Blackjack with Hot Streak Bonus is an innovative variant from the leading online casino software provider WagerWorks. It combines all the benefits of European Blackjack game with some favorable rules added on, including an exciting opportunity to turn lucky streaks into big money.

The main blackjack game is played just like in European land casinos. The rules, payouts and betting limits are displayed by moving the cursor over the icon on the top left corner of the screen. The usual important European Blackjack rules are that there is no hole card dealt and that the dealer must stand on all hand values of 17. In addition WagerWorks Hot Streak Blackjack allows players to split Aces and to automatically win on a Six-Card Charlie when the dealer does not have a blackjack. A Six-Card Charlie is a six card hand that has a hand value of 21 or less. These rules increase the average return to the player to 99.81%, which is fantastic even for blackjack variants.

The defining feature of WagerWorks Hot Streak Blackjack is the Hot Streak bonus. Before the start of each game, players can wager an optional side bet. The chips are placed on the base of the Hot Streak Bonus ladder and are independently subject to the minimum and maximum table limits. This bet can be placed only if a bet is also placed for the main game. Hot Streak bonus bets can be placed before the start of any game even if there are earlier bets pending on the bonus ladder. New bets placed do not affect the existing Hot Streak bonus bets in any way. Each Hot Streak bonus bet advances one step whenever the player wins the blackjack game. If the player ties with the dealer then all Hot Streak bonus bets remain in place. If the player loses the blackjack game, all Hot Streak bonus bets are also lost.

The Hot Streak bonus bet merely advances up the ladder after the first win without making any payout. It starts paying from the second consecutive blackjack win. This payout is 1.5 times the bet. The third consecutive win pays 3 times the bet and the fourth consecutive win pays 6 times the bet. After four consecutive wins the Hot Streak bonus bet is automatically removed from the table.

Special Hot Streak bonus rules apply to split hands. The player loses the Hot Streak Bonus bets only if he loses both the split hands against the dealer. Similarly he must win both hands to advance the Hot Streak bonus bets and receive the payouts. If one split hand loses and the other one wins, then the Hot Streak Bonus bets remain in place. Double Downs apply only to the main game bet and do not affect the Hot Streak bonus bets in any manner. Similarly insurance bets have no effect on the Hot Streak Bonus bets.

WagerWorks Hot Streak Blackjack offers some convenient customization options. The Speed option allows players to control the speed of game play. In Normal mode the card dealing animations displayed. In Turbo mode animations are eliminated. The Audio option allows players to enable or disable the dealer’s voice and the game’s sound effects. The Graphics Quality option allows players to set the quality of the graphics to get the best performance on the computer. Hot Streak Blackjack is live at WagerWorks online casinos like Virgin Casino.