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Microgaming has a host of blackjack games to choose from. They all pay 3 to 2 on a blackjack. I assume the cards are shuffled after every hand, which mathematically favors the player, unless he is counting cards. The limits and number of spots the player may play varies from game to game. The following table shows the pertinent rules to each game and the house edge, which is based on perfect composition-dependent strategy.
次の表が示すものは Blackjack アルファベット順に利用可能なゲームです。
Microgaming Blackjack アルファベット順拡大
ゲーム
ソフト17
スプレッド後のダブル
ダブル
スプリット数
再スプリットエース
エースをスプリットするためのドロー
ピーク
降参
戻る
合計デッキ数
ライブゲーム
Atlantic City
ハンド
はい
何でも
3
いいえ
いいえ
はい
はい
99.65%
8
いいえ
Atlantic City Gold
ハンド
はい
何でも
3
いいえ
いいえ
はい
はい
99.62%
8
いいえ
Bonus Blackjack
ヒット
はい
何でも
3
いいえ
いいえ
はい
いいえ
99.62%
2
いいえ
Classic blackjack
ハンド
いいえ
9から11
1
いいえ
はい
いいえ
いいえ
99.60%
5
いいえ
European Gold
ハンド
いいえ
9から11
1
いいえ
はい
いいえ
いいえ
99.60%
2
いいえ
European blackjack redeal
ハンド
いいえ
9から11
1
いいえ
はい
いいえ
いいえ
99.60%
2
いいえ
Hi-Lo 13 European Blackjack
ハンド
いいえ
9から11
1
いいえ
はい
いいえ
いいえ
99.60%
2
いいえ
Premier High Streak Blackjack
ハンド
いいえ
9から11
1
いいえ
いいえ
いいえ
いいえ
99.47%
2
いいえ
Vegas downtown
ヒット
はい
何でも
3
いいえ
いいえ
はい
いいえ
99.62%
2
いいえ
Vegas single deck
ヒット
いいえ
9から11
1
いいえ
いいえ
はい
いいえ
99.69%
1
いいえ
Vegas strip
ハンド
はい
何でも
3
いいえ
いいえ
はい
いいえ
99.65%
4
いいえ
これは同リストのリターン範囲ですので、それを見て賢くゲームを選択してください。
Microgaming Blackjack リターン注文拡大
ゲーム
ソフト17
スプレッド後のダブル
ダブル
スプリット数
再スプリットエース
エースをスプリットするためのドロー
ピーク
降参
戻る
合計デッキ数
ライブゲーム
Vegas single deck
ヒット
いいえ
9から11
1
いいえ
いいえ
はい
いいえ
99.69%
1
いいえ
Vegas strip
ハンド
はい
何でも
3
いいえ
いいえ
はい
いいえ
99.65%
4
いいえ
Atlantic City
ハンド
はい
何でも
3
いいえ
いいえ
はい
はい
99.65%
8
いいえ
Vegas downtown
ヒット
はい
何でも
3
いいえ
いいえ
はい
いいえ
99.62%
2
いいえ
Bonus Blackjack
ヒット
はい
何でも
3
いいえ
いいえ
はい
いいえ
99.62%
2
いいえ
Atlantic City Gold
ハンド
はい
何でも
3
いいえ
いいえ
はい
はい
99.62%
8
いいえ
European blackjack redeal
ハンド
いいえ
9から11
1
いいえ
はい
いいえ
いいえ
99.60%
2
いいえ
Hi-Lo 13 European Blackjack
ハンド
いいえ
9から11
1
いいえ
はい
いいえ
いいえ
99.60%
2
いいえ
Classic blackjack
ハンド
いいえ
9から11
1
いいえ
はい
いいえ
いいえ
99.60%
5
いいえ
European Gold
ハンド
いいえ
9から11
1
いいえ
はい
いいえ
いいえ
99.60%
2
いいえ
Premier High Streak Blackjack
ハンド
いいえ
9から11
1
いいえ
いいえ
いいえ
いいえ
99.47%
2
いいえ
The most interesting blackjack game is European Blackjack Redeal. In this game, the player can pay to replace his whole hand, the dealer's up card, or his last card (with three or more cards) at any point, except after splitting. The cost of all three options are adjusted according to the situation. If a switch would on average be bad for the player, then it is offered for free.
Based on some rough estimates, I show the replacement costs offered by this game to be within 1% of fair, including being under priced sometimes.
All things considered, the house edge averages about 0.40% in the various Micgrogaming blackjack games. This average is indeed better than the rules in the median land-casino blackjack game, at least in the US. However, there are some better games out there, in both land and online casinos.
