The Games

Blackjack
You only play against the croupier (house). The game starts by dealing each player two cards and the house one card.

Cards are counted at their face value. Kings, queens, and jacks count as ten, aces count as one or eleven.

If the first two cards you are dealt total twenty-one, you have a blackjack. You cannot lose but you could tie if the dealer also has a blackjack.

If you are dealt any combination other than blackjack, you can either “stand” (take no more cards) or signal the dealer for a “hit” (draw additional cards).

The objective is to reach twenty-one or as close to twenty-one as possible without going over. If your card count is closer to twenty-one than the dealer’s hand, you win—if it is less, the house wins. If you tie with the dealer, you “push” (nobody wins, and nobody loses). If you should go over twenty-one (“bust”), you immediately lose.

When each player has taken their turn, the croupier deals another card/s. If the dealer has sixteen or less, the house must “hit” , until reaching seventeen or more. If the dealer “busts”, the house must pay all the players still in the game.