I would guess that there are many thousands of you out there, for whom Blackjack is just the ultimate gambling experience.  Whether you sit by the green felt table, or in front of your computer screen playing in an online casino, the buzz of the game is what draws us all in.

So, we’ve established that we all love the game, but do we know where the name comes from.  Originating in France in about 1700 and being exported to the United States sometime later, the game of vingt-et un or 21 was not immediately popular.  In order to attract punters, gambling houses offered specific bonuses.  The most famous of these and one, as you will see for obvious reasons stuck was the 10-to-1 payout for the player holding the Ace of Spades and a Jack of either Black suit – so there is your “Black Jack” – the crucial card.  As the rules have been developed now though, we know that you don’t actually need either Black Jack to win a hand.

So that’s History 101 done for today and now that you know some background, perhaps your interest might have been piqued and you want to get involved playing Blackjack in an online casino, or maybe this was just a little diversion and you’d rather get back to the business of playing.  The choice really is yours