BACCARAT BEGINS IN ITALY
Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2023 1:09 pm
The game was known as Chemin De Fer and dates back to the middle ages. Felix Falguiere in the 1400s was the creator of this game. The name was called “baccara’ which means 0 in Italian. This was due to the fact that tens and face cards having zero value.
Initially, the game was played with Tarot cards, cards used to predict the future. The game was played by noble classes. It grew to be an elite game. Only later did french cards come to play.
Bacarra was based on the legend of Old Etruscan Virgin who had to throw a 9 sided die. Her fate was then decided by its result. A throw of 8 or 9 meant she was raised to the glory of a priestess. 6 or 7 meant she could live but can not part take in religious events. Anything below a 6 meant banishment, to drown at sea.
The name in itself will tell you the game had moved to France.
Initially, the game was played with Tarot cards, cards used to predict the future. The game was played by noble classes. It grew to be an elite game. Only later did french cards come to play.
Bacarra was based on the legend of Old Etruscan Virgin who had to throw a 9 sided die. Her fate was then decided by its result. A throw of 8 or 9 meant she was raised to the glory of a priestess. 6 or 7 meant she could live but can not part take in religious events. Anything below a 6 meant banishment, to drown at sea.
The name in itself will tell you the game had moved to France.
