Atlassino Academy · First visit · Lesson 6 of 8
Read the table sign before you sit
The sign beside a live table is the table’s own rule book: the smallest and largest bet, what a blackjack pays, the name of the game and the rule the dealer follows.
You have never sat at a casino table, and nothing here assumes otherwise. Reading a sign takes no knowledge of any game, only the bet you came to make: Game plan writes that figure down in a couple of minutes.
Before we start: two blackjack tables stand side by side, and a bet of $10 is allowed at both tables. The sign on one table says the table pays 3 to 2 when your first two cards make twenty-one; the sign on the other says the table pays 6 to 5. Does it matter which of the two tables you sit at — and by how much?
The short answer
Every live table carries a table sign (the small sign at the table giving the minimum and maximum bet, the payout and the rules of that table). That sign answers four questions, and all four are answered while you are still on your feet: how small a bet the table takes, how large a bet the table takes, what the table pays on a blackjack, and which game the dealer is dealing. If the smallest bet on the sign is larger than the bet you came to make, that table is not your table tonight, and walking past it costs you nothing.
Leoformer dealer · rules and maths
I dealt for years, and the question I heard most often was one the sign beside my elbow had already answered. A sign answers before anybody asks, and it answers while you are still standing up — the one moment of the evening when walking away from a table costs you nothing at all.
Three signs, read out loud
Every line on the sign is about that one table and no other table in the room.
BlackjackBritish Columbia
- Table limits$10 to $1,000
- Blackjack pays3 to 2
- DealerMust hit soft 17
- CardsSix decks
- Side betKing’s Bounty — optional
Example signs, drawn by our code. Every figure on them is one a Canadian casino publishes.
The name of the game stands at the head of the sign, above every line.
- Table limitsThe smallest and the largest bet this table takes on one spot.
- Blackjack paysWhat the table pays when your first two cards make 21.
- DealerA rule the dealer follows, not a choice you make.
- CardsHow many decks are shuffled together.
- Side betAn extra circle beside your bet, paid for with its own money.
One · Leo reads all five lines out loud
Leo: “$10 to $1,000 — the smallest and the largest bet this table takes on my own spot. ‘Blackjack pays 3 to 2’: on a bet of $10 a blackjack brings $15, and the bet itself comes back to me as well. ‘Dealer must hit soft 17’ is a rule the dealer follows on every hand, and it is not a choice I get to make. ‘Six decks’ says what is in the shoe (the box the dealer deals from, holding several decks shuffled together). The last line names a side bet (an extra bet in a circle of its own, with its own limits and its own pay table). That extra circle can stay empty all evening, and mine usually does. My plan says $10 a hand, so this is the table I came for, and I sit down.”
Two · a second sign, and you say what a blackjack brings
6 to 5 BlackjackBritish Columbia
- Table limits$5 to $100
- Blackjack pays6 to 5
- DealerMust hit soft 17
- CardsSix decks
Example signs, drawn by our code. Every figure on them is one a Canadian casino publishes.
Leo: “$5 to $100 — this sign starts lower than the first sign did and stops lower too. The dealer’s rule is the same rule, and the number of decks is the same number. The name at the head of the sign has changed, the line that says what a blackjack pays has changed with it, and this sign names no extra bet at all. On a bet of $10, what does a blackjack bring at this table?”
Check yourself
$12, and the $10 bet comes back as well. Six dollars for every five bet instead of three dollars for every two, which is three dollars less on a blackjack than the first sign pays.
Three · the plan meets the sign, and the decision is yours
BlackjackBritish Columbia
- Table limits$25 to $1,000
- Blackjack pays3 to 2
- DealerMust hit soft 17
- CardsSix decks
Example signs, drawn by our code. Every figure on them is one a Canadian casino publishes.
The plan says $10 a hand and $100 for the whole evening, and that plan is an example rather than a suggested amount for you. Does the table on this sign fit that plan?
