Blackjack is one of the most iconic casino games in the world, and a favourite here at our casino online, where we offer many different variants from the best providers in the business. Since the dawn of the internet, online Blackjack has made the game one of the most popular card titles in the world – not that it wasn’t already very popular!
If you’re completely new to the world of online gambling, or you simply want to brush up on Blackjack rules, you’ve come to the right place. We’ll cover a quick overview of the history of Blackjack, and then get into how to play, plus where to find the best online Blackjack games.
A Brief History of Blackjack
Blackjack was originally known as ‘Vingt-et-un’ (Twenty-One), and the earliest mentions are found in the 1600s book Don Quixote. In the 1700s, when French gambling houses were beginning to take off, the game became a mainstay in these establishments, as well as in the Royal Court at the time.
The game was (and is still, in many places) called Twenty-One because the aim of the game is to score as close to 21 as possible with your hand without going over it. The name Blackjack emerged because of a variant where black jack cards (Jack of Spades and Jack of Clubs) were played with special odds. This is usually no longer the case in modern Blackjack games, but the name stuck.
Blackjack’s global success is in part almost certainly the result of colonisation. When French colonists entered America, they brought much of their culture with them, including Blackjack. Then, when gambling was more widely legalised in the US in the 1930s, Blackjack was soon a mainstay in Vegas casinos.
Blackjack Rules
So, the aim of the game is to score as close to 21 as possible without going over it. How do we do that? Let’s start with card values. Aces are worth 1 or 11, face cards are worth 10 and everything else is taken at peg value.
The game begins with the dealer dealing two cards face down to each player. Then they deal themselves two cards, one face up and one face down. Then bets are placed on the likelihood of beating the dealer’s hand.
Next, each player takes it in turns to decide what they want to do: Hit (get another card), Stick (stay with your existing two cards and play that hand) and Bust, when your hand goes over 21. Special odds often apply to hands of five cards that are still under 21.
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