Vegas Casino Edge
There is a growing list of Vegas casinos that are changing the odds of the blackjack games on their floor. Instead of paying 3:2 on a natural blackjack they’ve started paying 6:5. That mean that on a $10 bet you win $12 instead of $15. Players aren’t putting up a fuss because they are still getting better than 1:1 for the winning hand.
There is a growing list of Vegas casinos that are changing the odds of the blackjack games on their floor. Instead of paying 3:2 on a natural blackjack they’ve started paying 6:5. That mean that on a $10 bet you win $12 instead of $15. Players aren’t putting up a fuss because they’re still getting better than 1:1 for the winning hand. To the average player it appears to be minimal, but to an educated player it is a big difference.
If you play 100 hands at $10 per hand in a proper game with six decks which pays out 3:2 for the natural, you can expect to lose $2.60 per hour. In a really good game like a single deck game you will only lose $1.80 per hour on average. With the new 6:5 payout on naturals you can expect to lose $14 per hour. That’s a sizable difference that many players don’t understand.
That means you will lose your money in a 6:5 game five times faster than in a regular shoe game, and eight times faster in a single-deck game. So it pays to find a more favourable game to play if you plan on playing with any regularity. Experienced gamers won’t go near this game and neither should you. It’s meant to take advantage of players who don’t know any better, and is nothing but greed on the part of the casino.
