This hand was called a "blackjack" and the name stuck to the game even though the bonus payout was soon abolished. As the game is currently played, a "blackjack" may not necessarily contain a jack or any black cards at all.

Blackjack, The face cards (Jack, Queen, and King) and the ten count as 10 points, and the Ace counts as 1 or 11. Blackjack is also known as twenty-one or Pontoon regarded as one of the most popular casino card games in the world.

Much of blackjack's popularity is due to the mix of chance with elements of skill and the publicity that surrounds card counting (keeping track of which cards have been played since the last shuffle).Blackjack's forerunner was vent-et-un ("twenty-one"), which originated in French casinos around 1700 and did not offer the 3:2 bonus for a two-card 21.