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History of blackjack

January 12th, 2010 admin

Blackjack’s precursor was “twenty-one,” a game of unknown origin. The first written reference is found in a book of Miguel de Cervantes, the author of Don Quixote, and a gambler himself. The main characters of his tale “Rinconete y Cortadillo”, from “Novelas Ejemplares”, are a couple of cheaters working in Seville. They are proficient at [...]