Microgaming Blackjack and online casinos using
Microgamings blackjack software
Microgaming is the largest producer of casino gaming
software, their software is franchised
out to online casinos. The individual
casinos are run separately, but
Microgaming keeps a close watch
on their casinos. You can rest
asure that the casinos using the software are trustworthy
casinos. As an example of their
fairness Microgaming recently paid
out the winnings to players of Fairplay Casino a
former Microgaming Casino when
the casino closed and could not
pay any of the winnings. The casinos all maintain quality, and is
a very user-friendly software.
The majority of Microgaming casinos offer a standardized
0.1% cashback program.
Microgaming offers three blacjack games:
Microgaming European blackjack:
The best game is the European blackjack with the
following rules.
Two decks
Dealer stands on soft 17
Double on 9 to 11 only
No doubling after splitting
No resplitting
Player may draw to split aces
No surrender
Full no peek (player loses
total amout bet against dealer
blackjack)
Insurance not resolved until
end of hand
Microgaming Multi-hand blackjack:
Single player, play 1 to 5
hands
Five decks
Dealer stands on soft 17
Double hard 9-11 only
No doubling after a split
No resplitting pairs
Drawing to split aces allowed
No surrender
European hole card rules
Microgaming Progressive blacjack:
Triple Sevens Progressive Blackjack.
As mentioned there is a third Microgaming blackjack game quickly
becoming widely available. The blackjack component is a single hand
and uses the rules above with 5 decks. It has a compulsory 1-credit
progressive triple sevens side bet. The house edge on the side bet
is 37.94%, less 3.45% for every $10,000 in the meter. For the side
bet to have no house edge the meter would need to reach $109,862." The
obvious strategy for this game is never to split pairs of sevens.
