Table Game: Blackjack (21)

A popular American casino game, now found throughout the world. It is quick to learn the basics and playing blackjack is fun. The best and fastest way to make money while playing Blackjack is by successfully doubling down at every opportunity. Blackjack is played with one, two, four, six or eight decks of cards.

The dealer faces one to seven players from behind a kidney-shaped table.

Each player plays his hand independently against the dealer. At the beginning of each round, the player places a bet in the "betting box" and receives an initial hand of two cards.

The object of the game is to get a higher card total than the dealer, but without going over 21 which is called "busting" or "too many." (The spot cards count 2 to 9; the 10, jack, queen, and king count as ten; an ace can be either 1 or 11.) The player goes first and plays his hand by taking additional cards if he desires.

If he busts, he loses. Then the dealer plays her hand. If the dealer busts, she loses to all remaining players. If neither busts, the higher hand total wins. In case of a tie, no one wins - the hand is a "push." It is possible for the dealer to lose to some players but still beat other players in the same round.