单词 | punto banco |
释义 | punto bancon. A gambling game resembling baccarat (see quot. 1976). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > games of chance played with cards > [noun] > baccarat or chemin-de-fer baccarat1866 chemin de fer1866 bac1906 chemmy1918 shoe1964 punto banco1969 1969 Times 27 Aug. 9/6 In fact, as the result would be a prohibition on all casino games (such as roulette, blackjack, baccarat, and punto banco), there would be no commercial casino gaming and, consequently, no legitimate industry to control. 1973 ‘R. MacLeod’ Burial in Portugal vi. 116 The rows of tables..offering everything from roulette and boule to punto banco and blackjack. 1976 E. 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. 2006 Sunday Mirror (Nexis) 12 Mar. 11 They would play craps or punto banco at the Victoria Casino. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1969 |
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