Check yourself
No, the table on this sign does not fit that plan. Its smallest bet is $25, so a bet of $10 is not allowed here at all, and $100 would last 4 bets at this table instead of the 10 bets the same money lasts at a $10 table. Nothing is wrong with this table. This table is simply not the one you came for tonight.
Leo: “That is the whole skill, and it is a short one. A sign never tells you whether to play. A sign tells you whether the table in front of you is the table you planned to sit at.”
The smallest bet and the largest, for each bet on your spot
A line that reads “$5 - $100” gives two figures: the smallest bet this table takes, and the largest bet this table takes.
- The first figureThe minimum (the smallest bet the table takes, for each bet on your spot). Put down less than that figure and the dealer cannot take the bet.
- The second figureThe maximum (the largest bet the table takes, for each bet on your spot). Put down more than that figure and the dealer cannot take the bet either.
Each of the two figures is counted for one bet on one betting spot (the marked place on the cloth where your bet goes). Every bet you put on that spot has to be within the pair of figures on the sign, hand after hand.
Three things the smallest bet and the largest bet are not:
- Not per personTwo spots are two bets, and each of the two bets meets the smallest bet on its own.
- Not the chips you changeHow much money you turn into chips at the table is your decision, and the sign says nothing about it.
- Not what the evening costsAt 70 hands an hour, far more money than $10 crosses a $10 table. What you are willing to spend across the evening is your limit (the money and the time you decide on before you go: a ceiling, not a target). You decide that figure at home, and no sign decides it for you.
A double or a split puts a second bet on the same hand, and that second bet answers to the same line on the sign. In B.C. a double down bet may equal the first bet or be smaller than the first bet, and a double down bet may never be smaller than the posted minimum.
So the smallest bet on the sign is not the price of the evening. It is the size of the step the evening takes, and the same money for the evening buys fewer steps at a table whose smallest bet is higher.
A roulette sign often carries two lines of figures instead of one. One line is for the inside bet (a roulette bet on the numbers themselves). The other line is for the outside bet (a roulette bet around the edge of the cloth: red, black, odd, even, columns and dozens). The two lines are counted separately, so money on red does not help a bet on a single number reach the smallest figure of the inside line. Other roulette tables run one smallest bet for the whole round instead of two, and which of the two kinds of table you are standing at is written on the sign and nowhere else.
RouletteBritish Columbia
- Inside$1 to $50
- Outside$10 to $1,000
- Wheel0 and 00
Example signs, drawn by our code. Every figure on them is one a Canadian casino publishes.
What a blackjack pays, and what the two rates cost
One line on a blackjack sign is a rate, and that rate is paid on one hand only — the blackjack (twenty-one on your first two cards: the one hand a table pays at a rate of its own). The line reads “Blackjack pays 3 to 2” at some tables and “Blackjack pays 6 to 5” at others, and the two rates pay differently on the very same bet.
Three dollars on one blackjack is a small difference, and a blackjack is not a rare hand: at six decks it turns up about once in every 21 hands.
| An example bet | “Blackjack pays 3 to 2” | “Blackjack pays 6 to 5” |
|---|---|---|
| $5 | $7.50 | $6 |
| $10 | $15 | $12 |
| $25 | $37.50 | $30 |
Sit for an hour at $10 a hand — 70 hands in the hour, with every other line on the two signs the same — and the 3 to 2 table costs $3.68 on average while the 6 to 5 table costs $13, about 3.6 times as much for the same seat.
