Bonanza Blackjack
Introduction
Bonanza Blackjack is a side bet found on a fully-electronic 6-deck game at the Boulder Station in Las Vegas. If the player has any 20 (including a soft 20) and the dealer has a 10-point card, then the player will win something. This is a $1 side bet, no more and no less.
Rules and Analysis
Bonanza BlackjackExpand
| Player's hand |
Dealer's hand |
Permutations |
Probability |
Pays |
Return |
| Same rank and suit |
First two cards match |
5760 |
0.00000062 |
25000 |
0.015493 |
| Same rank and suit |
Up card matches |
587520 |
0.00006321 |
2500 |
0.158026 |
| Same rank and suit |
Up card any 10 |
13348800 |
0.00143617 |
100 |
0.143617 |
| Same rank |
Up card any 10 |
50191488 |
0.00540001 |
30 |
0.162 |
| Same suit |
Up card any 10 |
50191488 |
0.00540001 |
20 |
0.108 |
| Different rank and suit (including soft 20) |
Up card any 10 |
184747392 |
0.01987665 |
10 |
0.198766 |
| Loser |
|
8995622832 |
0.96782332 |
-1 |
-0.967823 |
| Total |
|
9294695280 |
1 |
|
-0.18192 |
The lower right cell shows a house edge of 18.19%.
Written by:
Michael Shackleford
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