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• 08/16/19: Added entry for Twisted 21.
• 08/15/19: Added entry for Blackjack Countdown software.
• 08/09/19: Added entry for Catch 21 – the game show.
• 08/08/19: Updated entry for Steve Forte.
• 08/08/19: Added entry for 21 Bet.
• 08/03/19: Updated entry under progressive blackjack.
• 08/03/19: Added entries for the Perfect Charlie and Perfect Pairs side-bets.
• 08/03/19: Updated entries for the Bust It and Field Gold 21 side-bets.
• 08/02/19: Added entry for Multiplier Blackjack.
• 08/02/19: Updated entries for Raise The Roof, Push Your Luck and Three Card Blackjack.
• 08/01/19: Added a complete blog post listing.
• 08/01/19: Added entries for Total Bust Blackjack, Mega Match, Never Bust Blackjack, No Bust 21, One Up Blackjack, Open 21, Pick One 21 and Player’s Choice 21.¹⁾Michael Shackleford is responsible for analyzing many of blackjack variants and side-bets that are listed in the Encyclopedia of Blackjack.  We owe him a great debt of gratitude.
• 07/31/19: Added entries for Doublet Blackjack, Exchange Blackjack, Easy Jack, Highest Hand Bet, Lucky Cat, Your Way 21, Triple Shot and Instant 18.
• 07/31/19: Updated entry for Double Up Blackjack and Bonus 16.
• 07/30/19: Added entry for Diamond Blackjack and Double Blackjack.
• 07/30/19: Added entries for California No Bust Blackjack, Caribbean 21, Caribbean Blackjack, Cash Queens, Change It 21 and Canal 21.
• 07/30/19: Updated entry for Burn 20 Blackjack.
• 07/29/19: Added entries for Blackjack Party,  Blackjack Plus and Blackjack X-Change – some blackjack variants.
• 07/28/19: Added entry for Panama blackjack.
• 07/28/19: Added entries for 2 Face Blackjack, 21 Burn Blackjack, Blackjack Burnout and Blackjack Challenge.
• 07/28/19: Added entry for the Honey Bonus side bet.
• 07/25/19: Improved the BJRnet Blog listings.
• 07/17/19: Added a Twitter Feeds page.
• 07/16/19: Added entry for the book Blackjack Insiders (Review TBD)
• 07/15/19: Updated entry under chip tray.
• 07/15/19: Updated entry under checks.
• 07/08/19: Added entry for Blackjack Time.
• 07/08/19: Added entry for Matchplay Blackjack.
• 07/08/19: Updated and improved blog listings.
• 07/05/19: Updated entry for Mike Aponte.
• 07/04/19: Added historical dates for several movies including The Hot Shoe.
• 07/03/19: Updated entry for Hollywood Dave Stann.
• 07/03/19: Added history entry for the movie Nowhere to Run.
• 07/02/19: Updated entry under feet and blackjack history research notes.
• 06/29/19: Added review for Robert Charlton’s booklet Better Blackjack.
• 06/08/19: Added review and entry for K.C.’s Inside the Edge documentary video.
• 06/06/19: Added entry for Pete Moss.
• 05/05/19: Updated entry under bar.
• 04/22/19: Added entry for TriLux Blackjack.
• 04/19/19: Added entry for the term buzzard.
• 04/19/19: Added entry for the terms scavenger blackjack and GUT.
• 02/16/19: Updated Blackjack Ball / Blackjack Hall of Fame.
• 02/16/19: Added entries for Tony S, Mr. Lucky, The Moray Eel, Honcho, Big Player, Smoke and Wahoo.
• 02/15/19: Updated entry for Rob Reitzen.
• 01/30/19: Added entry for the term bet behind.
• 01/16/19: Added entry for Colin Jones’ new book The 21st Century Card Counter.
• 01/16/19: Added entry for The Everything Blackjack Strategy Book.
