Slot Madness
Multi-Hand Progressive
Blackjack – Rules
Rule
Authority:
InterCasino
Multi-Hand Progressive Blackjack is played and programmed according to
Atlantic City Blackjack rules.
Authority: New
Jersey Casino Control Commission.
Rule Exceptions:
The cards are shuffled after each hand, pairs may not be re-split, and
players may not draw additional cards on split Aces.
Premise:
Multi-Hand Progressive Blackjack is identical to Single-Player
Progressive Blackjack, except that players can bet on up-to five hands
and play them all independently, one after another.
In Multi-Hand
Progressive Blackjack, you and the dealer (the computer) are dealt two
cards to start in up to five different positions at the Blackjack
table. The objective of Multi-Hand Progressive Blackjack is to
accumulate cards that add up closer to 21 than that of the dealer's
cards, without going over 21. Cards are worth their face value with the
exception of Kings, Queens, and Jacks which are each worth 10 and Aces
(worth either 1 or 11). If the value of your hand is closer to 21 than
that of the dealer you win. If the value of the dealer's hand is higher
than yours you lose. If the hands are of equal value the deal is a push
and your money is returned. If you have a total of 22 or higher (a
busted hand), you lose regardless of whether the dealer also busts.
This process is repeated on all respective remaining hands.
Summary
of Rules:
- 8 52-card decks
are used
- The deck is
re-shuffled after each hand
- Dealer stands on
all 17's
- Doubling after
splitting allowed
- No re-splitting
of cards allowed
- No surrender
- Only one
additional card allowed on each Ace when splitting a pair of Aces
- Each hand must
be completed before proceeding to next hand.
- Up to five
possible hands playable per deal.
How
to Play:
InterCasino
Multi-Hand Progressive Blackjack plays the same as Single-Hand
Progressive Blackjack. Multi-Hand Blackjack is played with eight
fifty-two-card decks. After each game has been played, the used cards
are shuffled back into the deck. All face cards are valued at ten and
the cards from 2-10 are valued as indicated. Aces can be valued at
either one or eleven; if counting the Ace as eleven would put the hand
over twenty-one, the Ace is automatically counted as one instead. You
do not need to specify which value the Ace has as it's always assumed
to have the value that makes the best hand. The value of a hand is the
sum of the values of the individual cards. For example, a hand
containing a Jack, 3, and 4 has a value of 17.
Your chips are
stacked by denomination ($1, $5, $25, $100, $500) at the bottom of the
game window. Select the amount you would like to wager on a given hand
by clicking the left mouse button on the chip of that denomination. The
amount wagered per hand may be increased or decreased by placing the
mouse on the stack that you wish to add or subtract to your bet. Each
time you click the left mouse button you will add a chip from that pile
to your planned wager amount. Likewise by clicking on the right mouse
button you can decrease your planned wager amount. You may repeat your
last bet by simply hitting the "0" button of your numeric keyboard. If
you place a wager that is lower than the minimum table bet limit, your
bet amount will be automatically adjusted to the minimum bet amount.
Wager as little or as much as you wish on varying hands within game
limits.
To qualify for the
Bonus Jackpot you need to place a $1 bonus bet. You do this by clicking
on the flashing chip holder directly in front of you. You may place a
Bonus bet prior to playing your hand as long as the lights surrounding
the chip holder are flashing. Players may win a bonus payout, if they
receive two or more consecutive Aces as the first cards dealt to them
in their hand. The size of the Jackpot increases with every bet. The
current level of the Jackpot is displayed at the left-hand side or
right-hand side of the screen depending on your seating position. You
may also qualify for a bonus payout based on the suit and number of
aces held in a particular hand. See the Bonus Payout Table.
You begin a hand of
Multi-Hand Progressive Blackjack by placing up to five bets on the
table as described above. You will then receive two cards face up. The
dealer will receive one card face up and one face down. Once you have
been dealt your cards (and based on the nature of these cards) you can
do the following by clicking with the left mouse button on the
appropriate button:
Hit:
Requests another
card. You can request a hit as many times as you like, but if your
total goes over twenty-one, you will "bust" and lose the hand.
