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Gambling History - History Of Blackjack

Gambling History - History Of BlackJack

BlackJack is one of the most widely played casino games in the world and it has a very interesting history. Like most casino card games, it evolved from other games which were being played in the 1700's in Europe. Our modern day BlackJack is most commonly attributed to the French card game called 'vingt et un' which means 'twenty one' in French, but closer research has come to show that there was a very similar game being played even before, in the 1600's in Spain. A short story written by Miguel Cervantes refers to a card game called 'veintiuna' or 'twenty one' in Spanish. This game consisted of trying to get a hand which was a close to a twenty one as possible without going over twenty one or 'busting' as we now refer to it. Despite all this historical evidence we cannot claim that BlackJack evolved solely from these games. Card games were being passed around across Europe and doubtless saw several evolutions before they made their way to America in the 1800s. Other games which probably contributed to BlackJack as we know it today are 'One and Thirty', another Spanish game and 'Seven and a half' a card game attributed to Italy.

It was America which gave Black Jack its name. When it reached the shores of America in the 1800s, it was a novelty, and gambling houses had to promote it amongst their patrons. One of their tactics was to issue a special bonus prize to anyone who got an ace of spades and a black jack (a jack of aces or spades) and so the game became known as 'BlackJack'.

Black Jack gained a lot of its popularity and appeal thanks to the efforts of several individuals to beat the casinos by counting cards. Several card counting systems have been developed over the years and caused much speculation, uproar and controversy. Several books, journals and even movies have been released on the subject. The most well known blackjack card counter is probably Ken Uston who used miniature computers installed inside his shoes to count cards and consistently beat the casinos. The computers were eventually confiscated by the FIB and after substantial investigation, it was decided that they did not constitute cheating. Ken Uston is also well known for leading the legal challenge against the Atlantic Casinos' bid to ban card counting.

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