Of all the “banking” games at the casino (the games where it’s you against the house, so pretty much everything except poker), blackjack is easily the most popular. It’s a relatively simple game to play, and it’s been around in some form or another since the early 1600s, when Miguel de Cervantes wrote about the Spanish game of ventiuna – literally “twenty-one.” Blackjack is also the most popular table game at Ignition Casino. And the second-most popular game is The New Blackjack, one of seven variants now available at Ignition. Each variant has slightly different rules that you can read by mousing over the game in question and clicking “Learn More”. If you know how to play basic blackjack, you should be able to pick up each game without any difficulty. If you’re new to blackjack, here’s a primer to get you started. My Super Sweet 21 The object of blackjack is to win money by having a stronger hand than the dealer. Each card in the deck is given a value; Kings, Queens, Jacks and Tens are worth 10 points, Aces are worth either one point or 11, and the remaining cards (Deuce through Nine) are face value. The strongest hands possible add up to 21. If either you or the dealer goes over 21, that hand is a “bust” and an automatic loser. Blackjack can be played with up to seven players in a live setting, but the players are all competing against the dealer, not against each