Crown casino House Does not lose ?
At the Crown casino they have gone to great lengths and bounds to ensure the advantage holds true to the house .
A new rule change at the Crown casino mean the house does not lose when it has a hand of 22 in Blackjack Plus Which a new version of one the world's most Played casino card game.
Crown Casino Black Jack Plus
Most card player's or gambler's referred to it as 21 because the aim is to get 21 and not go Higher and Bust. But under the new Black-jack Plus+game , which is the new form of black jack on Smaller and lower priced betting tables at Crown Casio,When a ''stand-off'' occurs if the dealer's hand is 22, which results in a Tie.
Card players are not given the same chancesif they go over 21.
Blackjack Plus was approved by Victoria's gambling regulator in December and has been introduced to low-bet tables, often used by recreational gamblers and tourists - not high rollers flown into Melbourne.
The Victorian Commission for Gambling Regulation found ''the rules of the game to be compliant with principles of player fairness and game security''.
One gambler, Chris Lewis, disagrees. ''It is ridiculous because the name of the game is get 21, so why should the house get rewarded for getting 22?'' Mr Lewis said.
Dealers had been sympathetic when he complained, he said.
Mr Lewis, a visiting fellow at the Australian Catholic University's Public Policy Institute, said he was angry Blackjack Plus was approved.
''I can understand Crown trying to make a profit, because they are just a corporation … the government is the real villain here,'' he said.
Crown has also added double zero to its low-bet roulette tables to boost the house position.
Anti-gambling crusader Tim Costello said if Crown was allowed to get 22 playing blackjack then ''Essendon should be allowed to have 19 players on the field''.
''The finger is now pointed at the VCGR to explain how they are acting in the public interest; 21 is now a game of 22,'' he said.
Crown spokesman Gary O'Neill said Blackjack Plus was different to the original Crown Blackjack game because the payout for getting blackjack (an ace and a picture card) was slightly higher (3/2 instead of 6/5), and bet limits and odds were prominently displayed on Blackjack Plus tables.
"Customers at Crown can continue to choose between Blackjack-Plus, the original Crown Blackjack or pontoon across various price points,'' he said.Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation said the commission assessed each submission from Crown on its merits and ''whether it is fair in terms of established return to player standards".
Crown Blackjack 99.66 per cent. For Blackjack Plus, the return to players varies from 97.17 per cent to 97.14 per cent depending on the number of decks used.The casino is the only gambling venue in Victoria where smoking is still permitted (high roller areas), has the only 24-hour gaming machine licence and continues to pay rent to the government of $1 a year for its Southbank site.
Gamblers lost more than $1.4 billion at Crown casino last financial year.
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