Counted as a share of every bet rather than in money, the house edge (the share of every dollar bet the casino keeps on average, over many rounds) is 0.53% at the 3 to 2 table and 1.89% at the 6 to 5 table.
| Province | What a table there may pay |
|---|---|
| British Columbia | 3 to 2 — and 6 to 5 only at a low limit table, minimum $5 or less. A 6 to 5 rate has to stand on the sign and on the felt (the cloth of the table, where the bets and the cards go) alike, and a 3 to 2 table stays open the whole time a 6 to 5 table is running. |
| Ontario | Whatever is marked on the layout — the felt by another name — 3 to 2 or 6 to 5. One operator lists a $15 table at 6:5 beside a $25 table at 3:2. |
| Québec | Québec’s rules name no pair at all and hand the figure to the table. |
Leoformer dealer · rules and maths
The dealer’s rule and the number of decks move the price too, but by a fraction of what the payout line moves it.
And the cheaper sign does not take the house edge away. The cheaper sign makes the house edge smaller. Making it smaller is the whole of what reading a sign can do for you.
The name of the game, and the lines under it
The name at the head of the sign is the game the dealer is dealing. “Double Deck”, “Free Bet”, “Spanish 21”, “EZ Baccarat”, “Triple Zero Roulette” — a name one word different is a different game, with its own rules and its own payouts, and two tables a metre apart can carry two names. A name you do not know is a table to walk past tonight.
Mini-BaccaratBritish Columbia
- Table limits$10 to $1,000
- Banker bet5% commission
- Tie pays8 to 1
Example signs, drawn by our code. Every figure on them is one a Canadian casino publishes.
The name at the head decides which lines appear under it: a baccarat sign has no blackjack lines at all.
| The line | What it tells you, and where its price is counted |
|---|---|
| “Must hit soft 17” | How the dealer plays, every hand, with no choice in it. Nothing on a sign ever tells you how to play your own hand. Priced in lesson 3.11. |
| An extra circle | A side bet — Perfect Pairs, King’s Bounty. Optional, with its own money and its own limits, and it needs a main bet beside it. What each result on a side bet pays is posted as well, sometimes on a screen. Priced in lesson 3.13. |
| The zeros, at roulette | Count the zeros on the wheel: one wheel carries 1 to 36 with 0 and 00, another wheel carries a single zero. Ontario goes further: 3 of the casinos we list there name a triple-zero wheel among their games. A zero changes the game itself, not only the price of a seat; priced in lesson 4.5. |
| Commission, at baccarat | 5% taken out of a Banker bet that pays, which is what the word on the sign means: the commission (a share the table keeps out of a bet that pays, rather than out of the bet you put down). Other baccarat tables take no commission at all, and a table that takes no commission takes its money through its own rules instead. Priced in lesson 6.4. |
The sign changes with the day
The pair of figures on a sign is not fixed:
- Set on the dayThe smallest bet follows how busy the floor is: minimums are based on the demand of that day, and which tables are open at all follows the volume of business.
- Binding at the tableThe pair your bet has to meet is the pair shown at the table you are sitting at, and you must respect that pair every time you place a bet.
- Alterable with noticeA table may change its pair of figures while the evening runs, with reasonable notice given.
- Different table to tableTwo tables in the same room need not carry the same pair of figures, because the limits vary from table to table.
Those four facts together mean one thing for the minute before you sit down: the figure printed on the sign in front of you is the figure that binds your bet, and a figure on a casino’s own page is about the casino rather than about this table tonight.
Some rules are not printed on the sign at all, and one casino can answer the same question two different ways at two of its own games.
| The game | May two people put their money together to reach the smallest bet? |
|---|---|
| Blackjack | Yes, and the two bets together may not go above the largest bet the table takes. |
| EZ Baccarat | No, and the same page of house rules says so. |
One casino, one page of house rules, two games, two opposite answers. No sign settles the question of putting money together with somebody else, and asking the dealer does settle that question: Loto-Québec puts the invitation to ask in writing.
Leoformer dealer · rules and maths
People feel silly asking the dealer a question. I never once minded a question. What I did mind was taking a bet from somebody who had not noticed which table they were sitting at, because there is no way to give that hand back.
