Downtown Las Vegas Blackjack

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Downtown Las Vegas, centred on Fremont Street, is still the place for lower-limit 3:2 blackjack in the heart of town. Minimums start at $10 to $15, and double deck games with a 0.40% house edge are easy to find. This survey covers nine downtown casinos and is based on January 2025 data.

Downtown Las Vegas Blackjack Survey

Lowest minimum: $10 at the Plaza (six decks, 0.63% house edge).
Best low-limit game: double deck from $15 with a 0.40% house edge at the California, Fremont and Main Street Station (weekends only). El Cortez and the Plaza deal the same game from $25.
Best odds downtown: double deck at 0.40% (see above), or Circa‘s six-deck game where the dealer stands on soft 17, from $100 (0.41%).
Watch out at El Cortez: its $15 double deck doesn’t allow doubling after a split, which raises the house edge to 0.53%.

Casino	Decks	Min bet	Max bet	Soft 17	Double after split	Surrender	Resplit aces	Tables	House edge
California	2	$15	$1,000	Hits	Yes	No	No	10	0.40%
Circa	2	$200	$10,000	Hits	Yes	No	No	2	0.40%
Circa	6	$100	$10,000	Stands	Yes	No	No	4	0.41%
Circa	8	$15	$5,000	Hits	Yes	No	No	14	0.66%
El Cortez	2	$25	$2,000	Hits	Yes	No	No	2	0.40%
El Cortez	2	$15	$2,000	Hits	No	No	No	12	0.53%
Fremont	2	$15	$1,000	Hits	Yes	No	No	2	0.40%
Golden Gate	2	$50	$2,500	Hits	Yes	No	No	1	0.40%
Golden Gate	6	$25	$2,500	Hits	Yes	No	No	2	0.63%
Golden Gate	8	$15	$2,500	Hits	Yes	No	No	7	0.66%
Golden Nugget	2	$100	$5,000	Hits	Yes	No	No	4	0.40%
Golden Nugget	6	$25	$5,000	Hits	Yes	Yes	No	2	0.54%
Golden Nugget	6	$25	$2,500	Hits	Yes	No	No	2	0.63%
Main Street Station	2	$15	$500	Hits	Yes	No	No	2	0.40%
Plaza	2	$25	$2,000	Hits	Yes	No	No	2	0.40%
Plaza	6	$10	$2,000	Hits	Yes	No	No	6	0.63%
The D	2	$100	$5,000	Hits	Yes	No	No	1	0.40%
The D	6	$50	$5,000	Hits	Yes	No	No	2	0.63%
The D	8	$15	$2,500	Hits	Yes	No	No	8	0.66%

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

Circa: ID checked at the door. Shares player data with advantage-player databases. Eight-deck minimum sometimes $10 when it is quiet.
El Cortez: Known to bar advantage players quickly, and watches players betting $25 and up closely.
Golden Gate: ID checked at the door. Shares player data with advantage-player databases.
Golden Nugget: Shares player data with advantage-player databases. Mid-shoe entry capped at $500 on the six-deck game.
Main Street Station: Blackjack open Friday to Sunday only, 9am to 1am.
Plaza: Known to bar $25 and $100 chip players quickly.
The D: ID checked at the door. Shares player data with advantage-player databases. Eight-deck minimum sometimes $10 when it is quiet.

Nearby: the cheapest 3:2 blackjack in Las Vegas

A short drive north of downtown, Jerry’s Nugget in North Las Vegas deals double deck from $5 (0.40% house edge, $300 maximum), the lowest minimum for 3:2 blackjack anywhere in the survey.

What’s changed

El Cortez no longer deals the 3:2 single-deck game that used to be the best bet downtown; the January 2025 survey found no 3:2 single-deck blackjack anywhere in Las Vegas. Las Vegas Club has closed, and Circa opened on its site in 2020. Binion’s, Four Queens and Downtown Grand don’t appear in the survey.

Source: the Wizard of Vegas blackjack survey (January 2025 data, compiled with BJ21.com). The survey lists 3:2 games only. Many downtown tables 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.

Also check out: South – Central and North Strip casinos, and our double deck survey.