Baccarat - the game old-fashioned, refined and elegant. For four centuries it enjoyed a special love of European royal personages, members of the nobility and wealthy industrialists. As a rule, baccarat is associated with high rates and exclusivity.

Even in the modern casino baccarat tables, which are managed for the dealer in tuxedos, are often in a separate room, away from the hustle and bustle.

The atmosphere in the room baccarat is usually more luxurious than the main hall. Regulars tables for baccarat lovers are making the highest bid.

Name of the game comes from the Italian word baccarat, which is "zero", which equals, according to the rules, the cost of tens, jacks, queens and kings.

History of the game.

In baccarat many predecessors. The earliest variety was known in medieval Italy, and used to play Tarot cards. In France, a game akin to baccarat, played at the time of Charles VIII, came to the throne at 1490g.

The popularity of baccarat has become a truly world after World War I, when it began play in the French casinos.

Soon baccarat spun off of many varieties, which played all over the world - especially in South America, baccarat became known as Punto Banco (literally, "punter-shooter").

Actually, it was after watching a game of Punto Banco Casino in Havana hotel "Capri" in Cuba, Tommy Renton persuaded the owners of the casino, "Dune" in Las Vegas to introduce this game in the United States. It happened at the end of 1950.

The game is set a certain number of points of 9 and below. The winner is the one with the most points. The other players at the table is put on someone who they think will win or a draw.