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Playing cards, however was
also invented in China but not until 900 AD.
Chinese people began to shuffle paper money into
various combinations and in China today the term
for playing cards means paper tickets.
The 52 card deck as we know it was originally
called the French Pack. The origin of Blackjack is
somewhat unclear. Some people believe that Blackjack
originated in French casinos in the early 1700s
where it was known as "vingt-et-un"
("20 and 1").
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. So with a Jack being a vital card
and Spades being black, the game was called Blackjack
.
This game has been played in the United States
since the 1800's. Gambling was legal out West from
the 1850's to 1910, at which time Nevada made it a
felony to operate a gambling game. In 1931, Nevada
re-legalized casino gambling where BlackJack
became one of the primary games of chance offered
to gamblers. As some of you may recall, 1978 was
the year casino gambling was legalized in Atlantic
City, New Jersey.
As of 1989, only two states had legalized casino
gambling. 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. Roughly 70
Native American Indian reservations operate or are
building casinos as well.
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