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1.1     ! root        1: .th BJ VI 3/15/72
        !             2: .sh NAME
        !             3: bj \*- the game of black jack
        !             4: .sh SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .bd /usr/games/bj
        !             6: .sh DESCRIPTION
        !             7: .it Bj
        !             8: is a serious attempt at
        !             9: simulating the dealer
        !            10: in the game of black jack (or twenty-one)
        !            11: as might be found in Reno.
        !            12: The following rules apply:
        !            13: .s3
        !            14: .lp +5 5
        !            15: The bet is $2 every hand.
        !            16: .s3
        !            17: A player `natural' (black jack) pays $3.
        !            18: A dealer natural loses $2.
        !            19: Both dealer and player naturals
        !            20: is a `push' (no money exchange).
        !            21: .s3
        !            22: If the dealer has an ace up,
        !            23: the player is allowed to make an `insurance'
        !            24: bet against the chance of a dealer natural.
        !            25: If this bet is not taken, play resumes as normal.
        !            26: If the bet is taken, it is a side bet
        !            27: where the player wins $2 if the dealer has
        !            28: a natural and loses $1 if the dealer does not.
        !            29: .s3
        !            30: If the player is dealt two cards
        !            31: of the same value, he is allowed to
        !            32: `double'.
        !            33: He is allowed to play two
        !            34: hands, each with one of these cards.
        !            35: (The bet is doubled also; $2 on each hand.)
        !            36: .s3
        !            37: If a dealt hand
        !            38: has a total of ten or eleven,
        !            39: the player may `double down'.
        !            40: He may double the bet ($2 to $4)
        !            41: and receive exactly one more card on that hand.
        !            42: .s3
        !            43: Under normal play,
        !            44: the player may `hit' (draw a card)
        !            45: as long as his total is not over twenty-one.
        !            46: If the player `busts' (goes over twenty-one),
        !            47: the dealer wins the bet.
        !            48: .s3
        !            49: When the player `stands' (decides not to hit),
        !            50: the dealer hits until he attains
        !            51: a total of seventeen or more.
        !            52: If the dealer busts, the player wins the bet.
        !            53: .s3
        !            54: If both player and dealer stand,
        !            55: the one with the largest total wins.
        !            56: A tie is a push.
        !            57: .s3
        !            58: .i0
        !            59: The machine deals and keeps score.
        !            60: The following questions will be asked at
        !            61: appropriate times.
        !            62: Each question is
        !            63: answered by
        !            64: .bd y
        !            65: followed by a new line for `yes',
        !            66: or just new line for `no'.
        !            67: .s3
        !            68: ?              (means, ``do you want a hit?'')
        !            69: .br
        !            70: Insurance?
        !            71: .br
        !            72: Double down?
        !            73: .s3
        !            74: Every time the deck is shuffled,
        !            75: the dealer so states and the `action' (total bet)
        !            76: and `standing' (total won or lost)
        !            77: is printed.
        !            78: To exit, hit the interrupt key (DEL)
        !            79: and the action and standing will be printed.
        !            80: .sh BUGS
        !            81: Be careful of the random number generator.

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