Baccarat

Eventually, baccarat evolved into European baccarat and the French game 'chemin de fer'. Chemin de fer is very similar to baccarat as it's played in American casinos today. Falguiere based the game on an old Etruscan ritual of the nine gods, who prayed to a blonde virgin on their tiptoes waiting for her to throw a nine-sided die. The Baccarat we know today originated in Great Britain and was then passed along to South America and finally to Nevada. The infamous Dunes casino introduced baccarat in the late 50's. Although a few rules have been changed here and there to accomodate the individual taste of a certain country, the style has remained the same. Unlike the heavily ordered and systematic American casinos, these Portuguese tables often allow multiple players to bet on a single spot at the same time, while the expert dealers mentally keep track of each players commission on winning bank bets. A number of casinos have installed a smaller version of the baccarat game played on standard blackjack-sized gaming tables. The cards are dealt and then you see whether you won or lost. You can bet on either hand to win. One hand is called "Banker" and the other hand is deceptively called "Player", but you can bet on either hand. In regular Baccarat each player gets a turn to deal the cards. In Mini-Baccarat a casino employee deals the cards. Preset rules dictate whether a given hand gets third card. Three cards is the max, though, no matter what. Try to play Baccarat at crowded tables, because that slows down the play. It's more fun to play with more people. Ace counts as 1. To calculate the score for the hand, add the values of each card and drop the ten's digit.

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