Baccarat History - Timeline
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Baccarat History dates back to
the Middle Ages. It has been thought the game was
first played with a Tarot deck. Invented in Italy,
it soon made its way to France where it found a
home among the upper class nobility. Further evolution
of the game shows it split to European baccarat,
and a French game that goes by the name 'chemin
de fer'.
Chemin de fer is very alike to baccarat as it's
played in American casinos today. The dissimilarity
is one of the players banks the game instead of
the casino. The title of banker rotates around the
table in a manner similar to the dice at a craps
table. The attractive bit to watch of course is
that the casino is taking no risk here; they simply
charge a fee from each banker. |
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