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The earliest reference to Blackjack can be found in the works of Miguel de Cervantes, creator of Don Quixote at the turn of the 17th century. The main characters are engaged in a game that refers to Aces being valued at either 1 or 11, and requires scoring a figure of 21 without busting it. The game in all its later forms was known as ‘21’

References to blackjack have also been found in later years in Spain and France, where it was referred to as Vingt-et-un (21 in French).

To make the game popular in the US, casino houses offered special payouts on a hand of the ace of spades and a black Jack (either a club or a spade). That’s how the game acquired its present name, though the ‘black’ rule does not apply anymore for a perfect blackjack.

The Russian version of the game is called “Ochko”

The game even has a Hall of Fame at the Barona Casino in San Diego, California, where great professional members of the blackjack community have been honored. The Hall of Fame was started in 2002.

Edward O.Thorp, a luminary in the world of Blackjack developed the mathematics of risk for the game in 1961. The strategy proved itself in a game which he won double his bankroll. This laid the foundation for the card counting blackjack strategy.

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