{"id":124763,"date":"2023-02-24T11:28:27","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T19:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/?p=124763"},"modified":"2023-02-24T11:42:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T19:42:24","slug":"player-or-banker-the-history-of-baccarat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/player-or-banker-the-history-of-baccarat\/","title":{"rendered":"Player or Banker: The History of Baccarat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This post is syndicated by the Las Vegas Advisor for the 888 casino group. Anthony Curtis comments on the 888 article introduced and linked to on this page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>A.C. says: As the title indicates, this article covers the history of baccarat. There\u2019s no discussion of the casino edge, which is 1.06% on the banker bet, 1.24% on the player bet, and 14.44% on the tie. As stated, the play of the hands is determined by the game\u2019s rules and there are no player decisions beyond which bet to make. Because of its long history, many interesting stories are attached to the game, one of which, the Phil Ivey\/Kelly Sun edge-sorting saga, is touched on in this article (a movie about this, titled <em>The Baccarat Machine<\/em>, is in the works). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/product-category\/lva-membership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>LVA members<\/strong><\/a> can read much more about Ivey\/Sun in the newsletter archives and more baccarat-related stories (along with some awesome baccarat art) can be found in our book, <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/products\/art-of-gambling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Art of Gambling Through the Ages<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. The article states that mini-baccarat has \u201clower odds.\u201d This appears to be an editing error, as mini-baccarat and \u201cbig bac\u201d have the same rules. The author likely meant to say that the \u201climits\u201d are lower, which is usually the case.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.888casino.com\/blog\/history-of-baccarat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">This article was written by Sean Chaffin in association with 888Casino.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Player or Banker: The History of Baccarat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>What is essentially a simple game that has been around for centuries is viewed by many as a high-class game played by those in the upper echelon. Many may think of a tuxedo-clad James Bond playing the game in some fancy Monte Carlo casino salon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But baccarat is fairly easy to follow and play with Italian and French roots and remains highly popular centuries after the game was introduced in European gambling houses. This article details the complete history of the game from its roots in high-end gambling houses to private games to eventually thrilling gamblers in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.888casino.com\/blog\/history-of-baccarat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><em>Click to continue reading &#8230; <\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lasvegasadvisor\" style=\"font-size: 0px; width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px;\"><img alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; width:48px;height:48px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none; box-shadow: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LVA_Tweet\" style=\"font-size: 0px; width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px;\"><img alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Follow us on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; width:48px;height:48px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none; box-shadow: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-youtube nolightbox\" data-provider=\"youtube\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Find us on YouTube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/LasVegasAdvisorSHOW\" style=\"font-size: 0px; width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px;\"><img alt=\"youtube\" title=\"Find us on YouTube\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; width:48px;height:48px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none; box-shadow: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/youtube.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-instagram nolightbox\" data-provider=\"instagram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Check out our instagram feed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lasvegasadvisor\" style=\"font-size: 0px; width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;\"><img alt=\"instagram\" title=\"Check out our instagram feed\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; width:48px;height:48px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none; box-shadow: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/instagram.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post is syndicated by the Las Vegas Advisor for the 888 casino group. Anthony Curtis comments on the 888 article introduced and linked to on this page. A.C. says: As the title indicates, this article covers the history of baccarat. There\u2019s no discussion of the casino edge, which is 1.06% on the banker bet, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":124764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[7,687],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Player or Banker: The History of Baccarat - Gambling With An Edge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/player-or-banker-the-history-of-baccarat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Player or Banker: The History of Baccarat - Gambling With An Edge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This post is syndicated by the Las Vegas Advisor for the 888 casino group. 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