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Pai gow payout chart

A pai gow payout chart lists the payouts for winning hands or qualifying events in a pai gow side bet, typically expressed as a ratio such as 40 to 1.

Also called
Pay table, return table or payout table64
Example payout
Face Up Pai Gow Poker's Push Ace High bet pays 40 to 1, 15 to 1, or 5 to 127
Progressive top payout
Natural Royal Flush or Five Aces + pair pays 20,536.05 to 14

Key points

  • There is no single standard chart; payouts vary by bet and variant.12
  • Mini Pai Gow side bets list Five of a kind at 1000 to 1 and Royal Flush at 250 to 1.5
  • The result often depends on the best qualifying hand, not how the player arranges the main hand.13

Where this term is used

Not the same as

  • Pai gow poker payouts — the broader payoff structure for the main wager and side bets, whereas a pai gow payout chart is specifically the posted table of payout amounts
  • Pai gow progressive payouts — a specific payout chart for a jackpot or progressive side bet; a pai gow payout chart is the generic term and may or may not be progressive
Odds & probability Pai gow house way chart Shows the house's predetermined rules for setting hands in pai gow poker. Odds & probability Keno payout chart Lists payouts for matching numbers in keno, typically based on the number of spots selected. Odds & probability Odds payout chart A general table showing payouts for various bets across different casino games. Odds & probability Roulette payouts The fixed odds paid for winning bets on roulette, such as 35 to 1 for a single number. Odds & probability Quick draw payout chart A table of payouts for matching numbers in the Quick Draw lottery game. Odds & probability Pai gow odds vs blackjack Compares the house edge and odds of pai gow poker and blackjack.

Sources

  1. 财富牌九扑克边注。 wizardofodds.com Defines the payout chart and provides Fortune Pai Gow Poker side bet details.
  2. Face Up Pai Gow Poker wizardofodds.com Lists Face Up Pai Gow Poker side bet payouts.
  3. Bonanza Pai Gow Side Bet wizardofodds.com Describes Bonanza Pai Gow side bet payouts.
  4. Pai Gow Poker Side Bets wizardofodds.com Shows progressive payout table including top payout of 20,536.05 to 1.
  5. Mini Pai Gow wizardofodds.com Lists Mini Pai Gow side bet payouts such as Five of a kind 1000 to 1.
  6. Pay table - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org Confirms the alternative term 'pay table'.
  7. フェイスアップパイゴウポーカー jp.wizardofodds.com Supports Face Up Pai Gow Poker payout figures.

Sources are drawn from regulators, universities and published research, and each one is labelled with what it actually is — a preprint is not called a paper. Bookmaker and affiliate pages are never cited here, because a page that sells betting is not a neutral authority on it.

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Last updated 28 July 2026. Spotted an error? Tell me and it gets fixed and logged on the corrections page.