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Baccarat

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

Baccarat is a gambling card game played at many casinos.  Today, it is believed to have originated in Italy, later being introduced to France during the reign of Charles VIII who ruled from 1483 to 1498.  The game is fairly similar to Faro and Basset.  Today, there are three widely accepted variations of the the [...]

Roulette

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

Roulette is a casino and a gambling game.  It’s name is derived from the french words meaning little wheel.  In this game, players place bets on a number, a range of numbers, the color red or black, or whether the number will be odd or even.  The winning number and color is determined by a [...]

Black Jack

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

Black Jack is a gambling game that also uses cards.  It is also known as Twenty One and Vingt Et Un, which is French for twenty one.  Another name occasionally used is Pontoon.  It is the most widely played casino banking game in the world.
The basic rules of the game are fairly simple.  Players add [...]

Craps

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

Craps is a dice game very popular in today’s casinos.  In this game, players place wagers on the outcome of the roll of a dice, or on a series of rolls of two dice.  Players can wager money against each other, which is usually referred to as street craps, or against a bank which is [...]

Poker

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

The term poker refers to a family of card games that share betting rules and generally, though not always, card rankings.  There are many different variations of poker that differ by how the cards are dealt, how players are allowed to form hands, how a high or low hand wins the money pot in a [...]