Black Jack is without doubt one of the most elegant card games in the Casino Wien.

Here, it‘s all about tactics and true cardplaying skills.

Once the bets are placed, the cards enter the game. A lucky hand? Or do you want another card? The magic 21 draws nearer. Then it’s the croupier’s turn. Luck is in the air.

Tension mounts at the card game

The exact origin is unknown ...

... but a variety of games are likely to have developed, in which the aim was to not exceed a certain number of points. Today’s black jack is still most similar to the French game “Vingt-et-Un,” translated “21”.


In the USA at the end of the 19th century it acquired the name Twenty-One, where it was played in private rounds. After 1900 American casinos offered it, but it was less popular in the beginning. Only after a few changes in the rules die black jack gain significantly in popularity, which is unbroken today.

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