and money. The French changed the rules slightly and it became known as Chemin de Fer and this may well be the reason that the French challenge the Italians for ownership of this card game.
So how did we get from Chemin de Fer to modern Baccarat? In the original game of Chemin de Fer in France an important feature was that players were actually allowed to take control of the bank and in order for the casino to make money a commission was changed whenever the banker won. However, this changed when the game moved further north and crossed The Channel into to Britain. With these new rules came a new name of European Baccarat and here the casino controls the bank and a dealer is provided.
In the early 20th century the game of Baccarat made its way across the Atlantic to North America where it quickly went out of fashion. In the 1950s it crossed the Atlantic again. However, this time it went south, to Argentina where it became popular in the casinos of Mar del Plata, a haunt of the wealthy in the South America.
Baccarat next headed north to Cuba where it became known as Punto Banco. Further rule changes post Cuba leads us to the American version of Baccarat where players play the casino instead of each other.
And it was just a few years after this that a guy named Tommy Renzoni brought the game to the casino floors of Las Vegas. Here it made a better impression then its first visit but even to this day its air of exclusivity has prevented it from becoming as popular is it really should be, as I stated earlier, it offers the best odds in the casino!
The next obvious step for Baccarat was to move into the online casino realm. Now, without the snobbish air that prevents many people from attempting to even play in