Tiger bet.

A rarer outcome needs a proportionally bigger payout to stay priced fairly, and 8:1 does not come close to matching how rarely a Tie actually lands.

Where Filbet’s Live Tables Fit, and Evolution’s Own Rules

Filbet’s own lobby groups its tables under a single Live section, without naming which studio deals any of them there. Evolution’s own published rule set is one of four studios this site profiles for its licences and RTP policy, separately from any claim about what runs in Filbet’s own lobby.

RTP and House Edge: The Same Fact, Read Two Ways

A 3.73% house edge on a Dragon or Tiger bet is the same fact as a 96.27% long-run return. What RTP actually means covers why that long-run number says nothing about any single round, Dragon Tiger included.