What is a baccarat roadmap?

A baccarat roadmap (also called a scoreboard) is a set of charts that record the results of the current shoe. Live baccarat tables, including Evolution tables, display them next to the game so players can see what has happened so far.

There are five common roads. The Bead Road and the Big Road record results directly. The Big Eye Boy, Small Road and Cockroach Pig — the derived roads — are calculated from the Big Road.

Roadmaps are records, not predictions. Every hand is independent, so a road can show you what happened, but not what will happen next.

Bead Road

The Bead Road records every hand in order, including ties. Results fill each column from top to bottom, six rows per column, then continue in the next column.

Red = Banker win
Blue = Player win
Green = Tie

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Because it shows every hand in exact sequence, the Bead Road is the easiest way to count results — but streaks are harder to see.

Big Road

The Big Road is the main road and the source of all derived roads. It records only Banker and Player results, drawn as hollow circles.

A repeated result continues down the same column.
A different result starts a new column to the right.
Ties do not take a new cell — a green line is drawn through the last result instead.
Pairs are marked with small dots: red for a Banker pair, blue for a Player pair.
When a streak runs past the sixth row, it turns right along the bottom row. This is called a dragon tail.

Streaks and alternating patterns are easiest to spot on the Big Road, which is why most players look at it first.

How the derived roads are calculated

The Big Eye Boy, Small Road and Cockroach Pig do not record Banker or Player. Each one checks whether the Big Road is behaving in a regular or a choppy way, and marks the answer in red or blue.

All three use the same two rules. The only difference is which column of the Big Road they compare with.

Rule 1 — new column: when the Big Road starts a new column, compare the length of the column just before it with the column 1, 2 or 3 places further left (depending on the road). Same length = red. Different length = blue.
Rule 2 — same column: when the Big Road continues down a column, look at the comparison column (1, 2 or 3 columns to the left) on the same row. If it has a result = red. If that row is empty but the row above is filled = blue. If both are empty = red.
After a road's starting point, every new Big Road result adds exactly one red or blue mark.
Marks are laid out like the Big Road: the same colour continues down, and a change of colour starts a new column.

Sample Big Road

The sample Big Road above is used to calculate the three derived roads in the next sections.

Big Eye Boy

The Big Eye Boy compares the Big Road with the column one place to the left. It is drawn with hollow circles.

Starts at: the second row of the second Big Road column — or the first row of the third column if the second column has only one result.
Red: the Big Road is repeating a regular pattern.
Blue: the Big Road is breaking the pattern.

Big Eye Boy calculated from the sample Big Road

Small Road

The Small Road uses the same rules but compares with the column two places to the left. It is drawn with solid dots.

Starts at: the second row of the third Big Road column — or the first row of the fourth column.
Because it compares with a column further back, it often shows a different picture from the Big Eye Boy.

Small Road calculated from the sample Big Road

Cockroach Pig

The Cockroach Pig compares with the column three places to the left. It is drawn with slashes.

Starts at: the second row of the fourth Big Road column — or the first row of the fifth column.
It looks furthest back of the three derived roads.

Cockroach Pig calculated from the sample Big Road

Remember: red and blue in the derived roads describe the shape of the Big Road, not Banker or Player — and none of the roads can predict the next hand.

Common roadmap patterns

Players use a few names for shapes that often appear on the Big Road. Knowing them makes it easier to describe what you see.

Dragon (long streak): the same result many times in a row, shown as one long column. Past the sixth row it turns right into a dragon tail.
Ping-pong (chop): Banker and Player take turns, so every column has just one result.
Double: results come in twos — two Banker, two Player, and so on — so every column has two results.

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Double

These names describe what has already happened. They are not signals of what comes next.

Can roadmaps predict the next result?

No. Each hand is dealt under fixed rules, and previous results do not make Banker or Player meaningfully more likely next time. Streaks, chops and other patterns appear naturally in any random sequence.

A long streak does not make the opposite result "due" — this belief is known as the gambler's fallacy.
In standard baccarat with 5% commission on Banker wins, the house edge is about 1.06% on Banker, 1.24% on Player and 14.4% on Tie at 8:1. No roadmap changes these numbers.
Roadmaps are useful for following the game and understanding how the scoreboard works — not as a betting system.

That is why LabxPlay uses virtual points only: you can study and practise roadmaps with no money at risk.

How to practise with LabxPlay

The best way to learn roadmaps is to watch them update live. LabxPlay lets you do that for free.

Pick a live Evolution table and switch between Main Bet (Big Road), Six Bet (Bead Road), Big Eye, Small Eye and Stick.
Watch how each new result changes the Big Road and the three derived roads.
Use the P and B ask-road buttons to preview how the derived roads would update.
Use Pattern Search to find tables showing a pattern you want to study.
Practise with virtual points — every player is reset to 600,000 points at midnight each day.

Practise on live Evolution tables

Open LabxPlay to follow every road in real time and test your reading with virtual points.

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