 |  The History of Blackjack
The origin of the game Blackjack is still in dispute to this day, but can be traced back to several European card games. In 1931 Nevada legalized casino gambling and Blackjack became very popular. The most common type of Blackjack game was played with one or two decks.
One of the most important contributors to modern Blackjack strategy was Julian Braun. Mr. Braun was an IBM employee who ran simulations on IBM mainframes. His updated strategies and card counting techniques were included in the second edition of “Beat the Dealer” and numerous later books.
The work by Braun and others transformed Blackjack from a little-played game stuck in the corner of most casinos into the most popular casino table game in the US today.
The name Blackjack comes from the “natural” hand winner of the early version of the game. If a player was dealt a Jack and Ace of Spades in his initial two card hand, he was an automatic winner and was paid a bonus. In modern Blackjack, any Ace combined with any ten value card (excepting after a Split) counts as a “natural” Blackjack.
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