Stand:
Requests that you
receive no more cards. The hand as it currently stands will be judged
against the dealers.
Split:
If you have two cards
of the same denomination, a Split button will become active. You can
split your cards into two hands and play each hand separately. Your
original bet will be duplicated for the new hand. Each hand will be
played out as usual except when splitting Aces, where only one
additional card per hand is dealt. A white box displaying your card
total will appear over each hand indicating which hand is active. The
split option can only be used once per hand -- you cannot split part of
a split hand. Any winning 21 obtained after splitting a pair is paid
1-to-1.
Double Down:
If you select this
option, three things will happen: you will get exactly one more card,
your turn will end, and your bet will be doubled.
Insurance:
Whenever the dealer's
up card is an Ace, the player has an option of taking insurance. The
player may opt to take insurance by clicking on the "Insurance" button.
This applies to all of the player’s hands. If you do not wish to take
insurance, you simply click on the "Pass" button to proceed with the
rest of the hands. If the player believes that the dealer's down card
is a 10-ranking card, then the player is permitted to place a side bet
of half the original wager as insurance. If the dealer does have a 10
ranking card, the player is immediately paid 2-to-1 on the insurance
bet, but the original wager is lost unless the player too has a
Multi-Hand Blackjack and pushes with the dealer. Here the player is
simply betting that the dealer's unseen card is a 10-valued card.
Note: The
Double Down and Split options will only be active immediately after you
receive your first two cards. If the dealer has an Ace showing, you
will be offered a chance to buy Insurance for half of the amount you
bet. When you buy insurance you are, in effect, making a second bet.
You are betting that the dealer has a natural Blackjack. If the dealer
does have a natural Blackjack (in other words, his down card is a ten
or a face card), you will collect a payoff of 2 to 1 on your insurance.
You will also lose your original wager, unless you have a natural
Blackjack too. If the dealer does not have a natural twenty-one, the
rest of the hand is played out as usual and you will lose your
insurance money.
If you win the
hand, you will get back your original bet plus the same amount in
profit. A hand that consists of an Ace and any 10-value card is called
a natural twenty-one, or a natural Blackjack (except in the case of a
Split hand - see details above). If you win with a natural Multi-Hand
Blackjack, you will be paid off at three-to-two odds, which means you
get your original bet back plus 150% profit. (So if you bet $50 and win
with a natural twenty-one, you get $50 (your bet) plus $75 (your bet
plus half of your bet), which totals to $125.
Payoffs:
| Result |
Payoff |
| Winning hand |
1 to 1 |
| Blackjack |
3 to 2 |
| Insurance |
2 to 1 |
Bonus Payout:
Bonus
Bet Payouts are received when consecutive aces are the first cards
dealt in a hand. The payout varies for different combinations of
consecutive aces. Winning Bonus Bets will be paid to the player at the
end of the round when all other bets are paid.
|
Result
|
Payoff
|
|
4
Red Aces OR 4 Black Aces
|
JACKPOT
|
|
3
Suited Aces
|
$2500
|
|
4
Unsuited Aces
|
$1500
|
|
3
Unsuited Aces
|
$250
|
|
2
Suited Aces
|
$100
|
|
2
Unsuited Aces
|
$25
|
Betting
Limits:
$2 minimum bet
$2,500 maximum bet.
Individual tables
may have a higher minimum bet and a lower maximum bet. There are two
ways to determine the table bet limit for a specific table. At the
casino floor level, you can place your mouse pointer over a specific
table. After 2 or 3 seconds a box will appear identifying the table
number and the minimum and maximum bet. Alternatively, you can click on
a specific table. A new window will open displaying the minimum and
maximum bet.
