The following table shows that Kings are slightly more important than other ten-valued cards, but this significance is not enough to generate a different counting tag for all Kings. I computed the EORs for KB to see if a card counting system based around Kings was possible. It follows that KB should be slightly more vulnerable to card counting than the six-deck version of LL. The house edge for KB is about 1.5% less than LL. The standard deviation for the six-deck version is 4.871.īy comparison, the house edge for the six-deck version of LL is 24.709%.The house edge for the six-deck version is 23.164%.The following table gives the combinatorial analysis for the KB bet for 6 decks: Otherwise, the player loses the KB bet.Two suited Queens, Jacks or Tens pays 20-to-1.Pair of King of Spades without dealer blackjack pays 100-to-1.Pair of King of Spades with dealer blackjack pays 1000-to-1.The payouts for winning KB bets are as follows. In the mean time, this analysis is limited to the six-deck version of KB. If a reader finds KB on a two-deck game, please forward the pay table to me. Without evidence of a pay table suitable for two decks, I must conclude the game was not designed to be used in this situation. This pay table gives a house edge over the statutory maximum of 25% for two decks. Only one pay table is given in the documentation I found online ( kings_bounty). The most significant difference between the two wagers is that KB is not available for two decks. I have always assumed that KB and LL have about the same vulnerability to card counting, with the Ten Count working for both. Both games have a top prize of 1000-to-1 that is paid when the premium pair occurs simultaneously with a dealer blackjack. In KB, this pair consists of two King of Spades. In LL, this pair consists of two Queen of Hearts. Both side bets have a special payout for a matched pair.

Both wagers pay based on the player’s two cards totaling 20. King’s Bounty (KB) is Shuffle Master's answer to Galaxy Gaming's Lucky Ladies (LL) blackjack side bet.

King's bounty blackjack