Practice: three signs
Three levels, of which level 1 and level 2 are scored and level 3 is not. Level 1 puts one sign in front of you and asks about one line on it: 10 moments, across 6 of the 13 example signs. Level 2 shows three signs and an example plan and asks which of the three tables fits the plan: 10 moments. Level 3 is 5 situations that a sign alone does not settle, each one answered by a published rule, and level 3 is not scored at all.
The lesson is one run: every square on the strip is one moment of this lesson, and all the squares are there from the start. Only your first answer on each moment counts, and when a level’s squares are full the next level begins by itself.
On level 1 the row of buttons always answers, and where the answer is a figure printed on the sign you can press that figure on the sign instead; on level 2 each sign carries its own button. The signs are ours, drawn by code, and every dollar figure on them is one a Canadian casino publishes — either inside a limit range we quote on this page, or as the smallest bet of a live table on a casino’s own website.
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Level 1 · Find the lines
Example sign · Blackjack · British Columbia, BCLC rules
BlackjackBritish Columbia
- Table limits$10 to $1,000
- Blackjack pays3 to 2
- DealerMust hit soft 17
- CardsSix decks
- Side betKing’s Bounty — optional
Example signs, drawn by our code. Every figure on them is one a Canadian casino publishes.
What is the smallest bet this table takes on your spot?
The answer: $10.
The line reads $10 to $1,000: the first figure is the smallest bet the table takes on one spot, the second the largest. The limits are per spot, not per person and not per evening.
In our words: the table’s minimum and maximum apply to each betting spot;
BCLC · BCLC Rules of Play for Table Games - Blackjack · section 1.0 Basic Blackjack, 5.5.6 · readAll posted table limits must be adhered to.Club Regent Casino · Gaming · read
Level 2 · Does it fit my plan?
Three example signs · British Columbia, BCLC rules
Example plan
- GameBlackjack
- A bet$10
- For the evening$100
- Time2 hours
An example, not a suggested amount.
ABlackjackBritish Columbia
- Table limits$10 to $1,000
- Blackjack pays3 to 2
- DealerMust hit soft 17
- CardsSix decks
- Side betKing’s Bounty — optional
BBlackjackBritish Columbia
- Table limits$25 to $1,000
- Blackjack pays3 to 2
- DealerMust hit soft 17
- CardsSix decks
C6 to 5 BlackjackBritish Columbia
- Table limits$5 to $100
- Blackjack pays6 to 5
- DealerMust hit soft 17
- CardsSix decks
Example signs, drawn by our code. Every figure on them is one a Canadian casino publishes.
Your plan says $10 a hand. Which of these three tables fits it?
The answer: Table A.
Table A fits, and at $10 a hand it costs about $3.68 an hour on average. Table B does not fit: its smallest bet is $25 and the plan says $10 a hand. Table C fits, and at $10 a hand it costs about $13 an hour on average. Same $10 a hand, same game: the 6 to 5 sign pays $12 on a blackjack where the 3 to 2 sign pays $15, and over an hour that makes it about 3.6 times the price.
In our words: the table’s minimum and maximum apply to each betting spot;
BCLC · BCLC Rules of Play for Table Games - Blackjack · section 1.0 Basic Blackjack, 5.5.6 · readIn our words: this game runs only at low-limit tables, where the minimum is $5;
In our words: The minimum bet at this game is no higher than $5.
BCLC · BCLC Rules of Play for Table Games - Blackjack · section 4.0 6 to 5 Blackjack, 1.5 and 3.1 · readLevel 3 · The sign on the day
A page you read at home · and the sign in front of you now
What the casino’s page saidBlackjack, minimum bet $10
BlackjackBritish Columbia
- Table limits$25 to $1,000
- Blackjack pays3 to 2
- DealerMust hit soft 17
- CardsSix decks
Example signs, drawn by our code. Every figure on them is one a Canadian casino publishes.
The casino’s own page listed its smallest blackjack bet as $10. The sign at this table says $25. Which one applies here?
