Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-06-16
HOW TO PLAY BACCARAT.
EXPLANATION OF THE GAME WHICH
Is NOW 80 FAMOUS.

II ls Very Popular At the Fashionable
ClubS-1h~ Prince Mace II = Favor.
ite In Engian
Portland Evening Telegrsm.]
there Is ~ present much scandal
about the gambling propens,ties Of
tho heir.appxrens to the throne of
Great Britain, consequent upon the
trial OF Sir William Gordon Cumming
for unfair play 1T bsccsrat. This
game Is unknown to this part of tho
world, aud is even comparatively new
IN England, but il now we'll known
there since its introduction by the
Prince OF Wales, rs ia such matters
what he does Is the cue for the arts.
tocracy and hoi poIloi Of the tight little
isle.
ITS ORIGIN.
Baccarat is OF French origin, where
it is very POPULAR at the fashion bio
cubs and has practically SUPERSEDED
and displaced the once fxvur,t- games
of vlngt et.un aud Iansquenet. |, WIS
made popular by the Prince of Wales,
who likes it tor its even chances be-
tween the bank aud players. In this
respect II 10 one of the very fsire.t.
II not the most lair game III existence,
the prro-ntage sKsi"tt the plx, ct
being reduced 10 \ minimum.
THE NECESSARY APPARATUS
Rather tn.'re preparation Is - Quir. i
10. baccarat than most other xailI,s.
except, perhaps, faro. 1t is played On
y large oval table covered with tue
conventional billiard Goth mark. d
in.o ten divisions, five ON each side VI
the banker, who sits in the middle.
In the center Of the table is = circular
cavity containing bag about eight
inches in diam ter and foot deep,
which Is called the waste baske T."
At the bankers right hand is the
kitty" usual in most gambling
games, in which is deposited tue
games "perce"tage." l." front Of
the banker is u triangular>shaped
piece Of wood, against which the
cards ore placed when the pack is too
large to be conven.entl, handled.
There is small piece Of past-board
or thin ivory, like a pap-r>cut,er,
with which convenient slice is Gu,
from tie pack against the wooden
block. With three decks of ord,
nary playing cards the mechanical
apparatus is complete.
THE GAME ITSELF
The game IS not an intricate one,
and is primarily one Of chance, in
which the ell ment Of skill enters but
slightly, and resembles vingt.et un
more closely than any other. The
bank Is put up at auction aud
is taken by the highest bidder, who
at once starts tile bank with the
amount he has hidden for It. The
players, who are called punters, then
draw for position at the table, ut
which but ten may SIT. one ut each
marked division, the others to stand
and play. The cards are shufIled and
placed against the block, the dealer
pAus-s until the bets have been made,
and which may be any amount which
does not exc+ed the sum in the bank.
He the" takes off part Of the pack
and deals card to the 6rst punter on
his ri ght, then to the frs, on his left,
and then to himself, and then repeats
the operation. The three now @x.
anime heir cards, and any combine
tion of spots which max es Zig h, or nine
must be immediately called out aid
shown. One additional card NAV be
drawn, but no combination Of eiph,
or nine can bea, that mad nv the
two ori ginal cards. Tns arr off. IT,
case neither eight nor nine are made.
then the rule is that the combna,ion
nesres, to those numbers is the one
that is played, the same - in vingt>
et.un.
ITS RESEMBLANCE TO vINGT-ET.UN.
In fact, the points Of baccarat are
the same as vingt>et-un, except that
the zee never counts anything but
Que. and that the ten spots aud face
cards all count as ciphers, thus making
zine the highest point. Suppose the
banker has dealt to the pun,er at his
right a sev-" and deuce, and to the
puntcr ut his left a FIVE and q four,
each hand is called out and di-pla. ed
rs making continuation OF nine. This
total. bling made on the first two
cards, is called a natural" and,
unless the banker has ono also, he
loses instsnser, and must pay the
stakes wsgtred. while an assistant
throws the cards used into the waste
basket. I he lowest hand in the
game is called "haccarat being y
cipher, formed either Of fave cards.
or any the's of which thu sum is ten