diff --git a/10_Blackjack/rust/Cargo.toml b/10_Blackjack/rust/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "rust"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+rand = "0.8.5"
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diff --git a/10_Blackjack/rust/src/main.rs b/10_Blackjack/rust/src/main.rs
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+use rand::{Rng, prelude::thread_rng};
+use std::{io};
+
+//DATA
+struct CARD {
+    name: String,
+    value: u8,
+}
+impl CARD {
+    
+}
+struct HAND {
+    cards: Vec<CARD>,
+    total: u8,
+}
+impl HAND {
+    fn drawCard(deck: DECK) -> CARD {
+        //pull a random card from deck
+
+    }
+}
+struct DECK {
+    cards: Vec<CARD>,
+}
+struct PLAYER {
+    hand: HAND,
+}
+
+struct GAME {
+    human_player: PLAYER,
+    computer_players: Vec<PLAYER>,
+    dealer: PLAYER,
+
+    deck: DECK,
+    discard_pile: DECK,
+}
+impl GAME {
+    fn start(num_players:u8) {
+        //ask user how many players there should be, not including them
+        let num_players = loop {
+            //input loop
+
+            let mut raw_input = String::new(); // temporary variable for user input that can be parsed later
+            //print prompt
+            println!("How many other players should there by?");
+
+            //read user input from standard input, and store it to raw_input
+            raw_input.clear(); //clear input
+            io::stdin().read_line(&mut raw_input).expect( "CANNOT READ INPUT!");
+
+                //from input, try to read a number
+            match raw_input.trim().parse::<usize>() {
+                Ok(i) => break i, // this escapes the loop, returning i 
+                Err(e) => {
+                    println!("MEANINGLESS NUMBER.  TRY AGAIN.  {}", e.to_string().to_uppercase());
+                    continue; // run the loop again
+                }
+            };
+        };
+
+
+    }
+}
+
+const card_names: [&str;13] = ["Ace","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9","10","Jack","Queen","King"];
+
+fn main() {
+    //DATA
+    //P(I,J) IS THE JTH CARD IN HAND I, Q(I) IS TOTAL OF HAND I
+    //C IS THE DECK BEING DEALT FROM, D IS THE DISCARD PILE,
+    //T(I) IS THE TOTAL FOR PLAYER I, S(I) IS THE TOTAL THIS HAND FOR
+    //PLAYER I, B(I) IS TH BET FOR HAND I
+    //R(I) IS THE LENGTH OF P(I,*)
+
+    //print welcome message
+    welcome();
+    
+
+}
+
+fn welcome() {
+    //welcome message
+    println!("
+                            BLACK JACK
+              CREATIVE COMPUTING  MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY    
+    \n\n\n");
+}
+
+fn instructions() {
+    println!("
+    THIS IS THE GAME OF 21. AS MANY AS 7 PLAYERS MAY PLAY THE
+    GAME. ON EACH DEAL, BETS WILL BE ASKED FOR, AND THE
+    PLAYERS' BETS SHOULD BE TYPED IN. THE CARDS WILL THEN BE
+    DEALT, AND EACH PLAYER IN TURN PLAYS HIS HAND. THE
+    FIRST RESPONSE SHOULD BE EITHER 'D', INDICATING THAT THE
+    PLAYER IS DOUBLING DOWN, 'S', INDICATING THAT HE IS
+    STANDING, 'H', INDICATING HE WANTS ANOTHER CARD, OR '/',
+    INDICATING THAT HE WANTS TO SPLIT HIS CARDS. AFTER THE
+    INITIAL RESPONSE, ALL FURTHER RESPONSES SHOULD BE 'S' OR
+    'H', UNLESS THE CARDS WERE SPLIT, IN WHICH CASE DOUBLING
+    DOWN IS AGAIN PERMITTED. IN ORDER TO COLLECT FOR
+    BLACKJACK, THE INITIAL RESPONSE SHOULD BE 'S'.
+    NUMBER OF PLAYERS
+    ");
+}
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