In addition to the going by the rules for standard blackjack, here are some areas in which the rules may vary. The rules for Atlantic City Blackjack are as follows:

General Playing Rules:

• Atlantic City Blackjack is played with eight 52-card decks. At online casinos, spent cards are reshuffled back into the deck after every hand, thereby ending the efficacy of card counting.

• Being a Hole card game, the dealer must check for blackjack if initially dealt a 10 or Ace. If the dealer has Blackjack, the game is over.

• The dealer always stands on a 17, including a Soft 17, which is an Ace and a 6. Players can receive up to nine additional cards (eleven cards total) after which the hand must stand.

• Late Surrender is allowed.

Betting Structure and Payouts:

• Blackjack is paid out with 3 to 2 odds (some casinos may try to skimp on 6 to 5).

• Push bets (ties) are returned to the player.

• Any time the dealer hits a blackjack, even if the player splits or doubles down, all wagers are lost to the casino.

Splitting Hands:

• Splitting of Aces is allowed (once), although a ten card draw on top of one or both of the split Aces (21 hand value) does not count as Blackjack. Split Aces are only dealt one additional card - in the same fashion of doubling down.

• Splitting of ten-value cards that hit 21 after being split likewise do not count as Blackjack.

• Three splits total are permitted, resulting in a maximum of four hands per game.

• Doubling Down is allowed after a split hand.

Insurance:

• Insurance cannot be taken on a Split hand or one that has been doubled down.

• Insurance pays out 2 to 1 if the dealer hits Blackjack

• The insurance bet is always equal to half the amount of the original wager.

• Insurance can only be taken if the dealer's face-up card is an Ace.