Welcome to Lyons Gaming. My name is Mel Lyons and this blog is all about my favourite casino card game, Blackjack.
Why Blackjack alone of online casino games? The answer is simple; it is one of the only casino card games, where the profit margin to the casino or “house” is very low. In fact in most games of Blackjack, the house margin is just a little over 2% Which of course, over a period of time, if you played with $100 or £s, you should in theory, get back 98% of your stakes.
There are variations that the house can use to increase their profit margin, for instance, playing with more decks of cards, only paying out 6 to 5 for a winning blackjack hand, instead of 6 to 4 and in a bricks and mortar casino, bringing on to the table, a very speedy dealer, which hardly gives you a chance to make a decision whether to take another card or “stand” with the hand your dealt.

Why do I consider myself an authority on Blackjack, well not only have I been an inveterate gambler most of my life, working in most fields of the gaming industry, I have also worked as a dealer in some of the top casinos in London, including the Playboy Casino, when it was in London’s smart Mayfair district and before Victor Lownes and Hugh Hefner decided to give up their fight with the British Gaming Board and pull out all their UK casinos.

The low house advantage in Blackjack can be reduced even further by strategic playing of the game and that is what you will learn from the various pages of my Blackjack site.

Blackjack is one of only a very few card games where winning does not rely on luck alone. Using the Basic Strategy, you can reduce that 2% house margin to practically zero, which would give you the same chance of winning as the casino.

I have featured some of the well known casinos, that I know will not only give you a good chance of winning but the games are all straight and above board and their annual percentages of profit are checked by the top auditors. Plus their payouts are speedy plus most of them give you an introductory bonus, so in fact you could be playing with the casino’s money, which of course, is the best way to play the game.

I hope you will learn enough from these pages, to give you a very fair chance of winning. I rarely gamble nowadays, I am retired and my pension has been subsidised by my past gaming experiences. I want you too, to take advantage and beat the casinos at their own game.

Good luck,

Mel

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