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Saturday, July 29. 2017

A little fun with Baccarat


One of Steve Wynn's casinos lost $10 million on the Baccarat tables.


That is no biggie for his company. The story got me looking into the game of Baccarat. I have never played it. It's a card game, a game of chance with some more complicated versions like Chemin de Fer which I believe is what James Bond enjoyed. Punto banco is the common version of the game.


Is any skill involved in the betting component?  I am not clear on that but it mainly seems to be about the adrenaline.


Photo above is Tranby Croft, site of the famous Royal Baccarat Scandal of 1890. A great story.

Posted by The Barrister in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 14:55 | Comment (1) | Trackbacks (0)

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I used to go to Las Vegas when I was in college and one night saw a guy make 22 passes with the dice at a craps table. He was there all night and millions changed hands. In craps a lot of people are betting various combinations but I saw those dice displayed in a window the next time I was there. I don't know how much the house lost but they used the event for marketing and probably made back what they lost.

I used to play blackjack and win, then play craps and lose it back.
#1 Mike-K (Link) on 2017-07-29 18:00 (Reply)

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