From the book "101 Programming Surprises & Tricks for Your Commodore 64 Computer"

From the book, "101 Programming Surprises & Tricks for Your Commodore 64 Computer".

From the book, "57 Practical Programs and Games in BASIC". Blackjack, or the game of 21, is played against the computer, it being the dealer. Cards are dealt from a self-replenishing desk. Standard rules are as follows: • Blackjack wins unless the dealer also gets blackjack, in which case there is no winning player. • The highest score below 21 …

The player and computer take turns removing 1, 3 or 3 matches from a pile. The player foced to take the last match loses. Found in 67 Ready-to-Run Programs in BASIC.