Quantum Blackjack Live
Quantum Blackjack is a live blackjack game which you can play at various online bookmakers and casinos. You share the table with an unlimited number of players as only one players hand is. We offer the eight deck Quantum Blackjack Live game with the addition of Quantum Multipliers, played against a live dealer at a real Blackjack table. The seat can host an unlimited number of players. Players can place any bets, but the multiplier affects only the main bet and the payout if the player wins with a hand that contains multiplier. Live Slots and Quantum Blackjack promise a whole new immersive experience for gamers. Lukas Mollberg Lukas is the head author at Casinoble and responsible for all content strategies and what casinos we review.
| Excitement | |
| Interactivity | 7.5 out of 10 |
| Design | |
| Sound | 9 out of 10 |
| Win potential |
Quantum Blackjack Facts & Stats
| Release date: | December 2019 | Provider: | Playtech |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game type: | Blackjack | Game category: | Immersive |
| RTP: | 99.47% | Max payout: | N/A |
| Min bet: | £1 | Max bet: | £50 |
| Special bets: | Yes | Devices: | Desktop, Tablet, Mobile |
What is Quantum Blackjack?
Quantum Blackjack is a groundbreaking new immersive live casino game from Playtech that completely changes the landscape of live casino blackjack by adding multipliers into the mix.
The various RNG generated multipliers make this game well worth playing ahead of any normal live blackjack game, however, what makes this game so appealing to blackjack enthusiasts the potential to get a x1000 multiplier. Anyone lucky enough to pull three cards that have x10 multipliers applied will more than reap the rewards.
As is to be expected from a game in the Quantum series, the studio and table have been given the same science themed makeover as sister game Quantum Roulette, expect blue neon lighting, stars, wormholes and atoms.
How do you play Quantum Blackjack?
Quantum Blackjack is a game that allows an unlimited number of players to play in one seat at once as opposed to traditional 7 seat blackjack.
The cards the dealer deals players are fed directly into a hopper, the players are instead shown a computer generated image of the cards on screen rather than physically on the table, this allows different players to make different decisions as the hand progresses.
Before each hand up to three Quantum Cards are randomly generated on a screen behind the dealer, these have random multipliers applied to them, that could be x3, x5 and x10.
Betting options
Players can choose to play traditional blackjack playing against the dealer, however, there are two optional side bets that can be bet on at the same time as the main hand.
These bets are popular as they don’t rely on the outcome of the main hand in order to pay out. The two side bets are commonly found in several variations of blackjack, 21 + 3 and Player Pair.
21 + 3 sees the player’s first two cards and the dealers first card combined, if they form a valid three card poker hand then the player wins a certain amount based on the hand.
Player Pair is when the two cards dealt form a mixed pair, coloured pair or perfect pair.
There are two important things to note when playing Quantum Blackjack. Firstly, a player’s hand pushes when dealer busts with 3 cards. Secondly, when players win a hand that includes a multiplied card your initial stake is NOT returned.
The reason behind these rules are to keep the house edge so that they can afford to offer players such lucrative multipliers on a regular basis.
Quantum Blackjack Paytable
Main Bet
- Blackjack - 3.298/2
- Winning Hand - 1.999/1
- Dealer busts with 3 cards - Push
- Insurance - 2/1
21 + 3
- Suited Three of a Kind - 100/1
- Straight Flush - 40/1
- Three of a Kind - 30/1
- Straight - 10/1
- Flush - 5/1
Player Pair
- Perfect Pair - 25/1
- Coloured Pair - 12/1
- Mixed Pair - 6/1
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Introduction
Quantum Blackjack is a live dealer blackjack variant by Playtech. The game is dealt to a single player hand, which an unlimited number of players may bet on. If players don't all take the same action, then only those cards pertinent to each players hand will be shown. The twist is the game will randomly deal 1 to 3 cards from a separate deck. A multiplier is associated with each card. If the player gets a card to match a multiplier card, then he gets that multiplier if he wins. The take-back is if the dealer busts with three cards, all hands left standing push.Rules
- The game follows conventional blackjack rules, which I assume the reader is familiar with, unless otherwise stated below.
- An unlimited number of players may play on one single player hand. Each player may control is own fate. If some players stand, any further cards dealt to other players will not be shown to those players who stood.
- Eight decks are used.
- Dealer stands on soft 17.
- The dealer take a hole card and peeks at it for blackjack.
- In addition, one to three cards will be dealt from a separate single deck. These will be displayed on the screen. I will call these the Multiplier Cards.
- Each Multiplier Card shall have a multiplier associated with it, from 3x to 10x. I do not know the probability distribution of each multiplier.
- If at any point a card is dealt to the player that matches one of the Multiplier Cards, then any player will shall get that multiplier.
- If the player earns more than one multiplier, the players actual multiplier will be the product of all earned multipliers. For example, if the player gets a 3x and a 5x multiplier, then his overall multiplier will be 15x.
- Wins with a multiplier are expressed on a 'for one' basis. For example, if the player bet $100 and won with a 3x multiplier, his actual winnings would be $200, plus the return of his $100 wager.
- The same Multiplier Card may not be used more than once. For example, if a Multiplier Card was the 7 of diamonds with a 10x multiplier and the player had three 7 of diamonds in his hand and won, then his overall multiplier would still be only 10x.
- I assume the following other rules, but am not sure: no surrender, player may double on any two cards, player may double after a split, player may split once only (no re-splitting).