• 01/02/19: Added entry for U-Turn Blackjack – a blackjack variant.
• 01/02/19: Added entry for Blackjack X-Change – a blackjack variant.

2018 UPDATES

• 09/28/18: Corrected splitting tens error in Hi-Lo count example strategy chart.
• 09/27/18: Updated entry under Las Vegas.
• 09/26/18: Updated entry under odds.
• 09/25/18: Added entry for Radek Vegas.
• 07/30/18: Added Optional Customer Login in Product Catalog.
• 07/02/18: Updated FAQ: What is the correct blackjack basic strategy?
• 06/30/18: Updated entry for John Auston.
• 06/26/18: Improved Blackjack Basic Strategy Calculator layout.
• 06/26/18: Improved site optimization / loading speed.
• 06/04/18: Added entry for Triple Win 20.
• 05/26/18: Added entry for Deal or No Deal Blackjack.
• 05/10/18: Correction to Rule of 45.
• 05/07/18: Major cleanup of links and update to blackjack strategy types.
• 05/05/18: Updated entries for Richard Dougherty and Mike Michalek.
• 05/05/18: Added entry for Maria “The Greek”.
• 05/04/18: Updated entry for John Auston.
• 05/03/18: Updated the Blackjack Ball page.
• 05/01/18: Added entry for Players Edge 21 / Monster Match.
• 04/29/18: Added entry for no-peek devices.
• 04/28/18: Added entry for patents.
• 04/27/18: Added entry for HighHand Blackjack.
• 04/26/18: Updated entries for Mimic the Dealer and errors.
• 04/25/18: Updated entry for Exhibit CAA: Beyond Counting.
• 04/25/18: Added entries for Paul Rylance, OSN and Bonus Spin Blackjack.
• 04/21/18: Updated entry for Wally Simmons.
• 04/06/18: Added entry for Bad Beat Blackjack.
• 04/05/18: Added entries for Cacarulo,  Robert Parker,  Trackjack, Victor Nacht and the Halloween Blackjack Ball.
• 04/04/18: Added entries for the terms single-cut and single-fixed.
• 04/02/18: Added entry for Lex Luther and cleaned up Blackjack Publications section.
• 04/01/18: Updated the Rule Variation Charts.
• 04/01/18: Added entry for Macau.
• 03/31/18: Added Nevada Gaming Revenue chart.
• 03/31/18: Updated entry for John Leib.
• 03/31/18: Updated entry for Michael Hall and added entry for 21 News.
• 03/30/18: Added entries for Lima card counting system and Card Counter’s Cafe’.
• 03/30/18: Updated Blackjack Ball History page.
• 03/29/18: Added entry for Cat Hulbert.
• 03/27/18: Updated entries for Lance Humble and Harvey Dubner.
• 03/27/18: Added entry for the Safe Bet side bet.
• 03/26/18: Updated entry for buy-in.
• 03/26/18: Added entry for Sam Cohen’s book The Automat.
• 03/25/18: Added entry for Zombie Blackjack.
• 03/25/18: Updated entry for Edward Gordon (D. Howard Mitchell).
• 03/24/18: Updated entry and chart for Hi-Lo count.
• 03/24/18: Added entries for Loudon Ofton and SAL.
• 03/22/18: Added entries for FinCEN and Rolling Chips.
• 03/21/18: Added entry for Video Blackjack.
• 03/21/18: New – Words and phrases to avoid at the blackjack table.
• 03/16/18: Added entry for Perfect 11’s side bet.
• 03/15/18: Updated entry for the Golden 21 side bet.
• 03/15/18: Added entry for Shortie Blackjack.
• 03/15/18: Added entries for the Deuces Wild, Upcard Luck and Pick ‘Em Blackjack side bets.
• 03/14/18: Updated entries for the Super Sevens and Crazy Sevens side bets.
