Blackjack is played with 8 decks of 52 standard cards throughout this casino, unless otherwise indicated. The cards are dealt face up, one to each player and then one to the Dealer followed by a second card to each player. Aces count as 1 or 11, Court cards count as 10 and all other cards have their face value.

In most large casinos, you'll find blackjack available in 1, 4, and 8-deck varieties. Sometimes you'll find 2-deck and 6-deck games, but they're less common. 1-deck tables usually shuffle by hand. 4-deck tables and up usually shuffle by machine.