One click, one hand: the shelf of software tables
In the software versions of card and dice games, a random number generator (RNG) shuffles the deck and rolls the dice. There’s no dealer, no other players, and nobody rushing you. This shelf suits anyone who wants to understand a rule calmly, step by step, before sitting down at a studio table.
The fast pace cuts both ways, though. With no betting window to wait for, far more rounds fit into an hour – and the house edge works quietly in every one of them. The payout percentage lesson breaks down what that means in percentages.
The four games differ a lot: in two you make decisions during the round, in the other two you only choose your bet.
Four games, one fact sheet
| Feature | On this shelf | Why it matters to you |
|---|---|---|
| Who decides the outcome | RNG; card games usually reshuffle before every round | Earlier cards tell you nothing about the next one |
| Your own choices | Yes in blackjack and video poker, none in baccarat and dice | Skill only counts where you can press a button mid-round |
| Pace | You start each round, no waiting | More rounds per hour, so higher total turnover |
| Rule variant | Deck count, payout ratio and pay table vary by game | Two games with the same name can carry different prices |
| Bonus contribution | Point 2.14 of the bonus rules counts these – together with roulette and video poker – at 0% | This shelf won’t help you clear a bonus |
The rules in a nutshell, game by game
Blackjack. You play against the dealer: you aim to finish nearer 21 than the dealer without going over. You can hit, stand, double, and split two matching cards into separate hands. The house edge comes from the order of play – you draw first, so if you bust, your bet is gone before the dealer turns a single card. The rule set carries real weight here: if a natural blackjack pays only 6:5 instead of 3:2, the variant costs about 1.39 percentage points more.
Baccarat. Two hands, Player and Banker; the game draws cards by fixed rules. You only pick which hand will land closer to 9 points, or a tie. Tens and face cards are worth zero, and a total keeps just its last digit: 7 + 8 = 15, so 5 points. A commission is usually taken from Banker wins; the help panel gives the rate.
Video poker. You get five cards, choose which to hold and swap the rest once. The machine pays by the rank of your final hand, according to a fixed pay table. In Jacks or Better, the lowest paying hand is a pair of jacks or better.
Dice games (sic bo and its relatives). Three dice are rolled and you bet on the result: a total, a specific number, a pair or a triple. Three dice can land in 6 × 6 × 6 = 216 sequences, and one specific triple – say three fives – is just one of them. That’s why the big-paying fields come up rarely; the risk levels lesson covers this.
Software roulette often sits on this shelf too. The European wheel’s 2.70% house edge stays the same there.
Start a software round in six steps
- Find the game with the filter, and check the studio name on the tile.
- Open the rule sheet or info panel. Look for: deck count, natural payout, commission or pay table.
- Set the chip to its lowest value. Your first few rounds are for learning, not for big stakes.
- Place your bet and start the round. In blackjack and video poker, this is when the decisions come.
- Skip autoplay until you understand the rules. If the game offers a turbo mode, it pushes hourly turnover up even further.
- Check the history after the round: how much you staked and how much came back.
3:2 or 6:5: the same game, a different price tag
Worked example with invented values – independent of Dukat.bet:
Two RNG blackjack games sit side by side. One pays 3:2 on a natural blackjack, the other 6:5. In one session you play 200 rounds at 10 EUR each. What does a natural pay at each table, and how much more does the 6:5 version cost on average over 200 rounds?
Solution. At 3:2 a natural wins 15 EUR, at 6:5 it wins 12 EUR – 3 EUR less per natural. Total amount wagered: 200 × 10 = 2,000 EUR. On that sum, the gap of about 1.39 percentage points means roughly 27.80 EUR of extra average loss.
Any single session can swing either way, but the difference is always there in the background.
Four lines to find on the rule sheet
- Blackjack: 3:2 or 6:5 on a natural, and how many decks the game deals from.
- Baccarat: the size of the Banker commission and what a tie pays.
- Video poker: the full house and flush rows of the pay table.
- Dice: what the help panel says about triples on the ‘small’ and ‘big’ bets.
Once you have those, try the live tables shelf, where the same games run with a real dealer; the table dictionary gives you a handle on the terms.