Central Strip Las Vegas Blackjack Casinos

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The Central Strip runs from Planet Hollywood and Cosmopolitan up to the Linq and Harrah’s. Most of these casinos belong to Caesars Entertainment or MGM Resorts. This survey covers nine casinos and is based on January 2025 data.

Central Strip Blackjack Survey

Lowest minimum: $25 at Planet Hollywood, on double deck (0.53%) or eight decks (0.56%).
Best value at $50: Bellagio‘s six-deck game with surrender and resplit aces (0.46%), or eight decks at Cosmopolitan (0.49%).
Best six-deck game: dealer stands on soft 17 with surrender and resplit aces (0.26%) from $100 at Bellagio, Paris, Planet Hollywood and Horseshoe.
Best odds overall: double deck, stand on soft 17 (0.19%) at Cosmopolitan from $200 and Bellagio from $300.

Casino	Decks	Min bet	Max bet	Soft 17	Double after split	Surrender	Resplit aces	Tables	House edge
Bellagio	2	$300	$10,000	Stands	Yes	No	No	1	0.19%
Bellagio	6	$100	$10,000	Stands	Yes	Yes	Yes	10	0.26%
Bellagio	6	$50	$10,000	Hits	Yes	Yes	Yes	8	0.46%
Caesars Palace	6	$200	$10,000	Stands	Yes	Yes	Yes	8	0.26%
Caesars Palace	2	$200	$10,000	Hits	Yes	No	No	2	0.40%
Caesars Palace	6	$50	$5,000	Hits	Yes	Yes	No	7	0.54%
Cosmopolitan	2	$200	$10,000	Stands	Yes	No	No	1	0.19%
Cosmopolitan	6	$200	$10,000	Stands	Yes	Yes	Yes	6	0.26%
Cosmopolitan	8	$50	$5,000	Hits	Yes	Yes	Yes	6	0.49%
Flamingo	6	$100	$10,000	Stands	Yes	Yes	No	1	0.33%
Flamingo	2	$100	$5,000	Hits	No	No	No	2	0.53%
Harrah's	6	$100	$10,000	Stands	Yes	Yes	No	1	0.33%
Harrah's	2	$100	$5,000	Hits	No	No	No	2	0.53%
Horseshoe	6	$100	$10,000	Stands	Yes	Yes	Yes	1	0.26%
Horseshoe	6	$100	$10,000	Hits	Yes	Yes	Yes	1	0.46%
Horseshoe	2	$100	$5,000	Hits	No	No	No	2	0.53%
Linq	2	$50	$3,000	Hits	No	No	No	1	0.53%
Paris	6	$100	$10,000	Stands	Yes	Yes	Yes	3	0.26%
Paris	2	$100	$5,000	Hits	No	No	No	2	0.53%
Planet Hollywood	6	$100	$10,000	Stands	Yes	Yes	Yes	5	0.26%
Planet Hollywood	2	$25	$5,000	Hits	No	No	No	3	0.53%
Planet Hollywood	8	$25	$5,000	Hits	Yes	Yes	No	2	0.56%

How to read the table

Soft 17: “Stands” is better for you than “Hits”; it lowers the house edge by about 0.2%.
Double after split, surrender and resplit aces: each “Yes” is a player-friendly rule.
House edge: the casino’s advantage over a player using perfect basic strategy. Lower is better.
Tables: how many tables were spreading that game when the survey was taken.

Casino notes

Bellagio: Double-deck minimum sometimes drops to $100 when it is quiet.
Cosmopolitan: Shares player data with advantage-player databases. Many reports of over-zealous security.
Horseshoe: Formerly Bally's. Blackjack in the high-limit room only.
Paris: Six-deck minimum sometimes drops to $50 on slow weekdays.
Planet Hollywood: Mid-shoe entry capped at $500 on the low-limit six-deck game.

What’s changed

The Mirage closed in July 2024 and is being rebuilt as a Hard Rock resort, so it is no longer in the survey. Bally’s became Horseshoe in 2022 and now deals blackjack only in its high-limit room. Cromwell and Margaritaville don’t appear in the January 2025 survey.

Source: the Wizard of Vegas blackjack survey (January 2025 data, compiled with BJ21.com). The survey lists 3:2 games only. Most low-limit tables on the Strip now pay 6:5 on a blackjack, which roughly quadruples the house edge, so we leave them out. Rules and minimums change often: check with the casino before you sit down.