Casino Gambling Guide

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out. The game is now ready to be played.

PLAYING BACCARAT
The shoe which contains the eight shuffled decks is called "The Bank". It is so called because in European games the person holding it actually has to back all the bets and therefore really is the banker. This is not the case in American Baccarat. In American Baccarat the player holding the bank has no specific advantage over players.

The player holding the bank does not win any more money, does not have to bet on the Bank hand, is not responsible for paying winning bets, makes no choices affecting the draw of extra cards, and will not collect any losing bets. This action is merely a cosmetic copy of the European version of Baccarat.

Unlike in European Baccarat, where players can play for or buy the Bank, in American Baccarat the Bank is simply given to the player seated immediately to the right of the dealer [position 7] at the beginning of the new game. Each player at the table is then given the Bank in turn, and can hold the Bank as long as the Bank wins. Once it loses, ...