The answer: The sign: $25 at this table.
The sign on the day decides, and the same goes for a figure you looked up last week. Casinos say every part of this themselves: bets follow the limits shown at the table, the minimums are set by how busy the floor is, and two Alberta casinos put it in the same words — limits are posted at each table and may be altered with notice. Read the sign again on the way in, even at a table you know.
You must respect the minimum and maximum limits indicated at the table when placing your bets.Loto-Québec, Casino de Montréal · Blackjack · read
Table minimums are based on business needs and game demand for that day.Great Canadian Entertainment · Elements Casinos · read
Table minimums and selection of available games are dictated by business volumes.Great Canadian Entertainment · Casino Nova Scotia · read
Table limits are posted at each table. Limits are alterable with reasonable notice given.River Cree Resort & Casino · House rules · read
Table limits are posted at each table. Limits are alterable with reasonable notice.Copper Coulee Casino · Table rules · read
Table games and tables may have varying limits which are posted at the tables.Casino of the Rockies · Casino etiquette · read
Every moment is worked out the same way. The answer to a question about a line comes from that line; the answer to “does this table fit the plan” is worked out from the limits on the three signs and the price of an hour at the bet in the plan.
How the practice table works
Where the answers come from. Nothing is typed in by hand. A question about a line is answered by that line. On level 2 the answer is worked out in three steps: a table is in the running if it deals the game in the plan and the plan’s bet is inside its limits; among the tables in the running, the answer is the one whose hour costs less at that bet, and the cost comes from the same engine as the figures in this lesson; if none of the three takes a bet that size, the answer is to walk on.
What the signs may say. Our code refuses to build a B.C. sign that pays 6 to 5 with a minimum above $5, refuses a set of three B.C. signs that has a 6 to 5 table without a 3 to 2 table, refuses any figure no Canadian casino publishes, and refuses to print a side bet payout. It also refuses a set where two tables in the running cost within a quarter of each other: that would be a coin toss, not a question.
One strip, no rounds. Every square on the strip is one moment of this lesson, and all the squares are there from the start. Your first answer fills the square; when a level’s squares are full the next level begins by itself, with no button in between. Practising a mistake turns a cross into “fixed in practice” and does not change the count: only first answers do. Level 3 has no squares and no score. Progress stays in this browser; nothing is sent anywhere.
Check yourself
Mayaformer floor supervisor · manners, money and breaks
Five quick ones. Pick an answer, then check it. No timer, no points: just whether it stuck.
The question we opened with. It matters, and here is by how much. At the same $10 a hand, a blackjack brings $15 at the 3 to 2 table and $12 at the 6 to 5 table; over an hour of 70 hands the 3 to 2 table costs about $3.68 on average against about $13 at the 6 to 5 table, roughly 3.6 times the price for the same seat, the same dealer and the same cards. The two tables look identical from three steps away. They are not the same table, and the sign is where the difference is written down.
Where to check this
19+ (18+ in AB, MB, QC) · Play responsibly · the helplines for every province are at the end of this page
Further reading
- Rules of Play for Table Games — Blackjack · British Columbia Lottery CorporationThe rule book behind most of this lesson: limits per spot, what a blackjack pays, and the separate rules for a 6 to 5 table.
- Game rules: Blackjack · Loto-QuébecThe Québec rules, which hand both the payout and the dealer’s rule to the sign at the table.
- Playing Blackjack · Fallsview Casino Resort and Casino NiagaraAn Ontario casino’s own leaflet: the payout is as marked on the layout, and the dealer draws to the rules posted on the table.
- House rules · River Cree Resort & CasinoOne casino’s published house rules, including that table limits are posted at each table and can change with notice.
Mayaformer floor supervisor · manners, money and breaks
One line of mine to go with Leo’s four. If the smallest bet on the sign is above the bet in your plan, then this table is not in your plan tonight. Walk on, and do not stretch the plan to fit the table; if the plan itself still needs writing down, Game plan does that in a couple of minutes.