While this review is based on the Flash casino only, it is worthy of mention that the download version has a very liberal blackjack game known as "classic blackjack." The rules of said game are:
Single deck.
Dealer stands on soft 17.
Dealer does not peek for blackjack. Player will lose total bet against a dealer blackjack, including on doubles and splits.
Double after split not allowed.
Player may split only once.
No surrender.
Player may draw to split aces.
Following is the correct basic strategy for these rules.
Microgaming offers only 1x odds in craps, which is the ratio of how much the player may bet on the odds to the pass or come bets. When laying the odds after a don't pass or don't come bet, they make the usual online casino software error of basing the bet relative to the bet amount, not the win.
The field is the stingy version that pays 2 to 1 on both a 2 and 12. The hop bets are also stingy at 15 and 30 to 1, depending on whether it is an easy or hard hop. The hard ways pay the usual tight odds of 7 and 9 to 1. What really adds insult to injury is they have the Big 6 and 8 bets on the table, and yes they pay even money only.
The following table shows what they pay on most bets and the house edge.
Microgaming Craps
Bet
Pays
House Edge
Big 6/8
1
9.09%
Place 4 or 10
9 to 5
6.67%
Place 5 or 9
7 to 5
4.00%
Place 6 or 8
7 to 6
1.52%
Lose on 4 or 10
2 to 5
3.03%
Lose on 5 or 9
4 to 7
2.50%
Lose on 6 or 8
4 to 5
1.82%
Hard 4 or 10
7
11.11%
Hard 6 or 8
9
9.09%
Any seven
4
16.67%
Any craps
7
11.11%
Hard hops
30
13.89%
Easy hops
15
11.11%
If Microgaming is striving to offer better odds than land casinos, then they definitely failed in craps. In fact, I've never seen worse craps rules anywhere, land or online. If anyone wants an example of good craps rules, then go to any land casino in the UK or Australia.
Crown and Anchor
Crown and Anchor
This is a simplified skin of sic bo. In both games, three dice are rolled and the player can bet on any given face appearing at least once. One match pays 1 to 1, two matches pays 2 to 1, and three matches pays 3 to 1. Sic bo offers the same bet, except three matches pays 12 to 1.
The house edge in Crown and Anchor is 7.87%. The equivalent bet in sic bo has a house edge of 3.70%. So, there is there no reason to play Crown and Anchor when Microgaming offers a better bet in sic bo two clicks away. Playing this game would be like betting the Big 6 or 8 in craps. Why get only even money when a place bet is exactly the same but pays 7 to 6?
Cyberstud Poker
Double Exposure
Pai Gow Poker
Pai Gow Poker
Microgaming deals a nice game of pai gow poker. There is a "house way" button, so it is nicely impossible to foul your hand. Standard rules are followed, with no player banking, for a house edge of 2.72%.
There is also a $1 bonus bet. The following table shows all the wins and odds.
Bonus BetExpand
Hand
Combinations
Probability
Pays
Return
Natural seven-card straight flush
32
0
8000 to 1
0.001661
Royal flush plus pair of deuces
144
0.000001
2000 to 1
0.001868
Wild 7 card straight flush
196
0.000001
1000 to 1
0.001272
Five aces
1128
0.000007
400 to 1
0.002927
Royal flush
25948
0.000168
150 to 1
0.025251
Straight flush
184644
0.001198
50 to 1
0.059894
Four of a kind
307472
0.001995
25 to 1
0.049868
Full house
4188528
0.027173
5 to 1
0.135865
Flush
6172088
0.040041
4 to 1
0.160165
Three of a kind
7672500
0.049775
3 to 1
0.149326
Straight
12006024
0.077889
2 to 1
0.155778
Other
123584376
0.801751
loss
-0.801751
Total
154143080
1
-0.057878
The lower right cell shows a house edge on the side bet of 5.79%.
Poker Pursuit
Poker Pursuit
This is Let it Ride with a different name. After converting the pay table to a "to one" basis, it looks as follows.
Poker Pursuit Pay Table
Hand
Pays
Royal Flush
999
Straight Flush
199
Four of a kind
49
Full House
11
Flush
8
Straight
5
Three of a kind
3
Two pair
2
Pair
1
Nonpaying hand
-1
This is the same as the conventional Let it Ride pay table, except the top three wins are one less. Compared to the standard pay table seen in the US of 3.51%, the house edge in Poker Pursuit is 3.57%.
For more information, please see my page on Poker Pursuit.
Red Dog
Red Dog
Microgaming casinos have got to be one of the few places left on earth to bet on Red Dog. I remember playing this at the old Las Vegas Silver City in the 1980s, but if it weren't for some online casinos, I would have thought it went the way of the dodo bird long ago.
