Marc Meltzer

Playing blackjack in Las Vegas isn’t as simple as you might think. You can’t just walk up to any blackjack table and expect that you’ll find the same rules. Even blackjack games available with the same minimum wager in the same casino may have different rules. At best, the state of blackjack in Las Vegas can […]

The state of blackjack for the past few years hasn’t always been good. Casino operators are looking to generate more revenue every day. Adding new games and changing the rules of existing games is an easy way to accomplish that goal. We see this almost every day in Las Vegas. Casino operators have been adding new […]

Blackjack is the most popular game in Las Vegas casinos. There are more blackjack tables in Nevada casinos than any other game. At the end of 2015 (the last year surveyed), almost half of the table games in Nevada casinos were blackjack according to UNLV Gaming. Blackjack became so popular over the years, in part, […]

The Venetian is one of the most popular luxury casino-resorts in Las Vegas. It isn’t rare to walk through the casino and see the majority of blackjack tables with a minimum wager $25 or more. The lowest minimum wager is often $15, especially on weekends. As you’d imagine lower minimum bets are less profitable for a […]

The future of blackjack in Florida was in doubt just a little over a year ago. In late 2015 there was a proposal by state gambling regulators to end traditional card games allowed at Florida casinos. Blackjack players in Florida can now rejoice. That proposal was overturned last year and upheld a second time in […]

The newly crowned jewel of east coast casinos, MGM National Harbor, recently opened near the Potomac River in Maryland. For better and worse, the beautiful new casino has brought the Las Vegas experience to the east coast. On the positive side, the restaurants at MGM National Harbor are chock full of celebrity chef’s that so […]