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12-02-2012 , 06:00 PM

JimAfternoon

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Not sure if this is the right forum, but I'll take a shot here; Is anyone familiar with the game Spanish Monte, as it would have been played in the New Mexico region during the mid-1800's?

I've been trying to find a good source for the rules of this game so I can determine what the house edge would have been, but I haven't had much luck. I'm hoping there's some gambling historians around here who might know a thing or two.

Thanks.

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12-08-2012 , 01:39 AM

Honey Badger

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Bank

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12-17-2012 , 02:22 PM

AnyTwoWillDo

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Is this game still played in the southern States?

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12-17-2012 , 04:31 PM

JimAfternoon

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Not sure.

I live in New Mexico and I've never seen it at any local casinos or anything like that.

Apparently in the 1800's there were 100+ monte tables in Sante Fe, and sometimes bets as large as 10k-40k were booked, which is equivalent to 250,000k to 1 Mil in today's dollars.

I never did find enough info on the rules to determine a house edge, I was trying to determine whether or not the house would've needed to cheat in order to consistently crush (it was for a history research project).

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01-06-2013 , 09:50 PM

TheBrokenATM!

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Interesting. In Spain there's a lot of cool games played with Barajas. Spanish playing cards

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01-11-2013 , 10:46 PM

Al Mirpuri

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01-18-2013 , 10:29 AM

Wamp

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Did everyone have to bet each hand?

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