Blackjack is one game that is popular at both land casinos and online casinos. Players who find it inconvenient to visit land casinos have to play blackjack online. But players who have the opportunity of playing at land casinos have to decide where they would like to play. Online blackjack offers several advantages that easily make it the preferred option. The only thing that is missing is the live casino atmosphere. This article explains the various advantages of online blackjack over land casino blackjack.

Blackjack requires skill and it is here that online blackjack scores heavily. The best online casino software providers have built in optimum strategy into their blackjack games. Microgaming is an example of this. Players can refer to the strategy card provided and read the optimum moves from it. They can even put the blackjack game on auto play, which allows the software to wager using the optimum strategy. Players wagering at online casinos that do not offer these features are also not at a loss because strategy cards are available at several sites on the Internet and can be referred to from there. Hence online blackjack players can be sure of using optimum strategy and achieving the greater than 99% average returns that these games offer.

This facility is not available in land casino blackjack. Land casinos do not allow players to carry strategy cards with them. Therefore players have to memorize the optimum strategy which is not an easy thing for everybody. It also has to be noted that the optimum strategy changes with changes in the rules of the game. For example it would be different for the no hole card variant played at European casinos. Therefore players, in particular new players, are likely to deviate from optimum strategy and achieve much lower average returns.

Barring live dealer blackjack, almost all online blackjack variants have players wagering on a one to one basis with the online casino. There are no other players at the table. Therefore the player can take as much time as he wants to make the move. It may be that he wants to think over the move or wants to take a telephone call from a friend. In land casinos the dealer enforces strict time limits and the other players also do not like to be kept waiting.

Online blackjack variants offer prompts to players in different ways. For example all the possible options available to the player at any time are displayed on the screen. Therefore it is unlikely that the player will miss out on any option. This facility is obviously not are available in land casinos. In online casinos the player makes his moves by clicking on the appropriate spots on the screen. In land casinos the player has to make his moves using certain sign conventions. These can be confusing to a new player.

Land casinos offer only the standard variants of blackjack. Today most land casinos may offer both American and European formats and maybe Pontoon as well. As compared to this, online casinos offer dozens of blackjack variants and thus offer greater choice to the player. Some of them are really innovative games that expose both the cards of the dealer, or allow the player to wager with two hands and then switch cards or allow certain cards to be re-dealt at an additional cost. There are blackjack variants with side bets and with progressive jackpots as well.