The initial minimum bet is $1,000, the maximum bet is $50,000 (minimum bet is $100, the max bet is $5,000 in Season 1).Each player begins with $100,000 in chips ($10,000 in chips in Season 1).

The rules (as of season 4) are as follows: A field of 40 players, including Celebrity Blackjack champion Caroline Rhea, baseball star Orel Hershiser and magician Penn Jillette competed for a $1 million prize pool. Season 4 premiered on GSN from Jto August 27, 2007. Season 3 premiered weekly from Jto Septemas part of GSN's Casino Night (retooled, with High Stakes Poker, as Vegas Night) programming block, with new hosts John Fugelsang and Ben Mezrich. Season 2 premiered weekly from Januto Apwith a new co-host, Megan Riordan. Season 1 premiered weekly from Mato Apwith a co-host, Melana Scantlin. Tiki Arsenault was the dealer for Season 1 as Deanna Bacon was the dealer for Seasons 2 and 3 while Jessica Knight was the dealer for Season 4. Matt Vasgersian and Max Rubin provided commentary for the first two seasons. Rounds are edited into 1-hour episodes and broadcast on GSN. It is a closed tournament players are either invited to play or attempt to win a spot via a satellite tournament. The World Series of Blackjack is a televised blackjack tournament created and produced by the cable network GSN.

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