There are a lot of questions and disputes about the origin of Punto Banco. Punto Banco is said to have originated from George Raft’s Capri casinos in Cuba. Punto Banco is said to have been brought to Las Vegas by Tommy Renzoni in the late 1950s. When this game was played in the Sands casino for the first time, the casino lost 0,000. In Italy the game of Baccarat appeared in the 1480s from a deck of tarot cards. If translate form Italian the word ‘baccarat’ means ‘zero’, the game got the same name as the value of most cards is zero. Some Baccarat stories say that the game originates from an old Etruscan ritual of the nine gods. They prayed to a blonde virgin on their tiptoes waiting for her to throw a nine-sided die. Her fate was dependent on the result of the die. If 8 or 9 was rolled she became a priestess of these gods. In the case of 6 or 7 the virgin was prohibited from any further religious activities. She would walk into the sea in the case of any other number rolled.
Later, in the 1550s the game was introduced to the French public and got a new name. It was called ‘Chemin de Fer’. The French people say that the game of Baccarat originated from France. Later the game of Baccarat moved from France to Argentina. Then it was played in casinos of Mar Del Plata.