Two History Version:
Baccarat history has two versions. The French and the Italian both claim the game originality as their. According to the Italian version of the baccarat history, the game was invented back in the middle ages by Felix Falguierein from Italy who played it with tarot cards deck.
Baccarat arrived to France around 1490 and became a popular game amongst the French aristocracy. In some point of the baccarat history, it was divided into two versions, the European baccarat, and the French version known as chemin de fer. Chemin de fer is the closet version to the baccarat played in Las Vegas casinos.
Baccarat arrived to the United States through South America during the 1950s. It first appeared in the legendary Dunes
casino after the Cuban government shut down the casinos in Havana. Since the 1950s the baccarat game is available in most of the casinos around the world. It specializes in attracting high roller gamblers.
In order to entice also low roller players, the mini baccarat game was invented. The mini baccarat follows the same rules as the American version of the game, but it can be played in lower table limits by players with an average bankroll.
The last evolution in the baccarat history is its entering into the world of online casino gambling. Most of online casinos offer both the European and the French version of the game. The online baccarat game is played under the same strict rules of the classic baccarat.
