For many people, baccarat is an unknown game. Most of them don no even know that this game Is playable in the normal casinos or in online casino. However, the most people don’t know completely nothing about this game.
Firstly, this game is not so exclusive as some people think. It is for everyone. The rules maybe are not easy, however in baccarat, casino has the lowest advantege form all casino games.
The origins of baccarat are probably from the Italy. However French people claim that they have developed this game. In Italian language baccarat means zero, this name probably comes from the fact that the most common number of points that can be obtained for a single card is precisely zero. Italian gambler Felix Faligurierini created the first version of the game in the 1490th. Very quickly took on the home ground, and even crossed the northern borders of Italy and distributed in France.
In France, Baccarat was considered as very exclusive game, so the players were only very rich people. French people has changed a little rules of this game and its name on “Chemin de Fer”. So they simply have appropriated it to themselves and dare to claim that they have developed it.
In French version of baccarat, “Chemin de Fer”, players got one by one control over the “bank”. So during the game, every player was at least once a banker. Few years later when baccarat reached England, and the name of this game has been changed again on “European Baccarat”, the rules were also changed. So from that time, only the casino keeps control under the bank.
At the beginning of the XX century baccarat reached United States of America, but it wasn’t popular long time, and become forgotten very fast. In the 50’s, baccarat get to the South America, this time to Argentina, where become very popular in local casinos. From Argentina it spreads all over South America.
South American countries were only a small step in baccarats trip. From South America it get to the Cuba island, and still is know there as Punto Banco.
Few yeaers later a guy named Tony Renozi brought again baccarat to USA, however this time to the sin city Las Vegas. This time game was little bit more successful than last time, but it can be said that it was as popular as blackjack ect. People still thinks about baccarat as a game for rich guys, very exclusive. There is not a common knowledge that James Bond in the book under title “Casino Royale” played baccarat.
The next obvious step in baccarat history is baccarat entrance in the internet world and online casino. In the web, baccarat lost its snobbish image, thanks to is more and more popular in the internet. Many people likes to play baccarat, because they are wise, and know that casino has the smallest advantage in this game, and baccarat is the best game to win a small fortune.
