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If you are travelling to Vegas soon you may find our guide of Vegas Casinos and the Blackjack games they offer quite helpful. Obviously they do change games from time to time but the guide will give you an insight into which places will offer you the biggest selection of Blackjack games and the house edge.

Arizona Charlie's East offer two variants of Blackjack the first uses 2 decks of cards and the Dealer always hits a Soft 17. Doubling after a split is allowed and you may re-split Aces. Late Surrender however is not available on this game. The house edge of this Blackjack game is 0.4%.

The second Blackjack game they offer uses 6 decks and the Dealer always hits a Soft 17. Doubling after a split is allowed and you may re-split Aces. Late Surrender similarly to the other game they offer is not allowed. The house edge on this game is 0.64%.

Arizona Charlie's West quite boringly offers the exact same games as their sister casino above!

Bally's have two different Blackjack variants available the first uses two decks and the Dealer will always hit a soft 17. You cannot Double after a split, nor can you re-split Aces, and late surrender cannot be taken. The house edge on this Blackjack game is 0.6%.

The other Blackjack game is a little more generous however this used 6 decks, with the Dealer always hitting a soft 17. This game lets you double after a split but no re-splitting Aces and late surrender can be taken. This Blackjack game has a house edge of 0.55%.

Bellagio have three Blackjack games on offer, two have quite a low house edge and are worthy of attention. The first is a 6 deck game in which the Dealer always stands on a soft 17. Players may double down after a split and re-split Aces, should you want too you can also late surrender your hand. This games' house edge is 0.28%

They also have a 5 deck game however it is the worst of the trio and a Dealer will always Hit a soft 17 hand and you can double after a split, take late surrender and re-split Aces. This Blackjack game has a house edge of 0.47%.

They also have a two deck game in which the Dealer always stands a soft 17 and you may double down after a split. But no late surrender or re-splitting of Aces is allowed. This Blackjack game has a house edge of 0.27%.

Big Horn will give you just one variant of Blackjack which uses 6 decks and a Dealer hits a soft 17, you can double down after a split, re-split Aces and also take late surrender, all this adds upto a house edge of 0.55%.

Bill's Gambling Hall - Good old Bill! He offers 2 Blackjack games one of which uses 2 decks and a Dealer will always hit a soft 17, you can double down after a split but you can't re-split Aces and you can't take late surrender either, the house edge on this Blackjack game is 0.45%.
The second game on offer has a higher house edge of 0.64% and here a Dealer will hit a soft 17, you can also double down after a split but not re-split Aces and you can't take late surrender.


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