Why Lightning Blackjack won't be a success

Lightning Blackjack has arrived in the Dutch online casinos, and that's not good news. Because what a ***game this is.

Mr. Casino rarely has that he tries out a new game in an online casino and immediately hates it. But game developer Evolution has managed to bring such a game to market: Lightning Blackjack.

And Mr. Casino is not the only one who thinks so, because during an afternoon of playing he saw a lot of swearing, complaining, and cursing pass by on the live chat of Lightning Blackjack.

Even the dealers can hardly hide the fact that they don't believe in it either.

What is Lightning Blackjack?

Lightning Blackjack is based on the normal blackjack rules, but to dress up the game, Evolution has added multipliers.

Each round, in addition to your regular bet, you are required to pay a fee of 100%. If you bet €1, you will be playing for €2 that round.

After you have placed your bet, you will see the multipliers appear behind the blackjack table, ranging from x2 to x25. These are different for each game round.

If you win the hand, the multiplier applies to the next game round. But beware: you can't increase your bet all at once, because the multiplier applies at most to the amount of your bet in the previous round. After talking to many expert people, we came to the conclusion that it is better to play the classic game and stick to these 5 Tips In Blackjack, to improve your skills and reduce the risks.

Why is Lightning Blackjack not fun?

Lightning Blackjack is frustrating for several reasons.

First, if you don't win, you'll run out of money in no time because you're betting twice as much, as usual, each round. And if you win a multiplier, you have to win it again the next round, or you won't get anything out of the multiplier.

Secondly, in Lightning Blackjack, you often have the feeling that you are making wrong decisions. For example, if your first two cards are 11 and the banker has 6, the basic blackjack strategy would be to double. In Lightning Blackjack, this is sometimes not a good choice, because you might miss out on a very high multiplier.

But if you chase those high multipliers, you'll buy yourself out more often and still lose.

It's like playing two games at once: one with your regular bet and one with the multiplier fee. And the right decisions for those two games are far from equal.

Third, the game moves slowly. This is also true of other blackjack variants where all players play with the same cards, such as Infinite Blackjack. But in Lightning Blackjack, an "exciting" movie soundtrack plays in the background, something like during the chase scenes of Bassie and Adriaan. This makes it all seem to take longer.

Moreover, the game does not feel logical. In Lightning Roulette, you immediately know: hey, nice, roulette but with a little extra. The moment with the lightning strike gives every round some thrill and if you have bet on one of the numbers with a multiplier, you are on the edge of your seat.

In Lightning Blackjack, it's not like that. You get the impression that Evolution wanted to make a blackjack variant with multipliers at all costs, and that this is what they ended up with.

Mr. Casino thinks the game is a failure and is used to better games from Evolution.

Want to try Lightning Blackjack?

Are you curious about Lightning Blackjack? You can play it at Bingoal and BetCity, among others.