Down memory lane with Blackjack
Unraveling the game’s shrouded past
Since time immemorial card games have had a hoary tradition. However, it has not been possible for researchers and historians to unravel their complete background. The same goes with the story of blackjack, a feat that still escapes the academician.
The game had its origin in France of the seventeenth century from Vingt En Un, then played in the casino. The name, which means twenty-one in French, was not blackjack’s original predecessor. However, the game has been traced there despite the rules of blackjack not being similar.
Among the variations are that in Vingt en Un, only the dealer was permitted to double and the player would have to bet at the end of each round. This is not so in today’s online blackjack. The aim of Vignt was to touch a total of twenty-one, making use of the hand raking system. The English name comes from a particular aspect of the French variant. This was a specific payout when a player had a hand of a Jack and an Ace of spades. The perfect hand, it then came to be known as Black Jack.
The Italian connection
In Italy of the time there was a game called Seven and a Half. Played with face cards and the sevens, eights and nines, the aim was to get a tally of 7.5. While regular cards had 1 point each, face cards had half. The Diamond King could substitute as a joker. Players were declared busted when they went beyond the 7.5 points.
Following the French Revolution, the game moved to North America where it won favor. There were no regulations then and realizing the massive possibility, expert gamblers polished the vital stratagem to win. Blackjack won favor by the start of the nineteenth century though the American government barred betting as it would lead to organized crime and a ruined society.
Laws force game underground
With laws tightening, blackjack soon went underground. Subsequently in 1931, Nevada legalized betting and thus was launched Las Vegas. The interest in the game soon prompted science to probe in as well.
The initial bid to study the game came in 1953 by Roger Baldwin. Using the theory and calculations of statistics he reduced the house edge of the game. Professor Edward O Thorp spruced up the findings using new systems and machines. In 1962 he published Beat the Dealer, where he put down the first system – the blackjack card counting system. Placed first in the New York Times’ best seller list in 1963, the book led to a grip of fear in the casinos. They came up with theories to revolutionize the rules of the game.
Now the game is a classic played in the United States, Canada, Australia, Europe and worldwide. Online casino game nr1: blackjack is growing in popularity and it is hoped that the game will continue to remain the favorite it now is.
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