According to the Nevada State Gaming Control Board, Nevada made $108M in profit from the game of baccarat in the month of October. That means there are a lot of people playing the game. So has baccarat taken the gambling world by storm? Not quite. Don’t expect to be seeing the World Series of Baccarat just yet. Just because the State had a good month on the baccarat tables doesn’t mean that everyone is playing.

This game is for the elite gamer, and will never be as mainstream as a game like poker or blackjack. Baccarat is the type of game that can periodically hit the house hard. The right kind of high roller can come into town and take huge amounts of money from the house, greatly changing normal profit margins. It’s still slots that drive casino revenues, and table games are nowhere near changing that yet.