Blackjack

Blackjack (formerly black jack and 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. Blackjack players do not compete against each other. The game is a comparing card game where each player competes against the dealer.

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 namesTwenty-one
TypeComparing
Players2+, usually 2–7
SkillsProbability
Cards52 to 416 (one to eight 52-card decks)
DeckFrench
PlayClockwise
ChanceHigh
Related games
Pontoon, twenty-one, Siebzehn und Vier, vingt-et-un
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