We all love to gamble and we all love the game of blackjack — let’s be honest, you wouldn’t be here reading this article or browsing this website if that wasn’t the case — but as gambling is only legal…
Month: August 2014
The Best and Most Expensive Playing Cards
It goes without saying that cards are integral to the game of blackjack and any other card game, and although everyone has a deck of cheap paper cards lying around, few players, newcomers in particular, understand the importance of a…
Blackjack Dealers: Cheating, Fair Play and Low Pay
Along with card counting, collusion and other tricks employed by players or groups of players, it is often those who visit the casino that try to cheat it, but that isn’t always the case. Although they don’t cheat as often…
The Blackjack Hall of Fame
Most sports and game have their Hall of Fames, a list of all the best players that have graced the fields (or in this case the tables) over the years, and the game of blackjack is no different. The Blackjack…
Celebrity Blackjack Players: The Stars With Skills.
Ever wondered who out there enjoys your favourite game as much as you do? Ever dreamed of bumping into your idol at a blackjack table, or rubbing shoulders with royalty or the star of your favourite television program? Well, it…
Televised Blackjack and Efforts to Rival Poker
Blackjack is known and loved all over the world. For some blackjack is a living, a profession, but for many it is just another casino game, one to play during a trip to Atlantic City or Las Vegas, but not…
Blackjack Around the World
The rules of blackjack differ depending where you are in the world, and although many people will understand the differences between European Blackjack, Las Vegas Blackjack and Atlantic City Blackjack, what about the others, what about places like Panama, Australia…
House Edge in Blackjack and Other Games
The house edge is basically the advantage that the casino has over the player. The lower the house edge the better, and the higher it is the more you stand to lose over the course of your play. Blackjack is…
Erica Schoenberg, Defying the Blackjack Stereotype
When people think of blackjack players they think of one of a few things. They either think of cigar chomping, Stetson wearing cowboys who talk in idioms; middle-aged men who have scoffed one two many cheeseburgers in their lifetimes; or…
The Best And Worst Gamblers You’ve Never Heard Of
Those involved in the gambling world, whether through blackjack, poker, horse racing or sports betting, are familiar with the superstars of these industries, from expert poker players like Jason Mercier and Chris Moneymaker, who made millions playing the game, to…