Blackjack remains a popular casino game online

Those of us who were introduced to casino games at a real casino were often faced with what would now be described as a limited choice of casino games to play. Most casinos only offered roulette, blackjack and a few slot machines because they were simply not big enough to find space for anything else. Nowadays of course we have access to the online casinos, which have no such space limitations and therefore offer a huge range of casino games for us to enjoy, but the popularity of these two traditional casino games remains high even in the face of so many alternative games. One reason for this enduring popularity is that both of these casino games are easy to play, another may be that they are also recognised as two of the casino games which offer the best odds of winning. As far as we know there is no established method of improving your chances of winning at roulette, in spite of several claims over the years, but the chances of winning at blackjack can be improved with a little thought. The first thing to remember when playing blackjack is that the objective is simply to beat the dealer’s hand, and it is often not necessary to hold 20 or 21 to achieve this objective. The blackjack player has one important advantage over the dealer, and that is the requirement that the dealer must draw a card on 16 which statistically means that there is a 60% chance that the dealer will bust on 16. The statistical odds of a particular card or cards being dealt in blackjack are very important for the successful blackjack gambler, and well worth knowing particularly if you or the dealer are holding a hand between 12 and 16 which for most people are the hands which require most thought.Drawing a card on 12 gives the player a 70% chance of improving the hand, but if they draw a card on 16 this reduces to 40%. Just like most casino games winning at blackjack requires an element of luck, but informed decisions can improve the odds.