Online blackjack can take many forms. Some variations completely mirror the experience of playing in a real casino, while others seem completely artificial. For players that want to play the most realistic blackjack games possible, the two most important variables are playing live games, and playing them for real money. Live blackjack for real money takes a regular blackjack game and then makes only the smallest changes necessary to bring it to the Internet. Once in place, these games are the absolute pinnacle of online gambling for blackjack enthusiasts. Keep reading as we discuss how these games work, how they affect you, and why you will have to go all the way to a land casino to find a decent alternative to live, real money blackjack. We will constantly update this page with the current best live blackjack sites and other relevant news of importance.

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Let’s break the game down into its two components and start by looking at what defines a live blackjack game. Even though these games are played over the Internet, there isn’t a computer at the heart of a live blackjack table. Instead of using a random number generator to simulate the dealer, there is a real, highly trained human being acting as your blackjack dealer. This dealer deals to every seat but, if you were standing in the same room as them, you would realize that nobody was sitting around the table! The game is being filmed and instantly streamed to blackjack players in countries all around the globe.

As a live blackjack player, you can usually make all of the same moves that you would in a standard online casino, but there are some perks. First of all, being able to watch your dealer work with regular cards gives you the same, life-like casino gambling experience that you are looking for. You can even communicate with your live blackjack dealer by typing into the chat box! Good luck interacting with the computers that run other online casinos.

There is one version of live online blackjack that really stands out from the rest. Known as Early Payout Blackjack, this variation can only be found in a couple of live blackjack sites (LuckyLive.com and DublinBet.com). In a game with Early Payout, you do not actually have to do anything other than bet. Your dealer plays your hand for you by following the rules of basic blackjack strategy. This gives you the best chance to win and, if you ever don’t like the dealer’s moves, you can accept an early payout and walk away from the hand. This early payout can be worth far less, or even somewhat more, than what you originally bet, depending on what the cards look like, but it can be a smart move at times.

Becoming a Real Money Blackjack Player

Real money online blackjack includes any game where you have to bet your hard earned money to play. In the world of live gambling, almost every blackjack game is for real money, so it’s important to learn how this works. Your casino banking, while far from fun, is a crucial part of playing any kind of real money game. To get your money into an online casino, you will need to choose a payment option such as a major credit card or a digital service like Neteller. Every casino accepts a different set of banking methods, and players from some countries (like the United States) may have difficulty making deposits. Withdrawals are usually more straightforward, and the best casinos should payout within only a few business days.

Digital casinos may use a completely random algorithm to deal their blackjack games, but live casinos have to use real cards. From the perspective of a card counter, this is a great opportunity. Card counting takes a lot of hard work, which is probably worthwhile, because it can give you a true edge against the house. The number one reason that players choose real money live blackjack games, above all else, is the fact that you have a chance to walk away with some winnings. As long as you take care to play properly, the last thing you need to consider is the reputation of your online casino. They are handling your money and some of your financial information. Don’t sign up anywhere until you find a live, real money blackjack casino that you are comfortable with.

Real Money Online Blackjack Updates

25th September 2012 – Sportsbook.com are now able to allow US players again, and as you all know, they have good real money live blackjack games. However, for the moment it seems there are some issues with the live dealer supplier from time to time. A statement to LiveOnlineBlackjack.net says they are working on it and should hopefully be ok soon. Keep checking this page for further updates.

9th May 2011 – On the 15th of April the US Department of Justice cracked down on the four largest online poker rooms which made USA players unable to play any real money games at PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker and UB.com. Since Absolute Poker and UB.com offered both online blackjack for real money and online blackjack tournaments we thought we would make this update to let US blackjack players know that there are still are other good alternatives to these two sites when it comes to playing real money blackjack. The US friendly blackjack sites listed on this page are still accepting real money deposits from US players and they are completely legal in most states.

12th May 2011 – Our contact over at the US friendly real money gambling site SportsInteraction contacted us today with some bad news. They will no longer accept US real money players and this is going to go into effect in the coming days. This is a real shame for US based casino players as these guys were planning to launch live dealer games during the year which would have instantly made them our favorite live online blackjack site for US players. We have updated our top list of real money blackjack sites to reflect these changes and as you can see there are still some US friendly options out there.

