Blackjack is not a terribly complicated game to learn, but it will take you some time to master all of the rules and develop your own strategy. You may want to read books on the topic or talk to other players — outside of an actual game — to see what they do to win. You may just want to practice a lot so that you can get the hang of it. There is nothing like playing to show you how a game really feels, how it works, and how the cards tend to fall. You will learn a lot if you begin playing often, even if you lose most of the time. In order to keep yourself from going broke in the process and having to stop playing altogether, it is a good idea to sign up for some free sites to play until you know what you are doing.
Free sites like Yahoo will give you a set amount of credits — currently, they will give you one hundred dollars. You can start with this much money, having put nothing down. It is free to use Yahoo as long as you have a registered email account on their site. The money is fictitious; it does not cost anything to get and you cannot cash it out for real money. However, having the money represented in the game is better than just playing Blackjack without betting. It really helps you to see how you are doing and how the money would be falling if you were playing for real. Not only can this give you the information that you need to learn the game with no risk, but it can give you a correct assessment of your skills. You will see if you are getting better without having to keep track of wins and loses because you will be able to see how much you have won. The lone danger is that you never go broke on the site, so you could think you are winning and forget how often you had nothing.