A higher smallest bet does not make an evening shorter or longer. A higher smallest bet spends the same money in fewer bets, and that is a decision worth making standing up rather than sitting down.
If it stops being fun
If gambling stops being entertainment, help is available. 19+ in most of Canada; 18+ in Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec. More on responsible gaming.
How it’s worked out
Sources, numbers and hosts
Sources. Two kinds, and every quote on this page says which kind it is. A rule published by a province or an operator for its own tables — BCLC, Loto-Québec, Fallsview and Casino Niagara — comes from the document we keep on file, with its section; those documents were read on 22 September 2026. A rule quoted from one casino belongs to that casino alone and comes from that casino’s own page, read on 21 September 2026. Where a rule is one casino’s, this page says whose.
What is deliberately missing. Ontario’s regulator and the operators’ player-education pages say useful things about table signs. We do not quote them here: we have no copy of those pages on file, and a fact we cannot check against a source we hold does not go on the page. Nothing in this lesson rests on them.
How many rates there are. Two rates run through the documents this lesson reads, 3 to 2 and 6 to 5. A Canadian sign may carry another rate; nothing on this page says it may not.
How little a website settles. Of the 103 casinos we list, 4 say in their own words what a blackjack pays at their tables and 2 of those name a 6 to 5 payout; 15 put a dollar figure against a live table, and 2 say outright that the real figures are on the tables. That is the whole of what can be known from here, which is why the lesson sends you to the sign.
Numbers. The two prices of an hour come from the same blackjack engine as the rest of the course, run on the B.C. rules with one thing changed — what a blackjack pays — at 70 hands an hour, which is the figure the course uses everywhere. The two bars of bet counts are the same money for the evening divided by each of the two smallest bets, and the length of the shorter bar is the ratio of those two counts. The counts of casinos count quotes: a casino is counted for something when its own published words say it, never when our summary of those words does.
The example signs. They are ours, drawn by code. No casino’s sign is reproduced, no artwork and no logos. The rules on each one are rules its province’s document allows, and every dollar figure on it is a figure a Canadian casino publishes — either inside one of the ranges below, or as the smallest bet of a live table on a casino’s own website.
- $5 – $100the example the B.C. rule book prints for a posted table limit
- $15 – $100Diamond Tooth Gerties, Dawson City, for its “Liberal Rules” blackjack
- $2 – $5 and $2 – $100the same casino’s roulette, inside and outside
- $1 – $50 and $10 – $1,000Elbow River Casino, Calgary, inside and outside
- $10, $15 and $25Club Regent, Winnipeg, listing the minimums of its blackjack tables
Hosts. Leo and Maya are illustrated characters. Their backstories, a former dealer and a former floor supervisor, are written for the course: neither is a real person, and neither speaks for any casino. The rules and numbers on this page come from the sources it cites, not from their experience.
No promise. Reading a sign makes a table’s price known before you sit at it. Reading a sign does not make the table cheap, and nothing on this page says an evening at one is a good idea for you.
What a 6 to 5 table pays
In our words: A blackjack pays 6 to 5.
Section 4.0 6 to 5 Blackjack, 6.1.1
BCLC · BCLC Rules of Play for Table Games - Blackjack · read
In our words: A blackjack means your opening two cards add up to 21.
Section 1.0 Basic Blackjack, 3.1
BCLC · BCLC Rules of Play for Table Games - Blackjack · read
Limits are per spot
In our words: the table’s minimum and maximum apply to each betting spot;
Section 1.0 Basic Blackjack, 5.5.6
BCLC · BCLC Rules of Play for Table Games - Blackjack · read
In our words: The casino sets the lowest and highest King’s Bounty bet.
