Blackjack

Black Jack

Although, it is most popular an wide spread in America at present, the Black jack game actually was brought there by the French colonists, which spread it over the Mississippi boats in 1800. At the beginning, the game was not very popular, but the gambling houses invented a way to attract more and mora players. They started to give more bonuses to the players, which entered the casinos with the main purpose to play namely Black jack.

The bonus was in proportion ten to one payout, in case the player had an Ace of Spades and a Jack, colored in black, no matter it was Jack of Spades or Jack of Clubs. They started to call such hands Blackjack and the game became popular with this name. The giving of bonuses did its job, because even after the additional bonuses were stopped by the casinos, the players were already so dedicated to this terrific game, that they continued to play.

Ten years passed, since the first tables for Black jack were created and the game became one of the most played in the gambling world of that time. Only Roulette and Craps exceeded its popularity.