29th May 2011 – The US casino market, or actually the entire gambling market in general is taking a pretty big beating. This week we got to know that all Vegas Technology powered casinos would be shutting down completely at the end of this month. This means that GoCasino and OnlineVegas are now out of business and are no longer accepting real money players from any country. Our number 1 pick for playing online blackjack for real money from the US is the OddsMaker.com Casino and they are still accepting US players as usual and they are pretty decent at processing both deposits and withdrawals.

17th June 2011 – The online casino over at 888.com have recently got a 3D version of some of their most popular games including their online blackjack games. Even though these are still random generated games and not live dealer games it still adds a lot of value to the overall experience compared to a regular online blackjack game without 3D and without real dealers. At the moment new players are being offered a free £8 bonus without any deposit needed so make sure to try it out while this offer is still available.

22nd June 2011 – Since so many US friendly online casinos that were offering live blackjack have been closing their doors lately we thought we would inform you that we have now updated this page to reflect the one live dealer casino that is still taking real money players from the USA. We have added OddsMaker.com to the list of recommended places to play live online blackjack for money. As far as we know they are very easy to deal with when it comes to making deposits and withdrawals which is the single most important thing when it comes to US facing live casinos.

4th July 2011 – We have just been made aware that the Grand Duke Casino have been “rouged” over at the casino player advocate website CasimoMeister.com after having refused to pay a real money blackjack player his £7200 winnings at their blackjack tables. Grand Duke claims that the player had been using a system to cheat while playing blackjack and is therefore not able to withdraw his winnings. As far as we know there is no system to constantly win at random number generated blackjack games so we advice all our visitors to stay away from the Grand Duke Casino as they can not be trusted. You can find more detailed information on this issue in this thread at the CasinoMeister forums.

17th July 2011 – It seems the situation at Grand Duke was resolved and the player will end up getting paid after sending his documents to them. Don’t be fooled by this gesture of “good will” because in our opinion it’s nothing but a poor attempt to try and save face. Grand Duke is still rouge in our opinion and we would not recommend playing casino games for real money there. There are so many other safe and fair options out there that it’s just not worth risking your hard earned cash with a rouge operator.

9th August 2011 – It’s been a while since we had to report any updates from the world of real money blackjack games but now we feel it’s time to issue a warning to those of you looking to play online blackjack tournaments for real money. A couple of years ago there were plenty of options for tournament players as online poker rooms Absolute Poker and UltimateBet were running loads of blackjack tournaments aside from their regular poker business. But since the Black Friday shut down those two tournament sites are no longer able to accept any real money players which leaves Cake Poker as the only current provider of blackjack tournaments for real money on the Internet. We feel it’s our responsibility to report about the current problems over at Cake Poker to our visitors. At the moment US based players are waiting up to 8 weeks to have their funds sent to them by check and when the check arrives it will bounce more often than not. If this wasn’t enough it is also being reported that non US players are being forced to wait up to 6 weeks for a withdrawal to eWallets such as Neteller and Moneybookers. There is really no excuse for not being able to pay non US players on time to their eWallets so there must be a cash flow issue over at Cake Poker right now. With that in mind we would advice all those of you who have funds at CakePoker to withdraw them as soon as possible. We also advice new players not to sign up or deposit with Cake Poker at the moment due to the extremely slow payment processing.

12th March 2012 – I haven’t updated this section of the site for a while now but to be honest there haven’t been a whole lot of new developments in the world of online blackjack. The same sites that were shady before are still shady and the ones we have been recommending are still paying like clockwork. Lately there have been rumors circulating that US facing online casino BetOnline.com are about to add a live dealer casino to their portfolio. That means that US players will soon be able to play live online blackjack games for real money at this casino. This is great news as BetOnline has a great track record of being able to process credit card deposits and more importantly they are well known for paying their players on time when they win. I will make sure to update this page again when the live casino games are live at BetOnline.

24th July 2012 – It’s been a couple of months since I wrote that US facing online casino BetOnline.com were going to add live dealer blackjack games for real money play to their portfolio but we have yet to see this come through. I haven’t heard anything more regarding this so I assume they have scrapped the idea completely which is really a shame since it would have been a great option for US players.

Currently it’s only 5Dimes and OddsMaker who are offering live blackjack games that are available for USA players but I am keeping my eyes open for new alternatives so make sure to check back here for more updates.

We will continue to update this page with information about the best real money casinos for blackjack players residing in the US so make sure to bookmark this page and return to check for recent developments.

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