Section 2.0 King’s Bounty, 2.2
BCLC · BCLC Rules of Play for Table Games - Blackjack · read
6 to 5 in B.C. and in Ontario
In our words: this game runs only at low-limit tables, where the minimum is $5;
In our words: The minimum bet at this game is no higher than $5.
Section 4.0 6 to 5 Blackjack, 1.5 and 3.1
BCLC · BCLC Rules of Play for Table Games - Blackjack · read
In our words: Whenever a 6 to 5 game is open, a game paying 3 to 2 for a blackjack has to be open as well.
Section 4.0 6 to 5 Blackjack, 1.6
BCLC · BCLC Rules of Play for Table Games - Blackjack · read
Blackjack and variation $15 with 6:5 payout
The sign on the day
You must respect the minimum and maximum limits indicated at the table when placing your bets.
Table minimums are based on business needs and game demand for that day.
Inside and outside
Inside and outside bets have separate minimums and maximums, and are considered separate bets.
Club Regent Casino · Gaming · read
Outside limits $10-$1000
Elbow River Casino · Gaming · read
What a sign carries
Minimums and maximums, and maximum payouts are posted at the table.
Game rules and pay tables are available on the table signage.
Club Regent Casino · Gaming · read
Glossary: shoe
In our words: The dealer deals from a shoe holding six ordinary decks.
Section 1.0, 1.1
BCLC · BCLC Rules of Play for Table Games - Blackjack · read
Glossary: side bet
In our words: King’s Bounty is open only to players who also have a regular blackjack bet down.
Section 2.0, 2.1
BCLC · BCLC Rules of Play for Table Games - Blackjack · read
What each table pays
In our words: A blackjack pays 3 to 2.
Section 1.0 Basic Blackjack, 7.1.1
BCLC · BCLC Rules of Play for Table Games - Blackjack · read
In our words: A blackjack pays 6 to 5.
Section 4.0 6 to 5 Blackjack, 6.1.1
BCLC · BCLC Rules of Play for Table Games - Blackjack · read
How limits are written
In our words: In the rulebook’s example, the table’s posted limits run from $5 to $100
Section 1.0 Basic Blackjack, 4.3.1.a
BCLC · BCLC Rules of Play for Table Games - Blackjack · read
Glossary: betting spot
In our words: A bet counts only if it sits in the betting spot before the first card is dealt.
Section 1.0, 5.1
BCLC · BCLC Rules of Play for Table Games - Blackjack · read
Per spot, and binding
In our words: the table’s minimum and maximum apply to each betting spot;
Section 1.0 Basic Blackjack, 5.5.6
BCLC · BCLC Rules of Play for Table Games - Blackjack · read
All posted table limits must be adhered to.
Club Regent Casino · Gaming · read
A double is a second bet
In our words: The extra bet for a double can be up to the size of your first bet, and no less than the table minimum.
Section 1.0 Basic Blackjack, 4.3.1
BCLC · BCLC Rules of Play for Table Games - Blackjack · read
Inside and outside have their own limits
Inside and outside bets have separate minimums and maximums, and are considered separate bets.
Club Regent Casino · Gaming · read
Inside limits $1-$50
Elbow River Casino · Gaming · read
Outside limits $10-$1000
Elbow River Casino · Gaming · read
Glossary: blackjack
In our words: A blackjack means your opening two cards add up to 21.
Section 1.0, 3.1
BCLC · BCLC Rules of Play for Table Games - Blackjack · read
B.C.’s rules for a 6 to 5 table
In our words: this game runs only at low-limit tables, where the minimum is $5;
In our words: The minimum bet at this game is no higher than $5.
Section 4.0 6 to 5 Blackjack, 1.5 and 3.1
BCLC · BCLC Rules of Play for Table Games - Blackjack · read
In our words: a 6 to 5 payout has to be printed on the felt and shown on a sign at the table too;
Section 4.0 6 to 5 Blackjack, 1.4
BCLC · BCLC Rules of Play for Table Games - Blackjack · read
In our words: Whenever a 6 to 5 game is open, a game paying 3 to 2 for a blackjack has to be open as well.
