Any time you visit a casino, the laughter and shouts by the patrons are most of what you can hear. However, a keen ear will not miss the bad gambling advice that flies around. Perhaps the best example of bad advice you may have heard about Blackjack is that the objective of the game is 'to get as close to 21 as you can without going over'. This is in fact, a wrong strategy. The earliest attempt to devise a working mathematical Blackjack strategy was revealed to the public by a group of 4 men through a publication in 1956. This was the foundation for later strategies and other sound attempts to beat the game.

Over the years, there have been numerous other efforts to come up with a perfect Blackjack guide with some coming close to beating the game while others being illogical. For players who are new to the game, knowing the 'Basic Strategy' and how it works is paramount in the journey to becoming a seasoned professional. This strategy involves playing the hand of any total value against any up card of the dealer. This strategy has its complications depending on the rules of the casino you are playing from. The other strategy is called the 'Advantage Play' strategy. This strategy involves attempting to beat Blackjack using skills like observation, computation and memory.

The main tricks being card counting, shuffle tracking and identifying concealed cards. These techniques are generally illegal but can, however, give the player an edge in the game should they be used precisely. But using these techniques could easily get you blacklisted from the casino if you are caught.