The gist of the game is two cards are dealt face up and one face down. The player wins if the face down card falls between the ranks of the face up cards. Before revealing the face down card, the player has the opportunity to raise his bet. Wins on small spreads pay more.
A few of the rules are configurable. Microgaming uses a single deck and pays 11 to 1 for a three of a kind. This results in a house edge of 3.15%.
For more information, please see my page on Red Dog (link).
Roulette
European Roulette
French Roulette
Multi-Wheel Roulette
Premier Roulette
American Roulette
New version
There are six roulette games available. Other than the rules, they vary in such things as appearance, limits, and speed of the game. In one version, the player can bet on eight wheels at once. Another is a multi-player game.
However, what is important is the rules. There are only three main types of roulette rules and the following table shows which each game follows. An explanation of each set of rules follows the table. The last two columns show the house edge on even money bets as well as all other bets.
Microgaming Roulette
Game
Rules
Even money
All other
Multi-player roulette
Single-zero
2.70%
2.70%
Multi-wheel roulette
Single-zero
2.70%
2.70%
Premier roulette
Single-zero
2.70%
2.70%
French
La Partage
1.35%
2.70%
European
Single-zero
2.70%
2.70%
American
Double-zero
5.26%
5.26%*
* House edge on the 0-00-1-2-3 combination is 7.89%.
Double-zero rules: Double-zero wheel used. Player loses everything in even money bets if the ball lands in a zero.
Single-zero rules: Single-zero wheel used. Player loses everything in even money bets if the ball lands in zero.
La Partage rules: The La Partage game uses a single-zero wheel. What makes it different from single-zero rules is that if the player makes an even money bet and the ball lands in zero, then the player loses half the bet only. "La Partage" is French for sharing, so think of it as sharing the loss when the ball lands in zero.
Sic Bo
Sic Bo
In this game, the player has various ways to bet on the roll of three dice. You can find all the rules in my sic bo page.
The bet on any one face pays even money for one match, 2 to 1 for two matches, and 12 to 1 for three. This results in a house edge of 3.70%.
The following table shows what all the other bets pay, the probability of winning, and expected value.
Microgaming Sic Bo
Bet
Pays
Combinations
Probability
Return
Small, Big
1
105
0.486111
-0.027778
4, 17
62
3
0.013889
-0.125000
5, 16
31
6
0.027778
-0.111111
6, 15
18
10
0.046296
-0.120370
7, 14
12
15
0.069444
-0.097222
8, 13
8
21
0.097222
-0.125000
9, 12
7
25
0.115741
-0.074074
10, 11
6
27
0.125000
-0.125000
Triple
180
1
0.004630
-0.162037
Any triple
31
6
0.027778
-0.111111
Double
11
16
0.074074
-0.111111
Two die combination
6
30
0.138889
-0.027778
These odds are the same as what you'll find in Australia and a little better than the US. Be wary of the similar game, with worse odds, called Crown and Anchor.
Spanish Blackjack
Spanish Blackjack
This is the same thing as Spanish 21. In particular, Microgaming follows these rules:
8 decks.
Dealer hits soft 17.
Surrender allowed on initial two cards.
Double after split allowed.
Re-splitting aces allowed.
A player 21 or blackjack always wins.
Player may double on any number of cards.
Player may surrender after doubling, known as "double down rescue." The player forfeits an amount equal to his original bet.
A five-card 21 pays 3 to 2, a six-card 21 pays 2 to 1, a seven or more card 21 pays 3 to 1. Bonus not honored after doubling or splitting.
A 6-7-8 or 7-7-7 of mixed suits pays 3 to 2, of the same suit pays 2 to 1, and of spades pays 3 to 1. These bonuses usually do not pay after doubling or splitting.
Suited 7-7-7 and the dealer has a seven face up pays 50 to 1.
The house edge under these rules is about 0.42%.
Spingo
Spingo
As far as I know, this wheel-based game is unique to Microgaming. Briefly, a ball numbered from 0 to 10 is chosen at random and then it lands in a wheel with colored slots. The player can bet on the number, color or both.
The following table shows the available wagers, winning combinations (out of 525), probability of winning, and the return percentage.
Spingo
Bet
Pays
Combinations
Probability
Return
Combination
32
16
0.030476
0.975238
Green
24
21
0.040000
0.960000
Zero
20
25
0.047619
0.952381
Number
10
50
0.095238
0.952381
Color
3
168
0.320000
0.960000
Odd/Even
2
250
0.476190
0.952381
1-5/6-10
2
250
0.476190
0.952381
For more information, please see my page on Spingo.
