Blackjack is one of the most popular games in the casino. Unlike other games at the casino Blackjack is a game of skill and chance. This is perhaps why the game has gained such huge popularity, as your decisions directly affect how much you win or lose.

Almost all other games at the casino are pure chance and your odds of losing remain the same no matter what method of play you choose and can only be beaten by adopting slightly dubious methods to swing the odds in your favour. Blackjack on the other hand is actually possible to beat and the more sophisticated and complicated your methods the further in you favour the odds become. When playing a game of Blackjack using your intuition alone the percentage in the casino will be somewhere in the region of 5-10%. This means if you were to play the game long enough you would end up losing £5-£10 for every £100 you bet. Thankfully though, some clever people have tested different strategies using computer simulations and as a result of these experiments there is now a well documented simple set of rules that can be learnt in a day that would decrease the odds in favour of the casino to only ½%.

Another factor that can change your odds of success at the Blackjack table is the rules the particular casino plays. The rules in Europe and the rules in the US are significantly different and a different set of rules governing the optimum playing strategy needs to be learnt depending on the rules you are playing under. This can be a good thing though as on occasion the rules can be such that the odds of winning if you play the optimum strategy actually work out in your favour. Knowing what rules are being played and learning the correct strategy to play in those rules is crucial to success at the table. If you add to this basic set of rules a knowledge of some fairly simple card counting techniques then in most situations you will actually have a statistical edge over the casino.

Be aware though that all percentages that are given on the website will only work out in the long run. It will still be very possible that on one visit to the casino you will end the night thousands of pounds down as over short periods winnings and losses can fluctuate wildly, but over many visits to the casino your winnings or losses will average out at the percentages given if you follow the techniques described exactly.