This article is about the gambling game. For the variant of Hearts called Black Jack, see Black Jack (Hearts). For the shedding-type card game sometimes called Black Jack, see Black Jack (Switch). For other uses, see Black Jack.
Blackjack
A blackjack example, consisting of an ace and a 10-valued card
Alternative names
Twenty-one
Type
Comparing
Players
2+, usually 2–7
Skills
Probability
Cards
52 to 416 (one to eight 52-card decks)
Deck
French
Play
Clockwise
Chance
High
Related games
Pontoon, twenty-one, Siebzehn und Vier, vingt-et-un
Blackjack (formerly black jack and vingt-un) is a casino banking game.[1]: 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 [ru].[2] Blackjack players do not compete against each other. The game is a comparing card game where each player competes against the dealer.
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