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Black Jack – also referred to as ‘21′ and ‘pontoon’ – is a game that is commonly found in a casino with players attempting their luck on achieving the elusive ‘twenty one’. It’s commonly presumed that the game started in France during the 17th century. However, as with many other gambling games the exact evolution of the game is a mystery.

Chemin de fer was brought to the U.S. following the French Revolution, but the game did not become favored in the gambling dens until the house provided payouts as a bonus. This was the only method that seemed to get gamblers gambling on black jack. One variation on the reward pay out was for a gambler to acquire ‘twenty one’ with the blackjack card (worth ten points) and an ace (worth eleven points). With the growing popularity of the game the payouts were canceled but the name of the game ‘chemin de fer’ stayed.

Twenty-one isn’t just about getting an outright ‘twenty-one’, but the primary adventure is to defeat the dealer without going ‘bust’. The betting house clearly has an edge over the gambling players over the long run, but with pontoon the player retains an element of choice.

Since nineteen thirty one when America first legalized wagering, blackjack has become a quintessential betting house game. Furthermore, it is the joining of both skill and mathematics utilized in chemin de fer that has made the game massively loved. Chemin de fer gives an alluring proposition to any scientist, mathematician or betting player wanting to analyze the scheme of the game.