Blackjack

Do you want to know something more about the origins of one of the most popular games in the casinos these days. Blackjack is known to date back to 1700 in France. But there is also a version that Italy is the born country of the game. But one of the things that very few people know is that Blackjack was mentioned in the writings of Ptolemy around 250 B.C. It is also known that Homer wrote about the way of gambling of Blackjack around 700 B.C. Drusus, who was a stepson of the Roman Emperor Augustus even lost a very important battle in Germany. The reason for that was that his troops were busy to play Blackjack Blackjack is connected by most of the people with casino gambling. But although the most popular casinos in the world, these in Vegas, are situated in United States, the first casinos like places for social gathering of people were created in nineteenth century in Europe. If we have in mind all these things, it is clear that Blackjack is much more ancient than the casino houses. The old Blackjack game was very different from the modern one, although it is basically the same game. It is nearly sure that the Romans used small, etched squares of wood with different monetary values for each square, because they did not know the playing cards. Be aware that you enter one of the oldest and most respected games in the world, the next time when you decide to play Blackjack.