Section 4.0 6 to 5 Blackjack, 1.6
BCLC · BCLC Rules of Play for Table Games - Blackjack · read
Ontario: the layout decides
you have "Blackjack" and will be paid odds as marked on the layout (3 to 2 or 6 to 5).
Section Blackjack
Fallsview Casino Resort and Casino Niagara · Playing Blackjack · read
Blackjack and variation $15 with 6:5 payout
Blackjack and variation $25 with 3:2 payout
Québec: the payout indicated at the table
If the player gets a blackjack, the bet is paid 3 to 2, except when the house's hand is also a blackjack.
If the player gets a blackjack, the payout is issued according to the payout indicated at the table.
Section The payouts; Variations
The dealer’s rule is posted
The Dealer must draw cards according to the rules posted on the table;
Section Blackjack
Fallsview Casino Resort and Casino Niagara · Playing Blackjack · read
according to the house strategy indicated at the table which may either be: HIT on a count of soft 17 or less and STAND on a count of hard 17 or more, or HIT on a count of 16 or less and STAND on a count of (soft or hard) 17 or more.
Section The house strategy
A side bet is optional and separate
Perfect Pairs™ is a simple optional side bet.
In our words: King’s Bounty is open only to players who also have a regular blackjack bet down.
Section 2.0 King’s Bounty, 2.1
BCLC · BCLC Rules of Play for Table Games - Blackjack · read
In our words: The casino sets the lowest and highest King’s Bounty bet.
Section 2.0 King’s Bounty, 2.2
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Its pay table is posted as well
In our words: Each table has its payouts on display.
Section 2.0 King’s Bounty, 5.1
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In our words: Each table shows its payouts on an electronic screen.
Section 8.0 Blazing 7’s, 5.1
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What is on the wheel
The layout and wheel for a roulette game contain the numbers 1-36, 0 and 00.
Section 1.0 Double Zero, 1.2
The wheel contains the numbers 0 to 36 (English roulette), or 00 and 0 to 36 (American roulette).
Section The wheel
Commission, or none
A 5% commission shall be charged for winning banker bets.
Section 1.0 Mini-Baccarat, 5.1
No commission is taken on winning Banker bets;
Section 7.0 Ruyi Baccarat, 1.1-1.3, 3.2.1
Minimums follow the day
Table minimums are based on business needs and game demand for that day.
Table minimums and selection of available games are dictated by business volumes.
Respect the limits at the table
You must respect the minimum and maximum limits indicated at the table when placing your bets.
Posted, and alterable with notice
Table limits are posted at each table. Limits are alterable with reasonable notice given.
Table limits are posted at each table. Limits are alterable with reasonable notice.
Varying limits, posted at the tables
Table games and tables may have varying limits which are posted at the tables.
Published blackjack minimums
Blackjack $10, $15 and $25 minimum betting tables are available.
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Partner betting at the blackjack tables
Partner betting is permitted and must not exceed table maximum.
Partner betting at the EZ Baccarat table
Partner betting is not permitted. Players may not combine bets to meet table minimum.
Ask the dealer
Once you are at the table, don’t hesitate to ask the dealer any questions you may have.
How B.C. writes a posted limit
In our words: In the rulebook’s example, the table’s posted limits run from $5 to $100
Section 1.0 Basic Blackjack, 4.3.1.a
BCLC · BCLC Rules of Play for Table Games - Blackjack · read
A published blackjack range
Liberal Rules table limits are $15-$100.
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A published roulette range
Roulette betting limits: $2-$5 inside. $2-$100 outside.
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Another published roulette range
Inside limits $1-$50
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Outside limits $10-$1000
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Published blackjack minimums
Blackjack $10, $15 and $25 minimum betting tables are available.
Club Regent Casino · Gaming · read
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