Lightning Blackjack

Lightning Blackjack - How to Play

The bet sizes available in Lightning Blackjack range from £2 to £5,000. 

Game Rules

Traditional blackjack rules apply to this game. 

The aim is to achieve a hand closer to 21 than the dealer.

It is played using eight standard 52-card decks, which are shuffled each time four decks have been dealt. 

Card Values

In this game, cards assume the following values:

• Cards two to 10 - face value
• Face cards (Jack, Queen and King) - 10 each
• Aces - one or 11, whichever value is more favourable to the hand

How to Play

Once you have placed your bet and the betting time has expired, each player will be dealt one card face-up.

The dealer will then receive one card, also face-up.

Players will then be dealt a second card face-up, followed by the dealer, whose second card will be dealt face-down. 

Blackjack

Blackjack is achieved when your initial two-card hand equals 21, and is the best result possible. 

Lightning Rules

Lightning multipliers offer potentially higher payouts, depending on the winner's score. 

To be in with a chance of winning a multiplier, you need to place a 100% Lightning fee at the same time as your initial wager.

The Lightning fee isn't applicable if you Double Down or Split.

Any Lightning multipliers won will be applied to your next hand. 

Lightning Multipliers

If you achieve a winning round in this game, the payout of following round super-sized.

Winning with a hand of '17 and below’, 18, 19, 20, 21 or Blackjack will see a random multiplier ranging from 2x to 25x applied to the win.

Should you opt to leave the game, multipliers will carry over to your next game for up to 180 days.

Lightning multipliers obey the below rules:

• The multiplier only covers your bet in the Lightning fee paid in the triggering round 
• Lightning fees do not apply to Split and Double Down bets
• If you Split and both hands win, the one with the best score will be awarded the multiplier
• The multiplier will be applied to the payout of the following round, if you win it
• Should you win blackjack and a multiplier, only the multiplier will be awarded
• Winning a Push or Insurance bet with an active multiplier will see your main bet returned, but your Lightning fee and multiplier will be lost

Insurance Bet

You can only place an Insurance Bet if the dealer reveals an Ace on their first card. 

It minimizes the risk of the dealer achieving blackjack. 

Insurance costs half the price of your initial wager.

When the dealer reveals their face-down card:

• You will be awarded twice your Insurance bet if they have blackjack
• You will Tie with the dealer if you both have blackjack, and your wager will be returned
• Your Insurance bet will become void if the dealer does not have blackjack. The game will then continue as normal

Making a Decision

You will be required to make one of four decisions once your first two cards have been dealt: Hit, Stand, Double Down or Split. 

No decision will be required if your hand equals 21.