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This game is played behind the curtain for a regular prize. This game uses 6 grocery items. Each grocery item has a price listed for it, which may be the actual price, or the price multiplied by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10. The contestant chooses products, and gets a card for each one. The card corresponds with what number the actual price was multiplied by to get the price that's shown. For example, if the actual price is $2.29, but $4.58 is shown, the contestant would get a 2. If $22.90 were shown, the contestant would get a 10. If, however, $2.29 was what was shown, the contestant would get an ace. The game plays like blackjack--the contestant tries to get as close to 21 as possible without going over 21. The house has a deck of 46 cards--the standard 52 card deck minus the six cards by the products. Kathleen (or whoever does that now) draws the top card to be the hole card for the house (face down) and the next card to be the up card (face up). The house must draw on 16 and everything below, and stay on 17 and everything above, just like standard blackjack. If the contestant beats the house--or if the house busts, s/he wins the main prize, so long as s/he didn't go over 21 him/herself. Ties go to the contestant--even when the house has blackjack.

Probably the only reason people ever lose this game is because of Bob's confusing instructions. The best thing to do is to pick the product whose price is multiplied by 10, and the product who's price is exactly right. Keep in mind that the product whose price is multiplied by 10 will always end in a zero. ALWAYS!!! No exceptions, ever! It's basic math... if you multiply something by 10, the product always ends in a zero. As for the price that is exactly right, avoid prices that end in 8. Those are wrong 99% of the time. The right price usually ends in 9, although a low price that ends in 5 or 0 can sometimes be right as well. Also, if you screw up getting a blackjack, don't be afraid to draw again if you have 16, 17, 18, or even 19. Remember that this isn't traditional blackjack--you choose your cards. If you have 19, pick a product that looks like it's multiplied by 2, and you'll have 21 and win.