ABSTRACT
Vingt-un derives its name trom the fact that each player aims at making, by the cards he holds, “twenty-one.” Any number may play. The full pack of fifty-two cards is used. After they have been duly shuffled and cut, the dealer * distributes one card, face downwards, to each of the other players (whom we will call the punters), and one to himself. The punters look at their cards, and each places on, or beside his card, the coin (or counters representing coin) he proposes to stake. A maximum and minimum stake are fixed beforehand.
