Vegas Blackjack Instructions

The player and the dealer are each dealt two cards. The dealer turns one card face-up.

If the dealer has a Ace or a 10 showing, they check for blackjack before continuing. If they have blackjack, you lose the hand. If both the dealer and player have blackjack, it is a push (you keep your bet.)

You have the option of drawing additional cards (hitting) to make a better hand. You may stand at any time. The dealer then flips over the face-down card and draws until they reach 17.

If your hand total beats the dealers, you are paid 1:1. If your hand total equals the dealer, the hand is a push, and your bet is returned to you.

Additional play options:

Insurance: If the dealer has an ace showing, you may optionally buy insurance against the dealer having blackjack. Insurance bets are 1/2 your original bet, and pay 2:1 if the dealer has blackjack. If the dealer doesn't have blackjack, you lose the insurance bet and the game continues.

Double-down: On certain hands, you are given the option to double your bet. If you chose this option, you receive one additional card and cannot draw any more.

Split: If you receive two cards of the same rank, you have the option of splitting them into two hands. This requires an additional bet equal to your original bet for the new hand.

Surrender: If you do not like the original two cards you are dealt, you have the option of surrendering your hand. One half of your bet is returned to you, and the hand is over. You may only surrender on the initial two cards, once you hit, double, or split, you are not offered the chance to surrender.

If you are out of a particular denomination of chip, you may still tap on the empty column of chips to bet that denomination. Change will automatically be made from your higher denomination chips.

To place a bet, tap on the stack of chips you want to bet. One of the selected chips will be added to your current bet. To remove the current bet, tap on the stack of chips inside the betting circle.

Once you have bet the table minimum, a "deal" button will appear. Tap it to begin the hand.

To quickly re-bet the same amount as the previous hand, tap on the empty betting circle at the beginning of the hand.

Game options change the rules of the game. You may not change any of these options while a hand is still in play:

Table Limit: Choose the minimum and maximum bets allowed at the table.

Number of decks: Choose between single deck, or a 2-8 deck shoe.

Double-down on: Choose the hands which you are allowed to double down.

Dealer must hit soft 17: Specifies whether the dealer hits, or stands on soft-17.

Insurance: Offer insurance when the dealer has an ace showing.

Surrender: Offer surrender as an option on the intial hand.

Allow re-splits: Allow splitting more than once, up to a total of 4 hands.

Allow double after split: Allow doubling on hands after a split.

Allow hit on split aces: Allow hits after splitting a pair of aces. With this option turned off, you are limited to a single card on each hand after you split aces.

Always bet same amount: Automatically re-bets the previous amount bet, at the beginning of each hand.

Animate cards/chips: Enabling these options causes the cards and chips to animate and fly from one position to another.

Draw hand totals: Display the hand totals so you don't have to count them yourself.

Show # of cards in shoe: Display the # of cards left in the shoe.

Sound volume: Select the desired sound volume. Choose "game prefs" if you want the game to use the global game sound preference.