Pragmatic Play-Andar Bahar...

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When I saw this game in the live casino section I was like what the hell is this? Andar Bahar is a game originating from India, the English translation is "inside outside". The game being very popular in India has even spawned a Bollywood film of the same name and is an absolute classic-so I have heard.

Andar Bahar is a very simple game although Pragmatics online version allows additional bets to be placed adding more variation in the game. The cards are shuffled thoroughly and then the dealer places one card face up. Then players bet on either Andar (inside) or Bahar (outside) the dealer then proceeds to deal the remainder of the deck into two piles until a card is drawn that matches the first face up card that was drawn.

So in this instance the first card that was drawn was the 9 of hearts, the cards are dealt until another 9 is pulled suit is irrelevant as only one standard 52 card deck is used. When the next 9 comes out either on Andar or Bahar the winner will be decided. Andar (inside) has a slight advantage and you can see this on the payout- Andar pays 0.9 to 1 and Bahar is 1 to 1 or evens.

On pragmatics version you can also bet on how many cards you think it will take for a matching card to be pulled, offering players an extra betting opportunity.

 

 

Above you can see the payouts for this side bet and this side bet has pretty good RTP averaged out around 97.8%, although the 119 to 1 payout doesn't happen very often. The other side bet on Pragmatics version of Andar Bahar is the first 3 card side bet.

 

 

This side bet has a much lower over all RTP but if you are lucky you could win big with this. The straight flush paying 120-1 has to be made with the first face up card and then the next three cards that are drawn. The good thing about this game is that you do not have to place a bet on the main game to play the side bets, so you can just place a bet on the long shots if you want.

Pragmatic releasing this game is a clear indication of how popular online gambling is becoming and is mainly aimed at the Asian market although it is a fun game and anyone can play and hope to get lucky.