Live Blackjack
Try your hand at Live Blackjack for a chance to discover two awesome side bets, with even higher payouts.
Live Blackjack - Game Overview
Compete against a live dealer for a chance of winning at Live Blackjack.
Discover two exciting side bets, Perfect Pairs and 21+3, while trying to form the best hand possible.
The aim of the game is to achieve a hand closer in value to 21 than the dealer, without 'busting'.
How to Play
Up to seven players can participate at a time, but you will only ever compete against the dealer.
This game is played with eight standard 52-card decks.
When the betting time is up, all players will be dealt one card face-up, followed by the dealer.
Players will then be dealt a second card each, also face-up, ending with the dealer, whose second card will be dealt face-down.
The sum of your first two cards will be displayed next to your hand.
Card Values
In Live Blackjack, cards are worth the following values:
- Cards two to 10 - all worth their face value
- Face cards - worth 10 each
- Ace - worth one or 11, whichever is more favorable to your hand
Blackjack
Blackjack is the best hand possible.
It is awarded when your initial hand equals 21 exactly.
Bet Options
Blackjack games offer three standard betting options, all of which are available in this game:
- Insurance - you can only purchase insurance if the dealer's first two cards contains an Ace
- Double Down - allows you to double your original bet, but you can only receive one more card henceforth
- Split - if your first two cards are of equal value, you can split them into two separate hands
Side Bets
The two optional side bets featured in this game are Perfect Pairs and 21+3.
Read on for more information about each.
Perfect Pairs
Gives you a chance of winning if your initial hand consists of one of the following three pairs:
- Mixed Pair - different suits
- Coloured Pair - different suits of the same color
- Perfect Pair - the same suit
Each type of pair has its own payout:
Perfect Pairs Payout
Hand | Payout |
|---|---|
| Mixed Pair | 6/1 |
| Coloured Pair | 12/1 |
| Perfect Pair | 25/1 |
21+3
The second side bet available in this game, it offers you a chance to win if your initial hand, as well as the dealer's face-up card, form one of the below:
- Flush - all same suit
- Straight - sequential cards of different suits
- Three of a Kind - same value but different suits
- Straight Flush - sequential cards of the same suit
- Suited Trips - an identical triplet
See the table below for all of the different 21+3 payouts.
21+3 Payout
Hand | Payout |
|---|---|
| Flush | 5/1 |
| Straight | 10/1 |
| Three of a Kind | 30/1 |
| Straight Flush | 40/1 |
| Suited Trips | 100/1 |
Bet Behind
It possible to bet on another player's hand using this feature.
Win or lose, you will share the outcome of their hand.
Hot Player
This icon identifies the player with the longest winning streak.
The number in the gold medal lets you know how many consecutive hands they have won.
Return to Player
The optimal theoretical payout percentage is:
Blackjack - 99.28%
Perfect Pairs Bet - 95.90%
21+3 Bet - 96.30%
The expected return is the amount we pay out to players relative to the amount of wagering on the game.
For example, if we take $100 of wagers we will, on average pay out $99.28 of wins in Blackjack, $95.90 on Perfect Pairs bets, and $96.30 on 21+3 bets.