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punto banco|ˈpʊntəʊ ˈbæŋkəʊ|
[In form answers to It. punto point, puntare to bet and banco bank: cf. also punt n.2 and banco int.]
A gambling game resembling baccarat (see also quot. 19761). Also attrib.
1973‘R. MacLeod’ Burial in Portugal vi. 116 The rows of tables..offering everything from roulette and boule to punto banco and blackjack. 1976E. L. Figgis Gamblers Handbk. 125 Punto-Banco..is played entirely as a casino game at table with bases for 12 players, and spaces for the casino ‘chips operator’ between bases 6 and 7 and croupier between spaces 1 and 12. The actual banker and punter are both phantom inasmuch as all players must bet with the casino, not with each other. They may either bet ‘Banco’, that the phantom bank will win the coup, or ‘Punto’, that the phantom punter will win the coup. 1976Daily Record (Glasgow) 23 Nov. 18/5 It has the biggest layout in Britain with 18 roulette, dice and punto banco tables all going under the plum-and-gold silk shades. |