Blackjack History
The game was
christened 'Blackjack' because if a player held a
Jack of Spades and an Ace of Spades as the first
two cards, the player was paid out extra. So with
Spades being black and Jack being a vital card -
Blackjack was born!
Many books devoted to
winning blackjack were published. In fact, some
proposed to provide enough information to even
publish a book by Lawrence Revere's "Playing
Blackjack As A Business". This game become very
popular in the United States especially in Neveda.
If you ask whether
casino blackjack is still a beatable the answer
will be "Yes". A bunch of professional players are
still winning at the game. There are several ways
to do so. One of them is to use more powerful
winning strategies such as the HI-OPT II, which
was published in 1976. Other professional players
manage to increase their bet range in
multiple-deck games, since in a multiple deck game
the casino is not as concerned with the bet range
as it is in single and double-deck games. Yet,
another option is to bribe a dealer with large
tips.
A "friendly" dealer
can raise the player's chances dramatically by way
of various tricks, which are discussed at length
in the "Cheating Dealer" section of this site.
Many experts agree that it adds a foul taste to
the game, but, as they say, all is fair in love,
war and blackjack. Uston was barred from at least
seven of the major Las Vegas casinos and sued them
for violating his civil rights. He was found dead
in a rented apartment in Paris in 1987, the cause
of death remaining undetermined.
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