- At Playtech, the 21+3 and Perfect Pairs side bets are offered. Multipliers do not apply to side bets. The side bet pay tables are below.
Strategy
It isn't often that I say this, but working out a basic strategy for this game would be very difficult. It would be easy to say that the player is strongly incentivized to get as many cards on the table as he can, without taking ridiculous risks. In other words, the player should hit and split more, double and stand less. I'm afraid I can't be more specific than that.
Analysis
All I can say about the main game is Playtech claims the return is 99.47%. I am quite sure that is based on optimal player strategy, whatever that is.
I can offer the following table that shows the probability of the dealer busting with three cards by dealer up card.
Dealer Bust with Three Cards
| Up Card | Bust with 3 Cards Probability |
|---|---|
| Ace | 0.00% |
| 2 | 9.46% |
| 3 | 14.23% |
| 4 | 19.58% |
| 5 | 25.54% |
| 6 | 31.92% |
| 7 | 17.69% |
| 8 | 17.64% |
| 9 | 17.79% |
| 10 | 17.77% |
| Average | 17.30% |
I can at least say that the 21+3 side bet follows the 5-10-30-40-100 pay table. The following return table shows a house edge of 3.70%.
21+3 — 8 Decks
| Event | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suited three of a kind | 100 | 2,912 | 0.000244 | 0.024446 |
| Straight flush | 40 | 24,576 | 0.002063 | 0.082524 |
| Three of a kind | 30 | 61,568 | 0.005169 | 0.155055 |
| Straight | 10 | 368,640 | 0.030947 | 0.309465 |
| Flush | 5 | 700,928 | 0.058841 | 0.294207 |
| Loser | -1 | 10,753,536 | 0.902736 | -0.902736 |
| Total | 11,912,160 | 1.000000 | -0.037039 |
The Perfect Pairs side bet follows the 6-12-25 pay table. The table below shows a house edge of 4.10%.
Perfect Pairs — 8 decks
| Hand | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perfect pair | 25 | 1456 | 0.016867 | 0.421687 |
| Colored pair | 12 | 1664 | 0.019277 | 0.231325 |
| Red/black pair | 6 | 3328 | 0.038554 | 0.231325 |
| Non-pair | -1 | 79872 | 0.925301 | -0.925301 |
| Total | 86320 | 1 | -0.040964 |
More Analysis
As long as a wrote a custom program for this game, here are the probabilities of various dealer outcomes by up card. This assumes the dealer always plays out his hand.
Dealer Events — Stand on Soft 17 — 8 decks
| Event | Ace | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dealer blackjack | 0.308434 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.077108 | 0.047451 |
| Total of 17 | 0.130210 | 0.139694 | 0.134482 | 0.130539 | 0.121946 | 0.165640 | 0.369048 | 0.128846 | 0.120231 | 0.111791 | 0.145215 |
| Total of 18 | 0.130813 | 0.134518 | 0.130524 | 0.124534 | 0.122390 | 0.106208 | 0.137898 | 0.359800 | 0.118011 | 0.111608 | 0.139318 |
| Total of 19 | 0.130643 | 0.129929 | 0.125313 | 0.121300 | 0.117607 | 0.106390 | 0.078478 | 0.128684 | 0.351581 | 0.111814 | 0.133629 |
| Total of 20 | 0.130879 | 0.124021 | 0.120695 | 0.116451 | 0.112134 | 0.101592 | 0.078668 | 0.069263 | 0.120275 | 0.340560 | 0.179709 |
| Total of 21 | 0.053595 | 0.118308 | 0.114871 | 0.111707 | 0.108021 | 0.097247 | 0.073878 | 0.069452 | 0.060864 | 0.034738 | 0.072838 |
| Bust with 3 cards | 0.000000 | 0.094616 | 0.142297 | 0.195751 | 0.255352 | 0.319236 | 0.176940 | 0.176393 | 0.177871 | 0.177685 | 0.173015 |
| Bust with 4 cards | 0.077930 | 0.186456 | 0.177740 | 0.161866 | 0.136237 | 0.086546 | 0.073111 | 0.059515 | 0.045791 | 0.031980 | 0.087163 |
| Bust with 5 cards | 0.032068 | 0.062196 | 0.047464 | 0.033718 | 0.023657 | 0.015599 | 0.011055 | 0.007532 | 0.005068 | 0.002614 | 0.019139 |
| Bust with 6 cards | 0.004990 | 0.009388 | 0.006106 | 0.003847 | 0.002499 | 0.001462 | 0.000885 | 0.000498 | 0.000298 | 0.000101 | 0.002337 |
| Bust with 7 cards | 0.000415 | 0.000826 | 0.000484 | 0.000275 | 0.000151 | 0.000077 | 0.000039 | 0.000016 | 0.000009 | 0.000001 | 0.000177 |
| Bust with 8 cards | 0.000022 | 0.000046 | 0.000024 | 0.000011 | 0.000005 | 0.000002 | 0.000001 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.000009 |
| Bust with 9 cards | 0.000001 | 0.000002 | 0.000001 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 |
External Links
- SportingBet rules — This is the best explanation of the rules I can find.
- Live Casino Comparer video — In this video, the Comparer explains Quantum Blackjack as he plays. It should be noted he claims if the player gets a multiplier he still gets it on a push. This contradicts the SportingBet rules.
- Discussion about Quantum Blackjack in my forum at Wizard of Vegas.