I MET THE INVENTOR OF THIS UNIQUE 140 DECK BACCARAT GAME FROM THE UNION PLAZA HOTEL..... JERRY WHITE ...AFTER RETIRING FROM THE GAMBLING BUSINESS ... HE BECAME AN ANTIQUE DEALER AT THE SAMPLER SHOPPE ANTIQUE MALL ON TROPICANA AVE. HERE IN LAS VEGAS WHERE I FIRST MET HIM.... JERRY WAS A SHIFT BOSS AT THE PLAZA HOTEL AND DEVELOPED THE $3 BACCARAT CHIP USED TO KEEP THE BACCARAT TABLES BUSY AT THE PLAZA. HE ALSO HAD A GIANT BACCARAT DEALING SHOE THAT HELD ALMOST A CASE OF PLAYING CARDS .... IF YOU HAVE EVER PLAYED FORMAL BACCARAT ON THE BIG TABLE, THEN YOU WOULD HAVE TO WAIT ABOUT 10 MINUTES TO RE-SHUFFLE 8 DECKS OF CARDS WHEN THE SHOE ENDS..... PROBLEM WAS THAT YOU WOULD LOSE PLAYERS BETWEEN SHOES ... JERRY WHITE'S INVENTION KEPT PLAYERS GLUED TO THEIR SEATS .... JERRY WHITE ALSO HIRED VERY BEAUTIFUL BACCARAT WOMEN DEALERS WHO HE HAND PICKED TO KEEP THE MEN PLAYERS PLAYING .... EVEN THE COCKTAIL WAITRESS'S FOR THE BACCARAT ROOM WERE EXTRA PRETTY AND FRIENDLY, ... ALSO HAND PICKED BY JERRY WHITE....REMEMBER WHEN THE UNION PLAZA OPENED IT WAS THE WORLDS LARGEST CASINO AND VERY MUCH AN UPSCALE CASINO HOTEL FOR DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS. THE STRIP OPERATORS TOOK NOTICE OF THE ACTION THE PLAZA BACCARAT ROOM WAS GETTING. THE COWBOY THEMED GAMBLING JOINTS ALSO WERE CONSIDERING A BACCARAT GAME AT THEIR DOWNTOWN CASINOS..... WHEN THE SCOTT CORPORATION SOLD OFF THIER INTEREST, JERRY WHITE OPENED A SMALL BAR SLOT JOINT AT THE EAST END OF FREMONT ST. .... REMEMBER A DIVE HOOKER BAR CALLED THE LONG BRANCH SALOON? WELL IT WAS ALWAY'S GETTING FINED AND IN THE NEWS FOR BEING A TROUBLED DIVE BAR. MAYOR JAN JONES FINALLY SPANKED JERRY WHITE FOR RUNNING GIRLS OUT OF THERE AND SHUT IT DOWN..... TODAY IT IS A MEXICAN BUS STATION..... ANY WAY, YOUR MEMORIES AND COMMENTS ARE MOST WELCOMED .... THANKS FOR READING MY POST .... RICH BURGEL