
Originally Posted by
Mrlova
The casino games on Merge have something like a 98% payback rate. That's very similar to many Vegas casinos. That doesn't mean you're going to only 2% of your buy-in each time you play blackjack. That means in the long run you'll only lose 2% if and only if you're playing perfect basic strategy, something I highly doubt the majority of players do, assuming they even know what basic strategy is. The blackjack games also simulate a shuffle after every hand, so online blackjack is very much like roulette. The hands are independent of each other unlike casino blackjack where the results of one hand directly impact the odds of the following hands.