Casino Game Blackjack
The origin
of Blackjack is somewhat unclear. The game became known as Blackjack because if a player
held a Jack of Spades and an Ace of Spades as the 1st two cards, the player was
paid out extra. Gambling was legal out West from the 1850's to 1910, at which time
Nevada made it a felony to operate a gambling game. As some of you may recall, 1978 was the year casino
gambling was legalized in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Since then, about 20 states have had a number of
small time casinos sprout up in places such as Black Hawk and Cripple Creek,
Colorado and in river boats on the Mississippi. In
face down card games you can pick up the cards but you must not use more than
one hand to pick them up. The object of
the game is to obtain a hand of cards totaling up to 21 or as close to 21 as
possible without going over. Once all bets are
placed, each player and the dealer will receive two cards. Each card
in Blackjack has a certain value. Jacks, Queens and Kings always have a value of 10. An
Ace can count as 1 or 11 depending on what is most beneficial to your hand.
Player's add the value of their cards and either decide to "Stick" or
"Stand" with their current cards or receive another card, called a
"Hit" or "Draw," hopefully raising their total closer to 21
without going over. Insurance - is offered to the players if the dealer's up card is an Ace, to protect against a dealers Black
Jack.
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