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Black Jack is one of the more well-known games gambled on in betting houses. Blackjack is also known as "twenty one" or "pontoon." The game is a combination of luck and ability coupled with choices. The game has changed over a set amount of time. Players have specialized in specific skills like "card counting," which allows them to shift the odds of the game in their favor. The card game has been in existence since the 1700s. References can be seen in historical scriptures to a card game known as "vingt-et-un," which means 21 in French, and is thought of as the ancestor to blackjack.
The game was initially not so popular in the united states. This led to the gambling houses attempting a number of things like offering a bonus like a 10-to-1 payout, if the player was dealt a "black" jack and an ace of spades. The jack could be either the jack of clubs or jack of spades. After the game became popular, the bonus pay out before long disappeared from the game.
Any hand which reaches a value of twenty-one is considered a winner. The total should not go beyond twenty-one, in which case the hand is said to be "bust." The aim of any player is to beat the croupier. If the player and the dealer both have the identical hand value, it is referred to as a "push" (a tie), with neither the black jack player nor the house winning the hand.
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