3 Card Poker
3 Card Poker
This is the same thing as Three Card Poker. I'm not an intellectual property expert, but I think that changing the word Three to the number 3 is no license to usurp a patented game, but this happens in online gambling all the time. Sometimes I wonder if anybody is really being fooled by these name changes.
The rules are the same as the standard game. The Microgaming version follows the usual 1-4-5 Ante Bonus pay table, for a house edge on the Ante bet of 3.37%. They follow the liberal 1-4-6-30-40 on the Pairplus bet for a house edge of 2.32%.
Three Wheeler
Three Wheeler
Microgaming must like sic bo a great deal, because this game is yet another skin of it.
Video Poker
Microgaming offers 23 video poker games. There are 16 different base games, all of which exist in single-play mode, and seven of those also exist in "Power Poker" mode, which I would compare to four-play.
For this review, I played in the free play Flash casino at the Gaming Club casino. In that venue, some of the games had auto hold, which was frequently wrong. This may be because it was in Flash and/or free mode. When Microgaming casinos still accepted US players, I played a lot of video poker in them and, as I recall, the games had auto-hold. As far as I know, it was 100% accurate.
次の表が示すものは Video Poker アルファベット順に利用可能なゲームです。
Microgaming Video Poker アルファベット順
ゲーム
パワーポーカー
マルチプレイ
配当表
戻る
ライブゲーム
Aces & Eights
いいえ
いいえ
800-70-80-50-20-8-5-4-3-2-1
99.09%
いいえ
Aces & Faces
はい
はい
800-50-80-40-25-8-5-4-3-2-1
99.26%
いいえ
All Aces
いいえ
いいえ
800-60-400-100-50-7-5-4-3-1-1
99.92%
いいえ
All American
いいえ
いいえ
800-200-34-8-8-8-3-1-1
99.38%
いいえ
Bonus Deuces Wild
いいえ
いいえ
1000-400-200-25-80-40-18-8-4-4-3-1-1
99.15%
いいえ
Bonus Poker Deluxe
いいえ
いいえ
800-50-80-40-25-8-5-4-3-2-1
98.49%
いいえ
Deuces & Joker
はい
はい
2000-800-25-12-9-6-3-3-3-2-1
99.07%
いいえ
Deuces Wild
はい
はい
800-200-25-16-13-4-3-2-2-1
96.77%
いいえ
Double Bonus
いいえ
いいえ
800-50-160-80-50-9-7-5-3-1-1
99.16%
いいえ
Double Double Bonus
いいえ
いいえ
800-50-400-160-160-80-50-9-6-4-3-1-1
98.98%
いいえ
Double Joker
いいえ
いいえ
800-100-50-25-8-5-4-3-2-1
98.10%
いいえ
Jacks or Better
はい
はい
800-50-25-9-6-4-3-2-1
99.54%
いいえ
Joker Poker (kings or better)
はい
はい
1000-200-100-50-17-7-5-3-2-1-1
98.60%
いいえ
Louisiana Double
いいえ
いいえ
500,75,70,35,9,6,4,4,2,4,2,2,1
93.45%
いいえ
Tens or Better
はい
はい
800-50-25-6-5-4-3-2-1
99.14%
いいえ
これは同リストのリターン範囲ですので、それを見て賢くゲームを選択してください。
Microgaming Video Poker リターン注文
ゲーム
パワーポーカー
マルチプレイ
配当表
戻る
ライブゲーム
All Aces
いいえ
いいえ
800-60-400-100-50-7-5-4-3-1-1
99.92%
いいえ
Jacks or Better
はい
はい
800-50-25-9-6-4-3-2-1
99.54%
いいえ
All American
いいえ
いいえ
800-200-34-8-8-8-3-1-1
99.38%
いいえ
Aces & Faces
はい
はい
800-50-80-40-25-8-5-4-3-2-1
99.26%
いいえ
Double Bonus
いいえ
いいえ
800-50-160-80-50-9-7-5-3-1-1
99.16%
いいえ
Bonus Deuces Wild
いいえ
いいえ
1000-400-200-25-80-40-18-8-4-4-3-1-1
99.15%
いいえ
Tens or Better
はい
はい
800-50-25-6-5-4-3-2-1
99.14%
いいえ
Aces & Eights
いいえ
いいえ
800-70-80-50-20-8-5-4-3-2-1
99.09%
いいえ
Deuces & Joker
はい
はい
2000-800-25-12-9-6-3-3-3-2-1
99.07%
いいえ
Double Double Bonus
いいえ
いいえ
800-50-400-160-160-80-50-9-6-4-3-1-1
98.98%
いいえ
Joker Poker (kings or better)
はい
はい
1000-200-100-50-17-7-5-3-2-1-1
98.60%
いいえ
Bonus Poker Deluxe
いいえ
いいえ
800-50-80-40-25-8-5-4-3-2-1
98.49%
いいえ
Double Joker
いいえ
いいえ
800-100-50-25-8-5-4-3-2-1
98.10%
いいえ
Deuces Wild
はい
はい
800-200-25-16-13-4-3-2-2-1
96.77%
いいえ
Louisiana Double
いいえ
いいえ
500,75,70,35,9,6,4,4,2,4,2,2,1
93.45%
いいえ
Notes:
* I have an unconfirmed report that the four-play deuces wild game pays 99.3747%. I was not told the pay table.
