Life is game, game is life

I’ll be your tour guide as we take in the sights and sounds of a modern-day casino at ground level and I’ll tell you about blackjack rules. As we walk, I’ll try to add as much commentary as possible on how what we see relates positively or negatively to the advantage player interface.
Imagine it’s a warm, balmy night in late August. Seagulls are flying high in the air above - white dots against the dark backdrop of a clear sky interrupted only by a large superstructure rising up out of the marshland before us. A slight breeze blows in off the ocean. Did I say “ocean”? Where else can we be but in Atlantic City, New Jersey, right?
As we walk through the doors of AC’s newest casino, the first thing that captures our attention is the decor. Indirect lighting, columns, and a spacious landscape combine to offer a cuttingedge, post-modern blanket of visual stimuli.
Then we see them - rigid shapes aligned in rows, military style. Solid forms with blinking lights and colored glass. Steadfast soldiers in waiting, with anxious people standing before them. The mechanical sound of moving levers gives way to a whimsical melody as reels with bars and fruit and various logos spin and then stop in programmed succession. We can play blackjack there.