I do not believe the machine was manufactured with this function, IIRC it was aftermarket software. For example, if the machine dealt you quads and you threw them away it would redeal quads. On the older machines there was a rogue patch that could set the machine to play like a slot machine. Of course, this is all moot if these machines aren't 'fair'. The slot club awards points/bounceback/comps as if it is a slot machine, not VP. Can you explain more? The reason I ask is these same machines also have 8/5 JoB with a progressive that turns positive very often.

The bonus round gives $7.60 for the first-level multipliers, and $15.20 for the second-level multipliers. The non-suited 2:1 part gives you another 4.83% * 3/4 * $0.5 = $0.018 (ignoring Blackjack pushes). You get a blackjack with probability 4.83%, where 1/4 of times they will be suited. Hence a $1 bet would return $0.75*0.9 = $0.675 (with normal 3:2 blackjack payout). You would basically play a normal hand with 75% your stake, and paying 25% ante.

Now there comes the 'win only half stake'.

In a normal game for no double and no split I would estimate the EV to be around -10% (I think the 'mimic the dealer strategy' yields -10%, so this number could be a lower limit). You will indeed find that you would never want to double, and splits are at most marginal (i.e. Regarding the half stake payout, subtract 0.5 on all stand/hit, and 1.0 on all double/split. First looking at the (well, infinite deck) tables at.

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