Blackjack is a popular casino game where players compete against each other by trying to achieve a winning hand. The game is played with two cards, face down, and the player’s goal is to make as few cards as possible equal to 21.
The player either gets a blackjack or a hand that totals less than 21.
The odds of getting a blackjack are 1 in 21. This means that for every 21 hands played, the player will get a blackjack.
However, the odds of getting any other hand are also 1 in 21. So, if the player gets a hand that totals 22, it’s still just as likely as any other hand that the player will get a blackjack.
The average payout for blackjack is about 9 percent. So, for every 100 hands played, the player will win about 9 hands and lose about 89 hands.
This means that over an extended period of time (several hundred hands), the player would lose around $8.50 per hour playing blackjack.
