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Blackjack

Blackjack (formerly black jack or vingt-un) is a casino banking game.: 342 It is the most widely played casino banking game in the world. It uses decks of 52 cards and descends from a global family of casino banking games known as "twenty-one". This family of card games also includes the European games vingt-et-un and pontoon, and the Russian game Ochko.…

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Alternative names
Twenty-one
Cards
52 to 416 (one to eight 52-card decks)
Chance
High
Deck
French
Play
Clockwise
Players
2+, usually 2–7

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Overview

History

Rules of play at casinos

Rule variations and effects on house edge

Blackjack strategy

Side bets

Video blackjack

  • RNG Random number generation

Variants and related games

Blackjack Hall of Fame

General literature

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  • OUP Oxford University Press
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Blackjack literature

Mathematics of blackjack

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Blackjack

Nodes80
Edges79
Triples200
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.025
Components1

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Blackjack

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related to Blackjack literature · 34
Blackjack → Arnold Snyder, Beat, Blackjack Life, Business, Carl Cooper, Casino Twenty-One, Dealer, Dollar Blackjack, Edward, Game, ISBN, Jerry, Ken Fuchs, Ken Uston, Lance Humble, Law, Lawrence Revere, Loeb, Michael Dalton, Nathaniel Tilton
related to General literature · 29
Blackjack → April, Card Games, Charles, David, Dawson's Game, Depaulis, History, Hoyle's Games Improved, In Endebrock, International Playing-Card Society, ISBN, ISSN, Jones, Journal, June, Klondike, London, Long, New, New York
related to Variants and related games · 22
Blackjack → Additionally, Also, An, Australian, Blackjacks, California, Double, For, Furthermore, If, In, In New Years, Most, Natural, Passing, Spanish, Super Fun, The, Then, This
related to Mathematics of blackjack · 18
Blackjack → C2009-0-20160-7, Chances, Epstein, Gambling, Games, ISBN, JavaScript, Jörg Bewersdorff, Logic, Luck, Probabilistic Aspects, Richard, Statistical Logic, Stewart Ethier, The Doctrine, The Mathematics, Theory, White Lies
related to Blackjack Hall of Fame · 17
Blackjack → Arnold Snyder, Barona Casino, Beat, Blackjack Forum, Blackjack Hall, Dealer, Edward, Fame, In, Ken Uston, Members, San Diego, Seven, Stanford Wong, The Hall, Thorp, Wonging
related to history · 15
Blackjack → Blackjack's, Castile, Cervantes, Cortadillo, English, France, Later, Miguel, Novelas Ejemplares, Rinconete, Seville, Spain, Spanish, The, They
related to Side bets · 15
Blackjack → Amount, Blazing, Bust It, Dealer, First, In Bet, K-Q, Lucky Ladies, Lucky Lucky, Many, Match, One, Perfect, Player, Royal
related to Rules of play at casinos · 7
Blackjack → At, Between, If, In, Number, The, To
has effect · 6
Blackjack → For, Most, Note, Player, The, Where
related to Insurance · 5
Blackjack → If, In, Insurance, The, This

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card dealer player games game players cards hand edge house bet casinos strategy also play one ace hands split casino

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BlackjackAlternative namesTwenty-one1.00infobox
BlackjackCards52 to 416 (one to eight 52-card decks)1.00infobox
BlackjackChanceHigh1.00infobox
BlackjackDeckFrench1.00infobox
BlackjackPlayClockwise1.00infobox
BlackjackPlayers2+, usually 2–71.00infobox
BlackjackSkillsProbability, Memorization1.00infobox
BlackjackTypeComparing1.00infobox
a dealing shoeinstance ofwhile separate requirements apply to certain game variations.The dealer's side of a regulated blackjack table may contain equipment0.80text
discard rackinstance ofwhile separate requirements apply to certain game variations.The dealer's side of a regulated blackjack table may contain equipment0.80text
drop boxinstance ofwhile separate requirements apply to certain game variations.The dealer's side of a regulated blackjack table may contain equipment0.80text
tip boxinstance ofwhile separate requirements apply to certain game variations.The dealer's side of a regulated blackjack table may contain equipment0.80text

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