Casino Blackjack (Group 53)

Glossary

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Revision History

Date | Version | Description | Author
14/03/03 | v1.01 | Created | Paul Stasuik
17/03/03 | v1.01 | Modify SRS requirements | Andrew Noske, Danny, Jon Roberts, and Paul Stasuik
21/03/03 | v1.01 | Modify glossary | Paul Stasuik
23/03/03 | v1.01 | Modify glossary | Paul Stasuik
24/03/03 | v1.01 | Neatened HTML | Andrew Noske
24/03/03 | v1.01 | Modify glossary | Jon Roberts
05/04/03 | v1.01 | Deleted networking terms (as per Dmitry's criteria) | Andrew Noske

Glossary

# 1. Introduction

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## 1.1 Purpose

> NOT REQUIRED.

## 1.2 Scope

> The glossary is to aid in explaining the use of client-server architecture, XML, and the game of blackjack.

## 1.3 References

Title | Report number | Date | Publishing organization
Conrad Jupiters Blackjack and Sic-bo Dealer's Manual | null | 1995 | Jupiters Ltd.
Computer Networks and Internets with Internet Applications | Third edition Douglas E. Comer | 2001 | Prentice Hall International, Inc.
Webster's New World College Dictionary | Forth edition | 1997 | Macmillian USA

## 1.4 Overview

> Blackjack a popular card game which comes with many unique terms - all of which a player should know and use. To completely understand the game and terminology one must read the complete set of blackjack rules (available here).

# 2. Definitions

## 2.1 Blackjack Terminology

- Blackjack: A hand of which the first two cards dealt consist of an Ace and any 10-valued card.
- Box: The betting area on the table layout for the placement of bets.
- Box Number: The boxes are numbered from box one on the dealer's immediate left, through to box seven on the dealer's far right.
- Break or Bust: To draw cards totaling more than 21, which immediately loses.
- Discard Rack: The area of screen that used cards are placed after a hand has been played.
- Double Down: To make an additional bet of up to the amount of the original wager only when the first two cards dealt total 9, 10, or 11. When a player doubles down, only one additional card is drawn.
- Hard Hand: A hand which has only one total value.
- Hit: To take an additional card(s) in order to improve the hand count.
- Initial deal: The dealing of one card to each box containing a bet, followed by a card to the dealer, and then a second card to each box containing a bet.
- Insurance: An optional bet available to a player when the dealers first card is an ace. Such a bet may not exceed one-half of the player's original wager. The payoff is 2 to 1 if the dealer makes a blackjack, if not the bet loses immediately.
- Original bet: The wager made on a box prior to the first card being dealt
- Payout: The money used to pay a winning bet.
- Shoe: The device used to contain the decks while dealing.
- Shuffle: The process of handling and randomly mixing the cards from the completion of one shoe to the beginning of the next shoe.
- Soft Hand: A hand containing at least one ace, which when the ace is counted as either one or eleven can have two totals both under twenty-one.
- Split: To make two hands out of one when the first two cards dealt are an identical pair. The original wager must be duplicated.
- Stand: To decide not to take additional cards.
- Stand off (Push): A tie between the player and the dealer, neither hand wins or loses.