Baccarat

French game of cards, played upon an oval table, with 12 marked divisions, 6 on each side of the banker, opposite to whom is an a istant or croupier. The bank is sold by auction to the highest bidder. The players draw for places, the lowest sitting at the right of the banker and so on. Three packs of cards are shuffled together and cut. Each player places his bet in front of him. The first players on the right and left of the banker play for their respective sides until they lose, when the two next follow until they lose, and so on. The banker deals a card to the right hand player, then to the left, and then to himself, and then repeats the deal. The object is to make 9, the court cards and tens are Baccarat or zero and are not counted, and also 10 in the score, thus if the two cards count 12 it is called 2. If the player has 4 or le in the two cards he must take another card, if he has 6 or more, he must decline a card. If he violates the rule, he must pay all the bets of his side of the table. If the two cards add up 8 or 9 it must be declared. Only one card can be drawn in addition to the first two. The banker pays or is paid according to the hands; in case the hand is equal to his own, neither the player nor himself wins.