Few gaming experts tried to investigate the history of Blackjack and proposed that Blackjack is quite similar to Vingt-et-Un, Seven-and-a-half and Baccarat. However, there are many differences in these games, yet they share few common features.

Blackjack entered into the United States of America after 1789 after the French Revolution. However, Blackjack took no time to become popular in the USA. Initially, the game offered many gamblers with various bonuses such as if a player holds a jack and an ace of spades, the player receives a 10:1 payout. However, this bonus was abolished in no time, as many professional gamblers caught manipulating the bets and odds with the help of this bonus to gain huge amount of rewards easily. In its developing stage, Blackjack lacked federal rules and regulations that helped the game to evolve at the end of eighteenth century. In addition, the U.S. federation discovered the influence of gambling industry over corruption. This was the beginning of the change in history of Blackjack.

Most of the U.S. states avoided introducing casinos games. However, Las Vegas was the only state, wherein casinos operated Blackjack.



The year 1919 saw the introduction of first unique and working Blackjack table. Later in 1931, the game was ranked third after Roulette at second and Craps at First in terms of popularity.

Further, in 1948, Blackjack was ranked as second in popularity after Craps. Finally, in the year of 1958, with the introduction of first sanctioned basic strategy, Blackjack moved in the first position surpassing Craps.

At present, Blackjack is played in almost all casinos across the world providing enormous house edge for casinos and rewarding opportunities for gamblers.