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\n\n\n\n
\nA.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 The Baccarat Machine<\/em>, is in the works). 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, 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>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n