Blackjack Variations
European Blackjack  

Two decks
Dealer stands on soft 17
Double on 9 to 11 only
No doubling after splitting
No resplitting
Player may draw to split aces
No surrender
No hole card (player loses total amout bet against
dealer blackjack)
Insurance not resolved until end of hand
One bet position

House advantage is 0.39%.
Multi-Hand Blackjack (Microgaming
casinos)   

5 decks
Dealer stands on soft 17
Double on 9 to 11 only
No doubling after splitting
No resplitting
Player may draw to split aces
No surrender
No hole card (player loses total amout bet against
dealer blackjack)
Insurance not resolved until end of hand
Five bet positions

House advantage is 0.63%
Vegas Strip Blackjack  

4 decks
Dealer stands on soft 17
Double on any first two cards
Double after split allowed
Resplit to three hands
Dealer peeks for blackjack
One bet position

House advantage is 0.34%
Atlantic City Blackjack
(Cryptologic casinos)   

8 decks
Dealer stands on soft 17
Player may double on any first two cards
Player may double after splitting
Player may split only once
No surrender
Dealer checks for blackjack

House advantage is 0.49%. Higher than in normal
Atlantic City where resplitting and surrender is
allowed. N.B. these rules are also the same when
playing multi hand blackjack at Cryptologic casinos.
Vegas Downtown Blackjack  

2 decks
Dealer hits on soft 17
Double on any first two cards
Double after split allowed
Resplit to three hands
Dealer peeks for blackjack
One bet position

House advantage is 0.38%
Double Exposure Blackjack   

8 decks
Both dealer cards dealt face up
Dealer wins all ties except on blackjack
All player wins (including blackjack) pay 1 to 1.
Blackjack tie pays 1 to 1
Dealer hits soft 17
Player may resplit to four hands
Double on hard 9 to 11 only
One card to split aces
Double after split allowed

House advantage is 0.69%.
Atlantic City Blackjack  

8 decks
Dealer stands on soft 17
Double on any first two cards
Double after split allowed
Resplit to three hands
Dealer peeks for blackjack
Late surrender allowed
One bet position

House advantage is 0.35%.
Blackjack Switch

All conventional rules of blackjack apply with
the following exceptions:

Player must make two equal bets.
All cards are dealt face up.
Player may switch second card of each hand.
Player may double on any two cards as well as after
a split
Player may not resplit.
Dealer must hit soft 17 (17 made with an Ace)
Blackjack pays 1:1, instead of normal 3:2
Dealer will ‘push’ players hands (except blackjacks)
on dealer total of 22. Normally a dealer total of 22
would be a ‘bust’’
Single Deck Blackjack (Harrods casino)  

1 deck
Dealer hits on soft 17
Double on any first 2 cards
Doubling after split allowed
Split once
Dealer checks for blackjack
One bet position

House advantage is 0.058%.
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