Five or worse, and she’d be forced to jump off a cliff. A roll of 6 or 7 would grant the woman permission to enter the temple. Candidates were required to throw dice to see if they’d be chosen a roll of 8 or 9 would allow the lucky winner to become the next priestess. The ritual in question involved the ascension of women into the priesthood. Most accounts place him in Italy, where he’s said to have created Baccarat using a deck of Tarot cards to play an old Etruscan ritual from around 800-900 BCE. Whether Falguerein was an Italian gambler or a French croupier is up for debate. A man named Felix Falguerein (or perhaps Felix Falguiere) is credited with inventing Baccarat sometime during the 1400s. Baccarat has been around for so long, we might never know its true origin story – but it appears we have either Italy or France to thank for this great game.
