Onlineblackjackguide.com Online Blackjack Guide: Strategy and Casino Ranking

Overall Score: 80/90 Visit: Lucky Emperor View: Forum Thread

Summary: Lucky Emperor is based in Australia and licensed by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission. A member of the casino rewards group, the casino recently added blackjack back into the promotion terms. An excellent Microgaming casino with top notch software and service.

Accreditation: 10/10 Kahnawake Gaming Commission and Interactive Gaming Council. Very good credentials. Lucky Emperor is safe to play.

House Edge: 8.5/10 Microgaming software. House edge is 0.24% for one deck blackjack and remains at 0.58% for multihand. This is the old Microgaming software with one deck blackjack (not Viper software.) If your version of the casino has a version called European blackjack, check out my Microgaming page for the correct strategy card.

Payment History: 8/10 Required some additional paper work before processing my cash out. I received my money 8 days after processing the cash out via Neteller.

Bonuses/Comps: 9/10 Introductory bonus of 100% on first 100 dollars plus $10 free bonus money. All blackjack games count towards the wager requirements. Wager requirements are 7x's for some games, but blackjack is now 60x's. Make sure to confirm the wager requirements prior to playing: On the Lucky Emperor homepage click on the Terms and Conditions link at the bottom of the page. This is where you will find the most up to date terms and conditions.

Graphics: 8.5/10 Uses the old Microgaming software that is not as sleek as the new viper update, but the odds are actually better because there is a version of one deck blackjack.

Customer Support: 9/10 Excellent support. 24/7 toll free phone support, email support, fax support. Friendly, knowledgeable operators assisted me.. Cool Australian accents!

Blackjack Rules/Variations: 9/10 Multihand/Single hand. Use the same strategy card for either game, only the odds are slightly different. Single hand blackjack uses 1 deck, but you can only play one hand at a time. "Regular" blackjack uses 5 decks and allows you to play up to 5 hands at the same time.

Regular Blackjack Rules: house edge 0.58%. Rules: 5 decks, all bets lost with dealer blackjack, double 9,10,11 only, No double after split, dealer stays on soft 17, up to 1 split, no surrender, may draw on split aces. May play up to five hands at a time

One Deck Blackjack Rules: House edge is 0.24%. Rules: 1 deck, all bets lost with dealer blackjack, double 9,10,11 only, No double after split, dealer stays on soft 17, up to 1 split, no surrender, may draw on split aces. Play one hand at a time.

Banking: 9/10 Accepts credit cards, Firepay, Netpay, Wire transfers. Our credit cards were not accepted at this site due to the credit card companies not wishing to accept gaming transactions.

My Rating: 9/10 Lucky Emperor is currently allowing blackjack to meet the wager requirements. This is a unique opportunity because they usually don't count blackjack towards wager req's. Take advantage while you can.