BLACKJACK HISTORY
The initial name of the game was "Twenty-one", and it was first appeared in the French casinos around 1700.
The name Blackjack came at the beginning of the 20th century, when a rule was introduced, according to which every player who had
a total of 21 points in his first two cards and these cards were Ace Club and "Black" Jack (Jack Club or Jack Stick),
then he would get paid his bet not 1:1 but 3:2
The difference nowadays is, that by saying "blackjack", we mean a total of 21 points that is formed with the two first cards,
the one of which is Ace and the other any other Picture-card or Ten.
Of course, as it is natural, the game wasn't always played in the way it is played today.
Initially the casinos used for the game one pack of cards.
In time, however, the casinos saw that the game Blackjack was damaging, since the experienced and
skillful players had the capacity to remember which numbers handed out in the previous rounds.
They knew more or less (or exactly) which cards
were left, and were in the position to estimate the profit probabilities for them.
The casinos reacted with various defense measures and changes in the game's terms, until the rules of the game
were formed in the way they are valid today.
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