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Baccarat History Baccarat dates back to the Middle Ages. It is believed the game was first played with a Tarot card deck. Originating in Italy, it soon made its way to France where it found a home among the upper class aristocracy. Further evolution of the game shows it split to European baccarat, and a French game that goes by the name 'chemin de fer'. Chemin de fer is very similar to baccarat as it's played in American casinos today. The difference is one of the players banks the game instead of the casino. The title of banker rotates around the table in a manner similar to the dice at a craps table. The interesting bit to observe of course is that the casino is taking no risk here; they simply charge a fee from each banker. The Baccarat game we know today originated in Great Britain and was then passed along to South America and finally to Nevada. The infamous Dunes casino introduced baccarat in the late 50's, and since then it has made its final migration onto the world wide web. Baccarat has a history overseas also, which is evidenced by its popularity among the Asian population who visit Las Vegas each year. The highest of the high rollers often come from overseas to try their hand under the chandeliers of the stylish Vegas baccarat rooms. In casinos based in the Portuguese territory of Macao, near Hong Kong, the popularity of baccarat is unrivaled. Unlike the heavily ordered and systematic American casinos, these Portuguese tables often allow multiple players to bet on a single spot at the same time, while the expert dealers mentally keep track of each players commission on winning bank bets.

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There has always been a significant difference between playing blackjack in a land-based casino to sitting at the virtual tables of the online casinos. Certainly in the past and still at most online casinos you are unable to bet on more than a single hand at once. 7 Sultans offer 'Multi-Hand BlackJack' which enables you to play up to 5 hands of blackjack simultaneously. This is our favourite way to play blackjack because it allows you to minimise your losses by using some of your hands to 'protect' the hands that are carrying a large wager.

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The game of craps is the most popular dice game in the United States at the moment there are a few different theories about its origin. Dice games can be traced back to the roman times with shaved pigs knuckles being used as the dice. Craps however was based on the game hazard, which was popular in the 17th and 18th century in England. The name craps is believed to have derived from the English crabs which was the name for the throw of aces or ace-deuce. The game moved over to the United States when the French moved to New Orleans and the French pronounced the game craps and in there version of the game the player throws against the house and not another player like the English version of the game. The game was very popular on the Mississippi river boats and it was a simplified version of modern day craps that was spread about the United States. There are two modern day versions of craps played today. Street craps has more in common with the riverboat game than Bank craps and it is so named as it can be played on the street. A shooter establishes a point, then tries to make that point. Bettors either bet with the shooter or against the shooter. Someone must cover the bet for the shooter in order for the game to progress. Bank craps is the form played in the casinos and has a more complicated form of betting with the house covering the bets.

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Pair
A single pair is the second lowest hand. This is when two cards have matched numerical value ace-ace being the highest hand two-two the lowest. If there are equal pairs when comparing hands then you compare the high cards of the matched hands.


Two Pair
Two Pair is two cards of the same rank with two cards of a different rank. A pair of aces with a pair of kings is the highest two pair if the highest pair are equal when comparing hands then the low pair is matched if that is the same then the single card decides.


Three of a Kind
Three of a kind is three cards of the same rank plus two other cards. When comparing hands the highest three set wins so A-A-A (the highest) beats all other Three of a kinds. This hand is also known as a set of trips.


Straight
A straight is five cards in a numerical sequence 2-3-4-5-6, these cards can be of any suit. When comparing hands the highest card wins so A-K-Q-J-10 is the highest possible straight. An ace can be low or high but not in the middle, so A-2-3-4-5 is ok but Q-K-A-2-3 is not.


Flush
A flush is made of any five cards which are the same suit (i.e. spades) when comparing hands the highest card is used to decide.


Full House
A full house consists of a three of a kind and a pair. When comparing hands it is the highest three of a kind that decides. The highest full house is three aces and any other pair.


Four of a kind
Four cards of the same rank (and a fifth card) Four aces is the highest example of this and four two's the lowest.


Straight Flush
A straight flush is five cards in a sequence all of the same suit, such as A-2-3-4-5 all of the same suit is the lowest straight flush

Royal Flush
The Highest possible straight flush and highest hand in poker. It consists of ace, king, queen, jack, ten, all in the same suit.

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