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The final page of your blackjack history section is up! This page is the second half of the modern history chapter, and concerns 1970 until the present. It deals with the rise of the blackjack team as well as a number of other developments in the world of blackjack. Check it out here.

The computer glitches that compromised account details for a reported 134 accounts at the recently launched Canadian online casino PlayNow.com was an embarrassing malfunction in itself. But restoring the player winnings that went missing during the website's shutdown turns out to be one of its lesser financial concerns after a financial watchdog investigation.

British Columbian gambling website PlayNow.com went down almost as soon as it was launched, and the new Canadian site will remain shut down for the time being. Computer glitches lost player winnings, and put the privacy and money of many players at risk. Within 10 days landmark casino turns into landmark flop.

On Tuesday the first live table games section opened up for an 8-hour test run in Pennsylvania casino Mohegan Sun. After the recent legalization of table games including blackjack, locals were thrilled by the inaugral promotions that drew huge crowds.

After Florida's Governor Charlie Crist's 2008 agreement over blackjack exclusivity with the Seminole tribe was declared illegal, Seminole blackjack has occupied a position of legal obscurity. Now a $1 billion agreement finally clears the situation up.

Readers of SportsNation got a unique opportunity yesterday to chat with Blackjack pro and former MIT Blackjack Team member Jeff Ma about Bringing Down the House and 21, about card counting, about his new book The House Advantage, and what he's up to these days.

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At the Global Gaming Expo Asia (G2E Asia) 2010 blackjack dealer turned gaming protection authority Sal Piacente stumps security staff. Even under close surveillance by the latest high-tech cameras he palms the aces unseen. His point about costly surveillance technology is well made.

The next section of our blackjack history overview is finally up. This section deals with blackjack in the Wild West from the 19th century until World War I, the origin of modern rules and the origin of the name by which the game is known today.

Last week two Atlantic City Casinos were found dealing out of a 51-card deck for hours and hours on end. The Casino Control Commission is taking no excuses and has issued fines to both casinos, but both casinos insist the shuffle machines were at fault, not the dealers...