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The History of Blackjack.

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The History Of Blackjack

As the legend goes, the game of blackjack, also known as Vingt-et-un, Pontoon, Van-John and twenty-one, originated in France over 300 years ago in the late 18th century.

Blackjack has been played in the U.S. since the 1800's. During World War I the game became very popular with the troops, and gradually, any two-card count of 21 became known as a blackjack, and thus the game was given a new name.

Blackjack is named as such because if a player got a Jack of Spades and an Ace of Spades as the first two cards (Spade being the color black of course), the player was additionally remunerated.

Until about the mid 1950's, it was believed that the game was alot like baccarat and the house had the edge because the player played first. In 1956, Baldwin, Cantey, Maisel, and McDermott published a paper in the "Journal of the American Statistical Association" laying out a set of recommendations for the play of the game. The following year, they published a manual for the public with this system of play, but it attracted little interest until, Edward O. Thorp(PhD), saw the paper and understood that there were parts of the game that had been missed in the past.

For more on blackjack we recommend Dr. Thorp's famous book, "Beat the Dealer".

Go on and read the original blackjack rules here!

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