House Rules

Infinite Deck
No Splitting / Doubling or Surrender
Dealer sits on soft 17
Hand rankings
Five Card Charlie
Blackjack
Highest points value

Exotic Selections

There are 4 additional betting selections within Exchange Blackjack for customer to bet upon. They are;

Dealer wins or ties with all 4 player hands.
One of more of the 5 hands gets a "5 Card Charlie".
All Cards are unique in respect of both suit and value (e.g. fails if the 3 of clubs appears twice).
Only one hand on the table has a points value of exactly 21 pts.

Early Settlement

Where the outcome of all players hands is known prior to the normal end of game play, (e.g. when all players hands are bust), then the game will be halted, all bets will be settled and a new game commenced.

Game Flow

This game is based on the casino game of Blackjack.

The game begins with 10 cards dealt face down. 8 of the 10 cards are paired to form 4 separate "player" hands (Player 1, Player 2, Player 3 and Player 4). The remaining cards are for the "Dealer" hand.

The first round of betting occurs with no cards face up. Customers may place bets on any individual player to beat the dealer or on any of the four 'exotic' selections. Bets can be placed to back or lay each player or exotic selection.

At the end of the first round of betting, all player cards are turned over along with the first of the dealer's cards. There is then another round of betting.

After the second round of betting the players hands draw further cards on the basis of the defined players logic table. If a hand is bust then it is suspended from further betting and all bets are immediately settled. The third round of betting now begins (unless all players have bust - If all players have bust the game finishes without the dealer taking a second card).

After the third round of betting the second of the dealer's cards is turned over. The Dealer will stand if he has soft 17 or greater (soft refers to when an Ace is being counted as 11 points to make up the points total) up to a maximum of 5 cards. If the dealer stands or is bust then the game is over and all bets are immediately settled. If not then betting continues until the dealer stands or all of the hands have been resolved (i.e. it is unknown whether they will win, lose or tie). For example, if prior to the Dealer taking a third card, 3 players have busted and 1 player has a Blackjack and the Dealer cannot possibly get a 5 card Charlie because they have 15 or 16, then the dealer cannot possibly win, the player will be settled as a winner and the game finishes without the Dealer taking a further card. Please see the help section for more information about Exchange Blackjack.