百家乐有着悠久的创造历史及流行历史，目前，百家乐游戏成为在赌场使用的具有最悠久历史的游戏。

　　百家乐游戏可以追溯到中世纪的意大利，第一次是用塔罗牌来玩的，名字来自意大利的一个单词“零。”

　　百家乐源于意大利，但是百家乐游戏的方式则形成于法国。在法国，它深受贵族喜爱，并且发展成为两种游戏：欧洲百家乐和法国游戏“十一点”，这两个游戏与今天在赌场中发挥的游戏非常的接近，只是发生了一些细小的变化。

　　现在我们都知道，因为美国百家乐起源于英格兰，是一种百家乐的游戏变种，后来蔓延到南美洲。1950年的沙丘赌场终于将百家乐游戏推出到拉斯维加斯的赌场。

　　今天，百家乐仍然是“贵族”和狂热玩家最时髦的游戏之一。百家乐赌桌四周通常显得很优雅，因此常得到高级协会的赞美。那里用大理石装饰，有吊灯，长毛绒座椅，还有其它精细的饰品。这就解释了为什么有那么多的故事关于富有的男女只是坐在那里赌博就可以赢得上百万。

　　从世界各地的狂热赌徒来到拉斯维加斯，只是为了享受这种游戏超级豪华的娱乐。

　　然而，赌场并不希望赌徒只是来这里玩耍，而是想通过吸引赌徒的到来给赌场带来更丰厚的利润。因此，迷你百家乐成为赌徒最喜欢光顾的游戏。这种游戏的规则与常规的百家乐相同，只是迷你百家乐游戏的赌桌比较小，跟21点游戏的赌桌大小相同。

　　此外，迷你百家乐处理牌的速度也将更快，每分钟约5至6个手，而常规百家乐只能处理2至3手牌。

　　迷你百家乐通常被认为是学习如何玩百家乐的一个很好的方式，它也是那些为寻求一个简单的游戏，而不需要实际设置战略的玩家的理想选择。同时也是不懂任何游戏战略的玩家的最佳选择。

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　　History of Baccarat

　　Baccarat has a long history of creation and popularity, making it the most historic game currently utilized in casinos.

　　Dating back to Italy in the middle ages, it was first played with the cards of a Tarot deck, receiving its name from the Italian word for “zero.”

　　From Italy, baccarat made its way to France, where it became popular among the aristocracy and where it developed into two games: European baccarat and the French game “chemin de fer.” It is the latter of these two games that is closest to what is played in today’s casinos, with only a few small variations to make them inconsistent.

　　What is now known, as American baccarat is the variation that was picked up in England, and then spread to South America. It was in 1950 at the Dunes casino in that the game was finally introduced to Las Vegas’ casinos.

　　Today, baccarat is still one of the most fashionable games among the “aristocracy” and high rollers. Baccarat tables are usually surrounded with elegance that compliments its high-class association; this includes areas with marble, chandeliers, plush chairs and other fine touches. This explains why there are so many stories about rich men and women betting a million dollars at just one sitting.

　　There are high rollers that visit Las Vegas from the whole world over, simply to experience the luxurious entertainment of this historically opulent game.

　　However, casinos didn’t want to only reach the high rollers, but wanted to reach out to other gamblers as well, for the purpose of better profits. Therefore, to become accessible to the “everyday” gambler, mini-baccarat was created. The rules of this game are the same as in regular baccarat, except that it is played on a smaller, blackjack-sized table.

　　Additionally, mini-baccarat also moves much faster, at approximately five to six hands are dealt every minute, whereas only two to three can be dealt in regular baccarat. This pace does increase as the game goes on, and the more hands that are dealt, the more money you risk winning – or losing – however, the risk of loss isn’t half what it is at the large tables.

　　Mini baccarat is usually considered a good way to learn how to play baccarat, without losing overblown sums of money. It is also ideal for those players seeking a simple game that doesn’t involve actual playing strategy. It’s also a good game for anyone who wants to play a simple game that requires no playing strategy.