Punto Banco is a banking game where players participate without being dealt cards. Instead, the dealer dishes out cards to the player and banker hand, with punters betting on the hand that will achieve an eight or nine (natural) first. Players develop a strategy of working with odds rather than pure play.
Brunei is a tiny but wealthy absolute monarchy in South-East Asia. Roughly the size of Delaware, it is among the most prosperous nations per GDP and social development in the region. The sultanate applies a strict interpretation of Islamic law in its legislation. All forms of gambling are strictly forbidden, and gamblers are actively prosecuted.
