Macao (banking game)

Macao is an old, European gambling card game played with French playing cards that is related to Baccarat. It was first mentioned in 1774,^[1] and may have originated in Hungary or Italy.^[2] It was described as being popular with the soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the 19th century,^[3] although the game was later banned as a game of chance.^[4]

^ Actually in Geneva, where we find it banned by an Ordonnance des Magnifiques & Très-Honorés Seigneurs Sindics & Conseil [of Geneva] dated 22 January 1774, forbidding “de joüer aucun jeu de hazard ou de reste sous quelque dénomination que ce soit, & notamment celui appellé Macao” (see E. Rivoire, Bibliographie historique de Genève au XVIIIe siècle, Geneva, 1897, no. 1398).
^ Zollinger 1997, p. 302.
^ Lentner 1855, p. 111.
^ Perles 1891, p. 312.

[1] Actually in Geneva, where we find it banned by an Ordonnance des Magnifiques & Très-Honorés Seigneurs Sindics & Conseil [of Geneva] dated 22 January 1774, forbidding “de joüer aucun jeu de hazard ou de reste sous quelque dénomination que ce soit, & notamment celui appellé Macao” (see E. Rivoire, Bibliographie historique de Genève au XVIIIe siècle, Geneva, 1897, no. 1398).

[FOOTNOTEZollinger1997302-2] Zollinger 1997, p. 302.

[FOOTNOTELentner1855111-3] Lentner 1855, p. 111.

[FOOTNOTEPerles1891312-4] Perles 1891, p. 312.

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Macao (banking game)

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