Blackjack appeared in the 1700s in France. From then till now, millions of people played blackjack for money and there are thousands of theories on how you can beat the house. Many of them made people very rich until the rules changed further. In this article you will learn the most important historical facts about the game of blackjack.

Blackjack was originally called 21 which came from the French vingt et un. The rules of the game remained almost unchanged till today but other things have changed about the game. Since its appearance in the 1700s, the French higher class people played this game a lot. This made it very popular and it was brought in the United States in the 1800s.

While gambling and alcohol were banned in the 1920s, the blackjack game like other games moved to the underground. However, it became a lot more popular after the WWII. In the early 1950s more and more people wanted to become millionaires from playing blackjack and a lot of theories about this game appeared. Playing blackjack using the Martingale method appeared and this made a few people rich. However, the casinos put limits on the game and the method was soon inapplicable anymore.

The 1970s and the 1980s brought a new light on winning in American casinos. Playing blackjack with the counting cards strategy was a new trend in American casinos. The movie "21"revealed how a team from MIT succeeded at making a lot of money using this method. However, counting cards is not very easy as you might think because you have to hide the fact that you are calculating in your mind.

The late 1990s brought the new trend that exists today in the history of blackjack: the online play. There are millions of blackjack players all around the world because blackjack is a very popular game. The convenience of playing from the comfort of their own home made a lot of people quit playing in real casino and move to the online play.

Blackjack has suffered a lot of changes in the process of transforming itself from "vingt et un" into a very popular online game. The rules have not changed a lot but the other aspects of the game have. If you want to begin playing this game, you need to have an idea about the perfect winning strategy for this game.

Otherwise, you will only waste your time and money at the tables because you will not have any chance at winning. The history of blackjack reveals a few winners who came with something new so you should focus on inventing a new strategy based on odds and mathematical models.