How to play progressive blackjack

Progressive jackpots are played in many gambling games. Most often, these are classic slot machines and multifunctional video slots. Other progressive jackpot games also include some online blackjack models. Their general provisions are considered in our article.

Description of progressive blackjack

Progressive blackjack follows traditional blackjack rules. Most often, this is the American variety, in which the dealer immediately deals two cards to himself, opening one of them.

Usually, six regular decks of fifty-two cards without jokers are used, although it is possible that individual casinos may offer games with a different number of decks.

The goal of playing Progressive Blackjack is to beat the dealer or get paid in some other way.

In offline establishments, cards are dealt from a shoe. The spent cards are accumulated in the chipper until the dealer pulls out a special plastic card, with which he removed part of the decks from the game. In the online versions, all decks participate in each hand in full. That is, cards that have left the game are not stored in the chipper, although they can be depicted there.

In different versions, you can play only on one or several boxes at once. In the second case, the rates may be the same or different. An additional bet is also accepted, acting independently of the main one. The jackpot and bonus payouts are played on it.

We will not discuss the basic provisions, because they are not original. The client must beat the dealer by collecting more points than him. In this case, you cannot exceed twenty-one. If the croupier busts, the player also receives a payout.

Other nuances should be clarified directly at the casino. Typically, blackjack progressive has the following rules:

• It is allowed to split one or more times on the box.

• A double is allowed on the first two maps, as well as after a split.

• Aces are split once, and one card is dealt to them.

• There can be no blackjack on the boxes after splitting.

• The croupier stops the set at any seventeen points (sometimes he takes even to the "soft" seventeen).

• The dealer has insurance against blackjack with an open ace.

• Payout ratios are usual: 1:1 on a regular box, 2:1 on insurance and 3:2 for blackjack.

Game progress

We will not discuss the gameplay in detail. The client places bets, after which the dealer deals cards. Then the player makes decisions on all his boxes. The croupier then takes the losing bets and calculates the payouts for the winners. Bonuses are awarded even if the user lost on boxing.

Jackpot and bonuses

In progressive blackjack, the player can also place a side bet that plays independently of the main bet. According to it, the accumulative jackpot and prize payouts are played. Most often, the bet size is fixed and amounts to one credit in the game currency.

Bonus bet winnings are awarded when the following cards appear on the box (with indication of traditional coefficients for calculating payouts).

Card combination Payout calculation ratio

Any one ace - 5:1

Any two aces - 50:1

Two aces of the same suit - 100:1

Any three aces - 250:1

Any four aces - 2500:1

Three aces of the same suit - 5000:1

Four aces of the same suit - progressive jackpot

Keep in mind that the odds may be different for individual blackjack varieties.

The amount of the jackpot grows thanks to deductions from bets made by users.

Odds

In all online models of this blackjack that our reviewers have come across, the jackpots have been drawn according to the scheme described above. The differences concerned certain nuances of the rules, as well as the multipliers by which prize winnings are calculated.

How to play for money in Progressive Blackjack?

If you decide to master progressive blackjack, follow the recommendations of the experts. In general, the advice is standard:

• Start with the general blackjack rules.

• Learn and practice basic strategy.

• Find the most profitable type of game with the highest RTP.

• Choose the best strategy for her.

• Practice playing progressive blackjack for free.

• Raise real money rates slowly.

• Don't try to skip any of these steps. This can cost you dearly.