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BLACKJACK

Blackjack is a popular American casino game, now found throughout the world. It is a banking game in which the aim of the player is to achieve a hand whose points total nearer to 21 than the banker's hand, but without exceeding 21. In Nevada casinos this game is called 21 rather than Blackjack; '
Blackjack' is the name of the same game played in the home, with slightly different rules mostly associated with the absence of a house dealer. The '
Blackjack' holding of ace and jack is called a ' natural' by all casino personnel.
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