You may also set your table bet limit below the maximum specified limit
by selecting Bet Options from the Game Menu. The Modify Table Bet Limit
window will appear on the screen. To reduce your maximum table bet
limit type in the new limit in the appropriate box and confirm it by
typing your PIN in the box below. Click on the OK button to complete
the update. Please be aware that you can modify your table bet limit no
more than once per week (Friday 12:00 AM EST) and that using the Modify
Table Bet Limit function affects the bet limit for all games and not
just the game that you are currently playing.
Basic Multi-Hand
Progressive Blackjack Strategy Table:
Basic Multi-Hand
Progressive Blackjack strategy is defined as the proper play of cards
knowing only your hand and the dealer's exposed card. It does not
involve card counting (an advantage lost in playing InterCasino with 8
decks reshuffled after each hand) or remembering which cards were
played previously. The basic Multi-Hand Blackjack strategy is created
through intensive computer simulations, which perform a complete
combinatorial analysis. In this method, the computer "plays" tens of
thousands of hands for each Multi-Hand Blackjack situation possible and
statistically decides which decision best favours the player.
Basic strategy is
usually printed as tables with the dealer's up card the first row and
your two-card combination the first column. The other entries in the
table tell you what to do (Stand, Hit, Double-Down, Split) with the
different combinations of dealer and player's hands. Basic Multi-Hand
Blackjack strategy tables for InterCasino rules (8 decks, dealer stands
on 17, double-down on any two cards, double after split allowed, no
re-splitting of cards allowed, no surrender) are shown below for hard
totals, soft totals, and pairs along with a legend.
Legend:
S - Stand
H - Hit
D - Double
Y - Yes, split
N - No, don't split
Hard Totals
| |
Dealer's
Upcard
|
|
Your
Cards
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
A
|
|
17
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
|
16
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
|
15
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
|
14
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
|
13
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
|
12
|
H
|
H
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
|
11
|
D
|
D
|
D
|
D
|
D
|
D
|
D
|
D
|
D
|
H
|
|
10
|
D
|
D
|
D
|
D
|
D
|
D
|
D
|
D
|
H
|
H
|
|
9
|
H
|
D
|
D
|
D
|
D
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
|
8
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
Soft Totals
| |
Dealer's
Upcard
|
|
Your
Cards
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
A
|
|
(A,9)
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
|
(A,8)
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
S
|
|
(A,7)
|
S
|
D
|
D
|
D
|
D
|
S
|
S
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
|
(A,6)
|
H
|
D
|
D
|
D
|
D
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
|
(A,5)
|
H
|
H
|
D
|
D
|
D
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
|
(A,4)
|
H
|
H
|
D
|
D
|
D
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
|
(A,3)
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
D
|
D
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
|
(A,2)
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
D
|
D
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
H
|
Pairs
| |
Dealer's
Upcard
|
|
Your
Cards
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
A
|
|
(A,A)
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
(10,10)
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
|
(9,9)
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
(8,8)
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
(7,7)
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
|
(6,6)
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
|
(5,5)
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
|
(4,4)
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
Y
|
Y
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
|
(3,3)
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
|
(2,2)
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
Note: You
may turn on/off the Sound, Voice, Animation and Full Screen Mode during
the game by clicking on the Options button from the menu. The setting
is turned on when the checkbox is checked and it is turned off when the
checkbox is unchecked. Select the Done button when you are finished
choosing your options or choose Cancel to return to the casino without
making any changes. You must exit and re-enter the game to activate the
Animation and Full Screen Mode feature
References:
For further information on blackjack, please consult the following
references:
Carlson, Bryce. Blackjack
for Blood, Compustar Press, 1992.
Humble, Lance and
Cooper, Carl. The World's Greatest Blackjack Book, Doubleday,
1987.
Scoblete, Frank. Best
Blackjack, Bonus Books, 1996.
Tamburin, Henry. Reference
Guide to Casino Gambling, Research Services Unlimited, 1993.
Uston, Ken. Million
Dollar Blackjack, Carol Publishing Group, 1994.
Last updated: November 2003
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