The evolution of Blackjack

Blackjack, one the most well-known casino games can have its origins in India or Spain. In any case it is possible to trace its history back to over two thousand years back. And now, some scholars are even saying that the origin of the game may lie in ancient Chinese gambling.

Although historians might not be able to pinpoint the origin of the game, it is certain that it originated in France. A different theory suggests that Blackjack was created by early Romans. This theory is a of the time because the ancient Romans loved to gamble however, it's not proved. It is believed that Romans utilized wooden blocks that had different numbers to play blackjack, and not paper cards.

Another version of where the game's beginnings were in the Bahamas, or perhaps in the Spanish people. These accounts link the gambling industry to the beginning of the blackjack. According to one report, the Spaniards had the idea of adding the possibility of a four-year reward for the winner player. This basically offers you the chance of having another card in case the first one you have is lost. In time and the name was changed to include "black" as an abbreviation to indicate the playing cards made of metal.

With all this said, Blackjack is clearly a European invention. The only method to play Blackjack was in real Casinos before the advent of Video Poker and Blackjack. The first blackjack counters were from Spain too and that's the reason you'll often see "Blackjack in Spain" advertisements in actual Casinos. Interestingly enough, Spain has a variety of notable Blackjack economies, both before and following the advent of electronic version of the game. So Spain may have served as the inspiration that led to some of the earliest players, also.

In reality, many Americans are unaware that Spain was the first country to make the game popular in America. Americans are aware that the game was developed by the Spaniards and that there are many similarities in the rules of day blackjack. Blackjack was initially played with the use of ten, seven and five cards, and then five, three and three blocks of wood. The setup was boring to most Americans, but the Europeans were amazed at how quickly the wooden blocks could be dealt and how fast the winning blackjack cards were put into pockets.

The majority of casinos today use random selection to select hands. That means the cards are randomly selected from an assortment of hats (since we can't pick them ourselves). The first American blackjack card counter would have chosen the cards by flipping a coin. This would have been a lot more simple than the current random selection process.

Although we aren't able to pinpoint precisely the date that the first online blackjack game was developed, it's known that the game began to gain popularity in Europe in the late nineteenth century. The reason for this is pretty easy to ascertain. Europe is a much larger continent, with many more casinos than today. More card players would want to test their luck at another game other than that they were playing. The result was online casinos appearing in response.

The "dealer" role has been taken over by computers. The player does not have to flip a coin or pick a hand. He just glances at the computer's screen to decide which combination to play. The dealer isn't aware of whether the players are bluffing or not, and there's always a possibility that some players have already discarded a possible combination. But since there are there are no physical cards involved, this scenario is unlikely to happen. Counters for online cards are constantly at work trying to determine the most appropriate times for players to call them or eliminate them from the table.