Classic Blackjack Gold

This particular variant of blackjack is regarded as being the lowest house edge variant available anywhere on the internet. As such it has long been the target of bonus abusers and advantage players, and as such it is usually either excluded from bonus play, or allowed only with a miniscule contribution to wagering requirements. This alone should give you a clue as to the extremely low house edge of this game!

So, if you are not playing with a bonus attached, this should theoretically always be the best choice of blackjack game in terms of house edge. It is played with a single deck - something of a rarity in itself - and uses a "No Peek" rule, rendering it somewhat similar to the European "No Hole Card" games. You may draw to split aces in order to offset this change to the rules, and the overall house edge as a result is just 0.13 percent - surely one of the lowest of any game offered online.

Nevertheless, I have had less success playing this game than the double deck European no hole card game also offered by Microgaming. I'm not suggesting anything sinister by mentioning that, only giving my own personal experience.

The software itself is excellent, the graphics are great, the cards are well drawn and it is very quick to read your hand, and the overall speed of play is extremely quick indeed. The autoplay function is also well configured, should you wish to use it.

Perhaps it is unrealistic, but I would have really liked it if Microgaming had allowed you to play multiple hands simultaneously under this ruleset. There is a "Multi-Hand Classic Blackjack Gold" game available, however, this game uses five decks - I believe it is a five deck shoe, not one deck per hand. Should they have allowed this in this version, it would present a genuine opportunity to count cards and make significant composition dependent strategy decisions based on all of the cards visible onscreen. I can only guess that such a feature was determined to offer the player too much of an advantage, so could not be allowed.