• 03/14/18: Added entries for Double-Up, Triple Attack, Triple-Up 21, In BETween and Extra Bet blackjack variations and the Pair Square and Dead Man’s Hand side bets.
• 03/12/18: Added entry for online blackjack.
• 03/10/18: Updated entry for advantage and the related FAQ.
• 03/10/18: Several hundred minor edits throughout the site and encyclopedia completed.  Improved image and video loading accomplished.
• 03/08/18: Added entry for Chipless Blackjack.
• 03/08/18: Added BJ Quick-Eye photo and instructions to the blackjack archives.
• 03/06/18: Expanded the encyclopedia to include many embedded YouTube videos that are related to the topic.²⁾All embedded videos on this site are copyright © of the original owner.  Please visit the original site of the video for more information.  If you are the owner of a video that appears on this site and you “do not” want us to us it, contact us and we will remove it. 
• 03/04/18: Added entries for Mickey MacDougall and Russell T. Barnhart.
• 03/03/18: Added Card Counting System Comparison chart.
• 03/03/18: Updated/verified all point count systems in the encyclopedia.  Added all insurance correlation (IC) figures. Improved cross referencing and reference links.
• 03/01/18: Added Jacques Noir’s One-Two Count from his 1968 book Casino Holiday.
• 03/01/18: Updated entries for T. Hopper’s T-H and Bushido counts.
• 02/27/18: Updated the Blackjack History introduction page.
• 02/27/18: Added the UNLV Gaming Research Center news feed.
• 02/27/18: Added entry for trente-un.
• 02/26/18: Updated entry – Kelly Criterion
• 02/26/18: Updated entries for Pontoon and Richard Epstein.
• 02/25/18: Added entry for Bob Stupak.
• 02/24/18: Improved the user interface for the Blackjack History Database Tool.  Now over 400 historical events listed.
• 02/24/18: Added entry for Bobby Fisher.
• 02/23/18: Added entry for the Rule of 45.
• 02/23/18: Added entry for Jeffery Oxley’s book Winning Blackjack for the Average Joe.
• 02/22/18: Added entry for Nicholas Colon and the Alea Consulting Group.
• 02/20/18: Updated entry for Strategic Investments.
• 02/12/18: Added entries for the High Tie and Golden 21 blackjack side bets.
• 02/11/18: Updated basic strategy introduction page.
• 02/08/18: Updated and history entries for Celebrity Blackjack, Ultimate Blackjack Tour and World Series of Blackjack.
• 02/02/18: Added entry for Zappit Blackjack.
• 01/30/18: Updated entries for Speed Count and Dan Pronovost.
• 01/26/18: Added new blog – Google News: Casinos
• 01/26/18: Added new casino maps page.
• 01/25/18: Major link cleanup complete!!!!
• 01/22/18: Added Wikipedia Spanish 21 page.
• 01/13/18: Added Wikipedia Ken Uston page.
• 01/05/18: New entries for next-carding and t-win.

2017 UPDATES

• 12/17/17: Updated entry for WCB.
• 12/14/17: Updated entry for perfect shuffle.
• 11/28/17: Extended catalog promotion starts: 20% off all items (including already discounted items) except software and basic strategy cards.
• 11/23/17: Added Google Translate to site – lower right corner!  Issues? Let me know.
• 10/26/17: Updated Blacklisted Online Casino list.
• 10/16/17: New – Dalton’s Blackjack Emporium.
• 9/19/17: Updated entry for Brett Harris and some related links.
• 9/14/17: New entry for gambler’s fallacy.
• 9/2/17: Finally moved all BJRNET product catalog pages (blackjack and poker books, software, videos, etc) over to BlackjackReview.com.  Closeout prices on many items.   If you see a problem with a listing, please let me know.
• 8/30/17: Updated entry for Five Card Charlie.
• 8/19/17: New entry for Certainty Equivalence.
• 8/17/17: Updated – Numbers of 21 section cleanup.
• 8/17/17: Updated entries for odds and probability.
