Minimum Bet for 3:2 Blackjack at Las Vegas Casinos

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All Las Vegas Strip casinos, as well as some in the downtown and locals markets, short-pay some blackjack tables with a 6:5 payout. The list below shows the minimum bet it takes for you to find a 3:2 blackjack table so that you can get the best game for your bankroll.

The minimum bets and rules listed are based on my observations when visiting Las Vegas casinos in December 2019. Minimum bets may increase during peak hours or due to a policy change.

The list assumes that the game is a six or eight-deck shoe with double down before and after splitting and the dealer hitting soft 17. If there is a variation from these rules, it is included in parenthesis.

$1

  • Lucky Club

$2

  • Poker Palace

$3

  • Jokers Wild (no double down after split)
  • Sam’s Town

$5

  • Aliante (double deck or shoe, latter adds surrender)
  • Arizona Charlie’s Decatur (double deck and shoe)
  • Bighorn (double down before or after split on two or three cards plus surrender and re-split aces)
  • Boulder Station (surrender)
  • California (double deck or shoe, no double down after split in both)
  • Cannery (double deck or shoe, latter adds surrender)
  • Club Fortune (double deck or shoe)
  • Downtown Grand (surrender and re-split aces)
  • Eastside Cannery (double deck and shoe with re-split aces, shoe adds surrender)
  • El Cortez (single deck with no double down after split or double deck and shoe with double down after split)
  • Ellis Island
  • Fiesta Henderson and Rancho (double deck and shoe, latter has surrender)
  • Fremont (double deck and shoe, no double down after split in both)
  • Gold Coast (double deck and shoe)
  • Golden Gate
  • Jerry’s Nugget (double deck and shoe)
  • Longhorn (double down before or after split on two or three cards plus surrender and re-split aces)
  • M Resort (double deck and shoe)
  • Main Street Station (double deck, no double down after split)
  • Orleans (double deck and shoe)
  • Palace Station (double deck and shoe, latter adds surrender)
  • Plaza
  • Railroad Pass
  • Rampart (double deck or shoe, latter adds surrender and re-split aces)
  • Santa Fe Station (double deck and shoe, latter adds surrender)
  • Silver Nugget
  • Silverton (surrender and re-split aces)
  • Skyline
  • South Point
  • Suncoast (double deck and shoe)
  • Texas Station (double deck and shoe, latter adds surrender)
  • The Strat (surrender and re-split aces)
  • Tuscany

$10

  • Bally’s (surrender)
  • Circus Circus
  • Cromwell (surrender)
  • Green Valley Ranch (double deck and shoe, latter adds surrender)
  • Oyo
  • Palms (double deck and shoe, latter adds surrender)
  • Red Rock (double deck and shoe, latter adds surrender)
  • Rio (surrender)
  • Silver 7’s (double deck and shoe, latter adds surrender and re-split aces)
  • Sunset Station (double deck and shoe, latter adds surrender)
  • The D
  • Treasure Island (double deck and shoe, latter adds surrender and re-split aces)

$15

  • Caesars Palace (surrender)
  • Flamingo (surrender)
  • Golden Nugget (surrender)
  • Harrah’s (surrender)
  • Paris (surrender)
  • Planet Hollywood (surrender)
  • Sahara
  • Westgate

$25

  • Four Queens (double deck, no double down after split)
  • Cosmopolitan (surrender and re-split aces)
  • Encore (surrender and re-split aces)
  • Excalibur (surrender and re-split aces)
  • Linq (double deck, no double after split, or shoe with surrender)
  • Luxor (surrender and re-split aces)
  • Mandalay Bay (surrender and re-split aces)
  • MGM Grand (surrender and re-split aces)
  • Mirage (surrender and re-split aces)
  • New York New York (surrender and re-split aces)
  • Park MGM (surrender and re-split aces)
  • Tropicana (double deck and shoe)
  • Wynn (surrender and re-split aces)

$50

  • Aria (surrender and re-split aces)
  • Bellagio (stand on all 17’s with surrender and re-split aces)
  • Palazzo (double deck or shoe, latter adds surrender and re-split aces)
  • Venetian (double deck or shoe, latter adds surrender and re-split aces)

Las Vegas casinos with no 3:2 blackjack games

There are three Las Vegas casinos with table games that do not offer any traditional 3:2 blackjack games. Those casinos are Binion’s, Casino Royale and O’Sheas. I found 3:2 tables with a forced $1 side bet at Binion’s but no other ones. The other two casinos have no 3:2 tables of any kind, based on my observations.

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John Mehaffey
John, a founding member of Advantage Media LLC, got his start in gaming as a prop player at online poker sites. He played online poker from 2001 to 2005. In 2004, he created a site that served as a directory for an online poker promotional method known as rakeback. He sold that site in 2006 and moved his family from Atlanta to Rapid City, SD to work for a similar company. They later moved to Las Vegas in 2010. John’s favorite game is full-pay video poker. His favorite table game is Ultimate Texas Hold’em, though he would rather play it in video form. Currently, John is best known for compiling blackjack and table game data including all Las Vegas and Clark County casinos.