The Best Bets In Online Lucky Blackjack

Playtech is a leading software provider to Australian online casinos and uniquely offers a set of arcade games in its portfolio. One of them is based on online blackjack and is called Lucky Blackjack. You have to guess the final value of the dealer’s hand and if you are successful then you receive a payout. Lucky Blackjack can be played at all Playtech online casinos such as Mansion Casino and Omni Casino.

The cards and the hand are valued as in the normal blackjack game. The cards are dealt to the dealer hand following the standard process. The dealer keeps drawing cards until the value of the hand equals or exceeds 17, including the soft 17. If the dealer’s hand value exceeds 21 then he busts. If the dealer draws an ace and a ten value card as the first two cards, then he gets a natural blackjack. Therefore you have the following betting options for the values for the dealer’s hand: 17, 18 19, 20, 21, bust and blackjack. You can bet on any one or more of the above seven options. After you have placed your bets the cards are dealt in the aforesaid manner. If any option on which you have wagered matches with the actual outcome in the deal then you win an amount as specified in the payout table. Wagering and winning on 17 yields a payout of 5 to 1, on 18 yields a payout of 6 to 1, on 19 yields a payout of 6 to 1, on 20 a payout of 4 to 1, on 21 a payout of 12 to 1, on bust a payout of 2 to 1 and on blackjack a payout of 19 to 1.

You should be aware of the optimum strategy for Lucky Blackjack because the bets offer different average returns. The probabilities of the different outcomes of the dealer’s hand have been ascertained through computer simulations. Using these and the odds offered you can determine the average returns. The dealer will bust about 28% of the time. The mathematically fair odds for this are 5 to 2. Lucky Blackjack offers only 2 to 1. Therefore this bet returns only 85% and should be avoided. The average returns for the other bets are as follows. The average returns for the dealer having a hand value of 17 or 20 are 88%. The remaining four bets have average returns between 94% and 96.5%. These are comparable with those in online slot games. These are the only outcomes you should wager on.