Punto Banco Baccarat. About 91 of total income from macau casinos in 2014 came from punto banco. It is a popular game that depends purely on the chance to win.
The object of the game is to bet on the hand either punto or banco that you think will have a total of or closest to 9. Just like blackjack punto banco players will need to place a real money bet before seeing any cards. Punto banco is the most simplified version of baccarat which is what makes it the most popular.
Punto means player while banco means bank in reference to the two principal bets of the game.
Punto banco is the most simplified version of baccarat which is what makes it the most popular. As more time passed baccarat cropped up in south america and in the caribbean where under the name of punto banco it adapted to the local culture. It is a popular game that depends purely on the chance to win. It gets its name as there are two principle bets to make throughout the game that is on the banker banco or on the player punto along with the third rarely used standoff a tie.