** I have an unconfirmed report that the All American pay table is 800-200-34-8-8-8-3-1-1, as shown above. I previously thought a four of a kind paid 35.
Finally, there is a progressive game called Jackpot Deuces listed under the progressives menu. It is a $1 deuces wild game that pays a progressive jackpot for a natural royal flush in diamonds. Assuming no strategy deviations for the progressive, the return can be calculated as 93.889% plus 1.132% for each $10,000 in the meter. To reach breakeven (100% return), the meter would need to be $53,979.91.
While this review is based on the Flash casino, I can't help but mention the SupaJax game that is available in the download casino only. It is a 53-card game. This 53rd card is the SupaJax card, which is useful only in the top hand. Following is the full pay table, per coin, based on a full 5-coin bet.
SupaJax
Hand
Pays
Four jacks + SupaJax
Jackpot/5
Royal flush
600
Straight flush
50
Four of a kind
25
Full house
7
Flush
5
Straight
4
3 of a kind
3
Two pair
2
Jacks or better
1
Nothing
0
The jackpot starts at 10,000 $/£/€. Assuming optimal strategy, it becomes breakeven at 52,417 units of whatever currency. At any given time, the return is 90.427% + 1.826% * j/10,000, where j is the jackpot amount.
By my count, the Flash casino has 302 non-progressive slots and 15 progressives. Although Microgaming doesn't disclose their slot returns I have two outside sources to shed light on that:
First, the Gaming Club casino posts monthly audit reports, which state, in part, the overall return percentage of their slot games. At the time of this writing the average of the monthly returns going back 12 months, covering August 2016 to July 2017, was 96.38%.
Second, our friends at Slot Tracker crowd source their members to get information about each member's slot results as well as the combined among all members. As of this writing they have recorded 1,913,325 spins on Microgaming slots, which saw a return of 94.48%.
Other Games
Keno
Keno
Standard keno rules are followed. The following two tables show the pay table.
Microgaming Keno — Pick 1 to 8
Catch
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
1
1
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
2
9
2
2
1
1
0.5
0.5
3
16
6
3
2
1
1
4
12
15
3
6
3
5
50
30
12
6
6
75
36
19
7
100
90
8
720
Microgaming Keno — Pick 9 to 15
Catch
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.5
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0.5
0.5
0.5
0
0
0
0
3
1
1
1
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
4
2
2
1
1
0.5
0.5
0.5
5
4
3
2
2
3
2
1
6
8
5
6
4
4
3
2
7
20
10
15
24
5
5
5
8
80
30
25
72
20
12
15
9
1200
600
180
250
80
50
50
10
1800
1000
500
240
150
150
11
3000
2000
500
500
300
12
4000
3000
1000
600
13
6000
2000
1200
14
7500
2500
15
10000
The next table shows the return by number of picks. Note the highest return is 94.90% for picking 13.
If you had asked me 15 years ago, I would have said that Microgaming had a few bad apple casinos. Since then, I would say that Microgaming has raised their standards for who can open a casino. That isn't to say I endorse all of them, but on average their operators are mostly reputable.
Looking at it as a player advocate, I can't say that Microgaming has the best overall odds, but they do have some very competitive blackjack and video poker games. Be careful, though. While they strive to have better odds than land casinos, they don't always. Craps is a fine example. Microgaming has a huge game selection and the graphics, especially in the slot games, are outstanding.
As an organization, I have a very high opinion of Microgaming. I have met some of their executives and I found them to be both friendly and professional. They can't control everything their operators do, but the software company itself helps to bring a good name to the business of online gaming.
Monthly Audits
In choosing where to gamble online, there are many things you should look for. One good sign is that the casino posts monthly audit reports of the return percentages. As far as I know, all Microgaming casinos use eCogra for this service. Below are links to take you to such reports for three arbitrarily selected casinos.