• 8/17/17: Updated entries for Mike Michalek, Rob Reitzen, The Hammer and CORE.
• 8/11/17: New entries for Buffalo Blackjack and the 21 Magic and Bust Bonus side bets.
• 7/30/17: Updated entry and new special section – Kenneth Uston.
• 7/28/17: Updated entries – Gambler’s Book Club and Howard Schwartz.
• 7/28/17: Updated – No Hole-Card Basic Strategy chart.
• 7/28/17: Updated – Exposed Hole Card Basic Strategy chart.
• 7/28/17: Updated – Early Surrender Basic Strategy chart.
• 7/28/17: Updated entry – Edward Gordon aka D. Howard Mitchell.
• 7/26/17: New entry – No Bust 21.
• 7/26/17: New entry – Lucky Ladies.
• 7/25/17: New entry – Extreme 21.
• 7/25/17: New entry – Double Attack Blackjack.
• 7/25/17: New entry – Casino Surrender option.
• 7/25/17: New entry – Blackjack Burn 20 side bet.
• 7/25/17: Updated – Late Surrender Basic Strategy chart.
• 7/20/17: Updated entries – wave and big player.
• 7/10/17:Updated entry – Eleanore Dumont.
• 7/9/17: Updated – Basic Strategy charts for Multi-deck, Double-deck and Single-deck.
• 7/7/17: New entries – Bootlegger and MathProf.  Need more info!
• 7/7/17: New entry – Steve Jacobs.
• 7/2/17: New entry – Blackjack and the Law by I. Nelson Rose and Robert Loeb.
• 7/1/17: Updated entry – Joel Friedman
• 6/29/17: New entry – combinatorial analysis.
• 6/29/17: New entry – Practical Casino Math by Robert Hannum and Anthony Cabot.
• 6/28/17: Updated the color basic strategy charts in the Basic Strategy Calculator.
• 6/27/17: New entry – Joe Pane.
• 6/27/17: Added new Blog Menu entries for blackjack tournaments and bj21.
• 6/26/17: Updated entry – Alan Krigman.
• 6/26/17: New entry – War Blackjack.
• 6/25/17: Added link to the GameMaster’s Blackjack School Video on YouTube.
• 6/24/17: New entry – The OPP Card Counting System.
• 6/24/17: Updated entry – Vas Spanos
• 6/24/17: New entry – Bertram’s Blackjack Wheel
• 6/21/17: New – Basic Strategy Calculator (At the very bottom of any page.  Supports shoe games with S17, H17, no-DAS and DAS.)
• 6/20/17: New entries for John Vogel and George Hascik
• 6/19/17: New entry – Hand-held multi-deck games
• 6/18/17: New – Blackjack History Database Tool page.
• 6/17/17: New – Wikipedia Blackjack Resources Page
• 6/17/17: New entry – Daniel Dravot’s Card Counting DVD Course
• 6/16/17: Updated and history entry – Harvey Dubner
• 6/16/17: Updated entry – Hi-Lo count (added strategy card)
• 6/16/17: Updated and history entry – Jess Marcum
• 6/15/17: New entry – FELT
• 6/15/17: New entry – REKO
• 6/15/17: New entry – Fred Renzey
• 6/15/17: New entry – Mentor
• 6/14/17: Updated entry – Bill Kaplan
• 6/13/17: New entry – Raise the Roof sidebet
• 6/12/17: Updated entry – Book by Glen Wiggy – Reviewed
• 6/12/17: New entry – Books by  Victor Royer– Reviews TBD
• 6/12/17: New entry – Book by  Larry Haight – Reviewed
• 6/11/17: New – Blackjack Videos on YouTube
• 6/10/17: New entry – cut card effect
• 6/8/17: New – Blackjack Tests and Quiz page
• 6/5/17: New – National Blackjack Day blog feed
• 6/4/17: New – Site Updates / Index  page

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