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Baccarat is a game with a long pedigree. It was originally played in Italy, as a game similar to faro; it then became very popular in France during the reign of Charles VIII in the late 15th century. There are three basic versions of baccarat (pronounced bach-a-rah).

Baccarat chemin de fer and baccarat banque, also known as baccarat a deux tableaux, are most commonly played in Europe. In North America, the usual game is baccarat punto banco. There is a version known as mini-baccarat, which is essentially the same as the standard North American game, but it is played on a smaller table and usually for smaller stakes. For the rest of this article, we will be referring only to North American and mini-baccarat.

There are only three possible bets you can make: player wins, banker wins, or tie. Note that the terms player and banker do not refer to you versus the house. They are just names given to the hands dealt. A player win pays 1:1, a banker win pays 1:1 minus five percent, and a tie, being less common, pays at 9:1.

The winning hand is the one totaling closest to nine. Baccarat is unusual, though, in its card values. Any time you have a card or combination of cards that totals ten, the ten becomes a zero. Thus a queen and a seven total seven; a queen, a ten and a seven are still seven, and a seven and a three would equal zero. Baccarat is an easy game to learn online. Click here to play baccarat at GalaxiWorld.com.

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