South Strip Las Vegas Blackjack Casinos

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The South Strip, from Mandalay Bay up to Park MGM, is almost all MGM Resorts territory, and that shows in the rules: you get the same handful of games at most casinos, with $25 the lowest minimum for a 3:2 game. This survey covers seven casinos and is based on January 2025 data.

South Strip Blackjack Survey

Lowest minimums: $25 at Luxor (eight decks, 0.49% house edge), MGM Grand (six decks, dealer hits soft 17, 0.46%) and Mandalay Bay (eight decks, 0.59%).
Best value: MGM Grand’s six-deck game where the dealer stands on soft 17, with surrender and resplit aces, for $50 (0.26%).
Best odds overall: double deck, stand on soft 17 (0.19%) at Park MGM and Mandalay Bay from $100, and at Aria and MGM Grand from $500.

Casino	Decks	Min bet	Max bet	Soft 17	Double after split	Surrender	Resplit aces	Tables	House edge
Aria	2	$500	$10,000	Stands	Yes	No	No	2	0.19%
Aria	6	$100	$10,000	Stands	Yes	Yes	Yes	2	0.26%
Aria	6	$100	$10,000	Hits	Yes	Yes	Yes	4	0.46%
Excalibur	6	$50	$5,000	Hits	Yes	Yes	Yes	1	0.46%
Luxor	2	$50	$5,000	Hits	Yes	No	No	1	0.40%
Luxor	6	$50	$5,000	Hits	Yes	Yes	Yes	1	0.46%
Luxor	8	$25	$5,000	Hits	Yes	Yes	Yes	1	0.49%
MGM Grand	2	$500	$10,000	Stands	Yes	No	No	1	0.19%
MGM Grand	6	$50	$10,000	Stands	Yes	Yes	Yes	6	0.26%
MGM Grand	6	$25	$10,000	Hits	Yes	Yes	Yes	5	0.46%
Mandalay Bay	2	$100	$10,000	Stands	Yes	No	No	2	0.19%
Mandalay Bay	6	$100	$10,000	Stands	Yes	Yes	Yes	6	0.26%
Mandalay Bay	8	$25	$5,000	Hits	Yes	No	Yes	3	0.59%
New York-New York	2	$200	$5,000	Hits	Yes	No	No	1	0.40%
New York-New York	6	$100	$5,000	Hits	Yes	Yes	Yes	1	0.46%
New York-New York	8	$50	$5,000	Hits	Yes	Yes	Yes	1	0.49%
Park MGM	2	$100	$10,000	Stands	Yes	No	No	2	0.19%
Park MGM	6	$100	$10,000	Stands	Yes	Yes	Yes	2	0.26%

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

Aria: Known to bar advantage players quickly.
Excalibur: Mid-shoe entry limited to $500.
Luxor: The two high-limit tables are rarely open.
MGM Grand: Six-deck hit-17 game is sometimes $25 on weekday day shifts. Double deck uses a six-deck discard tray.
New York-New York: Known to bar advantage players quickly.
Park MGM: No smoking or vaping anywhere in the casino.

What’s changed

Monte Carlo was renamed Park MGM in 2018 and is now non-smoking throughout. Tropicana closed in April 2024 and has been demolished to make way for a baseball stadium, so it is no longer in the survey.

Source: the Las Vegas blackjack survey by Wizard of Vegas (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.