ORIGINS

The Trente et quarante is a simple card-game, whose origin is lost in the mists of time.

He had a quite great diffusion in 1.300, in France, during the reign of Charles VI. The legend tells that its diffusion is due to a false blind monk (he was not the inventor).

But it seems that this game was born at least a century before.

During the half part of XIX century, he reached many European Casinos. Always in Fance, first Poisson and Bertand then, gave to this game somekind of mathematical dignity, by calculating, with a great approximation (they did not have a PC), statistical percentages.

This game is spread upon Europe, even if, in this continent too, in authorised game rooms, he has got a diffusion which we can not compare to the one of the queen of Casino, the roulette;
but it seems that this game is quite diffused in many non-authorised game rooms
(gambling houses).