Blackjack is a card game played between a player and dealer using one or more decks of cards. The objective is to draw cards totaling closer to 21 points without going over, with face cards worth 10 points and aces worth 1 or 11 points. Players can stand, hit for another card, double down, split pairs, or surrender. The game begins with each being dealt two cards, with the winner being whoever holds the higher total without busting. Blackjack pays the player 3:2 if dealt a blackjack versus the dealer. There are variations of the game including Atlantic City, Double Exposure, European, and Spanish Blackjack.

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Blackjack Blackjack is a famous gambling game which is played by millions of people all around the
world. It is liked by most of the gamblers and has become a source of earning money as well. It is
basically a card game which is played between the player and the dealer. The one who has a higher hand
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on the game wins it along with the entire money. It is also called twenty one in the gambling world by
the gamblers. The main elements of the game are the player, the dealer, a deck of cards and the dealing
chips. Usually blackjack can be played using two to eighty decks of cards. Initially, the beginners can
play with 1 single deck to gain experience. When they are experienced enough to play big games, they
can play with multiple decks. The cards from 1 to 10 are dealt according to their face value. The face
cards, including the king, the queen and the jacks contain a value of 10 points in them. The game is
initiated using two cards and rest of the cards is added one by one once the game is carried on. The
player places his bet before the game starts in front of the dealer. After that, the dealer distributes the
card between himself and the player. The player having the face up cards of the value of 10 points is
expected to have the blackjack and he is expected to win the game along with the other person having
the blackjack. If the dealer has a blackjack, he will be expected to win the entire game. He will check for
the blackjack and will collect the entire money of the losing bets from the players. If the player has the
black jack and the dealer does not have it, then there are different options available for the player. He
may take the options of stand, hit, double, split and surrender. All these are gambling phenomena which
are well understood by the gamblers. The different types of blackjack games are as follows: • Atlantic
City Blackjack: This game has two basic versions; i.e. single and multiple. The multiple version of this
game is more expensive to be played. • Double Exposure Blackjack: This game involves the use of eight
decks of cards. This game is quite difficult and different from the other blackjack games. In this game,
both cards of the dealer are face up cards, which seem quite profitable and easy but in fact, its not. •
European Blackjack: This is a classic blackjack game with simple rules and regulations. It is played with
the usual 2 decks of cards; the face cards having a value of 10 and rest of the cards having the value
same as their face shows. One additional feature of this game is that it contains an additional bonus
option in it. • Spanish Blackjack: It is a pretty complex sort of game of blackjacks. It incorporates the
use of Spanish decks of cards which contains 48 cards in it. To win the game, one must know the rules
and regulations of the game wholly; otherwise the profit may go in favor of the gambling house.
Blackjack is a very popular game among the gamblers. Nowadays with the improvement in technology,
online representatives of casinos have been devised as well, on which people can play online blackjack
games by just sitting at their homes.
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