Playground does not operate an online gaming site. Any online ads or websites claiming otherwise are fraudulent. Please stay safe and only trust information from our official site and social media pages.
Take advantage of Playground Rewards benefits
Enjoy gaming at its best
Opt-in to our newsletter!
{{ month }} {{ day }}
The object of the game of Blackjack is to get a card total that is higher than the dealer’s card total without going over a count of 21. You are playing against the dealer and not against the other players at the table, and to win your hand total must be 21 or less, but higher than the dealer’s hand total.
Face cards all have a value of 10, cards between 2 and 10 are counted at their face value, and an ace can be counted as 1 or 11, whichever is best for your hand. For example, if you have an Ace and a 6, your hand total can be either 7 or 17. If your first two cards are an Ace and a 10-value card, it’s called a Blackjack and beats all other hands except for another Blackjack. This means that even if the dealer makes 21 with three or more cards, you still win with Blackjack!
To start playing, simply place a bet in the appropriate betting circle. There are also side bets you can make on various outcomes and cards that come into play that hand, which are discussed later. After placing your bet(s), you are dealt two cards face up. The dealer also gets two cards, however one of the dealer's cards is face down, known as the ‘hole’ card. After the cards are dealt, when it is your turn to act you have the choice of ‘standing’ which is staying with your current cards and hand total, or ‘hitting’ to take another card. You may ‘hit’ your hand as many times as you like, however if you go over 21 you ‘bust’ and the dealer wins automatically.
Once all players have made their decisions on their hands, the dealer will reveal his hole card. If the dealer has a hand total of 17 or higher, they will stand (one exception - if it’s a ‘soft’ 17 meaning an Ace and a 6, the dealer hits). If the dealer has a total of 16 or less, they must hit their hand until they reach 17 or more. While taking additional cards, if the dealer exceeds 21 they bust their hand and lose, paying all remaining hands in play for their main bet. The payoff for your main bet is even money (1:1). If you get a Blackjack, the payoff is 3 to 2. If the dealer gets Blackjack at the same time, it’s a tie and you don’t win or lose.
You may double down on your initial bet after your first two cards; when you double down you only receive one more card and you cannot hit your hand any more. You may also split your hand if your first two cards are the same value by placing a bet of equal value to your original bet. For example, if you split a pair of 9’s you create two separate hands each with an initial value of 9. You then play out each hand as you would normally by hitting and standing as you would normally. If you split a pair of Aces, you will only receive one card on each split hand. All other split hands can take as many cards as you want to make your totals.
Insurance is offered to players when the dealer has an Ace as their up card showing, due to the possibility of the dealer having Blackjack. After everyone has their first two cards, the dealer offers the insurance bet which is half of your original wager. If the dealer does have Blackjack, the payoff is 2:1 or twice your insurance wager.
Side bets can be placed in addition to the initial bet. Betting on sidebets alone is not permitted. If the player has only placed a side bet when the game starts, the bet amount will be returned to them. Bets on side bets cannot exceed the initial bet on the main Blackjack hand.
Poker Blackjack is an optional side bet that is placed after placing your main bet. You are betting on the first two cards you are dealt, PLUS the dealer’s face up card to make a 3-card poker hand.
Magic Twenty is another optional side bet that is placed after placing your main bet and is one of the most popular blackjack side bets. This bet wins if the player's first two cards have any 20-point hand total. Certain 20-point hands, especially those containing two queens, pay more.
The dealer score side bet is another optional side bet that is placed after placing your main bet, where you are betting on the final value of the dealer's hand.
**Please see the help page on the screen for more information on this game.**
Whether you’re a beginner to roulette or you have been around the wheel a few times, for such a simple game roulette is fast and exciting to play. Watch as the ball whips around the wheel, and make bets on where it will land. The object of the game is to guess which number the ball will land in on the wheel, by placing bets on the layout.
The roulette wheel is marked with numbers 1 through 36 and numbers 0 and 00. Numbers are alternately colored red and black, while the 0 and 00 are green. Odds on roulette range from 35 to 1 on a ‘straight up’ bet to even money on the ‘outside’ bets, and are determined by the types of bets made by the player.
To play, place your bets by selecting the desired chip denomination from the chip set and touch any of the bet positions on the layout. As you are betting, the ball will start to spin and soon the game will announce ‘no more bets, thank you’ and you cannot place any more bets. Here are some of the betting options available:
This version of roulette includes a progressive jackpot that players are eligible to win based on the following rules:
This version of roulette also contains a random pay mode, where the player has an option to choose between NORMAL, GOLD OR DIAMOND pay. When you choose random pay you are choosing to change the pay table and odds on the game, and you can do this at the start of each single roulette game.
With random pay, you can choose between the three different pay tables. Each pay table has different payout factors, for example:
Please note the following rules around the random pay feature:
** Please see the help page on the screen for more information on this game.**
Baccarat is an exciting card game that is easy and fun to play and offers some of the best odds for the guest! The object of the game is to obtain a hand with a point total closest to 9. In Baccarat, Aces are worth 1; face cards and tens are all worth zero (0), and all other cards are worth their face value. For example, an 8 and a 7 equals 15. Whenever the total count gets over ten, the left digit is dropped and the point total becomes 5. A 5 and a 4 equals 9 and if you get a score of 9 on either banker or player with your first two cards this is called a ‘natural 9’. A ten and a 7 equals a point total of 7 as tens are worth zero (0).
The game starts by the player placing a bet on either player OR banker and/or tie, as well as the optional side bets which are discussed in more detail later. Two cards are dealt from a shoe to each hand. The first hand represents the players cards or hand, and the second hand represents the bankers cards. A third card may be dealt to either hand in accordance with the drawing rules listed below, however if either the player and/or banker have a total of 8 or 9, they both stand. This rule overrides all other rules for card drawings.
POINT VALUE OF FIRST 2 CARDS | DECISION |
---|---|
0-1-2-3-4-5 | Draws another card |
6-7 | Stands |
8-9 | ‘Natural hand’ no further draws |
POINT VALUE OF FIRST 2 CARDS | DRAWS WHEN THE PLAYERS’S 3RD CARD IS | DOES NOT DRAW WHEN THE PLAYER’S 3RD CARD IS |
---|---|---|
0-1-2 | Always draws a card | |
3 | 0-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 | 8 |
4 | 2-3-4-5-6-7 | 0-1-8-9 |
5 | 4-5-6-7 | 0-1-2-3-8-9 |
6 | 6-7 | 0-1-2-3-4-5-8-9 |
7 | Always stands | |
8-9 | ‘Natural hand’ no further draw |
After the hands are complete the game pays the winning bets according to the following rules:
BET TYPE | PAYOUT |
---|---|
Player | 1 to 1 |
Banker | 1 to 1 (Banker tax of 50% of bet when bank wins with 6) |
Tie | 8 to 1 |
Banker/Player Pair | 11 to 1 |
Super 6 | 15 to 1 |
The tie bet is an optional bet that is betting on the banker and player scores being the same. The tie bet pays at odds of 9 to 1.
The player and banker pair bet is an optional side bet that is betting on either the player or the banker getting a pair in with their first two cards. The pair bet pays at odds of 12-1.
The banker six bet is another optional side bet that is betting that the banker will WIN with a score of six. This can be viewed as a kind of insurance wager that players will make due to the game taking 50% of the banker bet when the bank wins on 6, or as an additional side bet. The banker six side bet pays at odds of 15:1.
**Please see the help page on the screen for more information on this game.**