How many decks does Speed Blackjack Pro use?

Eight decks of 52 cards. According to the rules, the cards are shuffled randomly before each round.

Does the dealer hit soft 17?

Yes. The dealer draws until 17 or more and takes another card on a soft 17, such as Ace plus 6.

What does Blackjack pay?

A natural Blackjack pays 3:2 (1.5x your bet). If the dealer also has Blackjack, it is a push and your bet comes back.

Can I re-split pairs or double after splitting?

You can split only once. If another identical pair lands after a split, it cannot be split again. Each split hand can Hit, Stand or Double, except split Aces, which get one card each.

What is the RTP of the side bets?

The rules list 96.25% for 21+3 and 93.72% for Perfect Pair, compared with 99.38% for the main game.

Is there a bonus buy in Speed Blackjack Pro?

No. It is a table game, so there is no bonus buy. The extras are the 21+3 and Perfect Pair side bets and insurance.

Speed Blackjack Pro Guide: Rules, Side Bets, Splitting and Doubling

By the CasinoDemo editorial team · Updated 2026-11-09 · How we review

Speed Blackjack Pro is BGaming's single-player blackjack table: up to three hands against one dealer, two optional side bets per hand, and rounds that settle fast. The rules sit in plain view on the felt: Blackjack pays 3:2, the dealer hits soft 17 and insurance pays 2:1.

We played five rounds in the free demo with Hints switched on, hit, stood, doubled and split, and won a Perfect Pair side bet along the way. This guide sets out the real rules from the in-game help pages, the payout table, and what happened at our table.

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Speed Blackjack Pro at a glance

Provider: BGaming
RTP: 99.38%
Demo: Free, no sign-up

How a round works

You pick a chip, then drop it on one of three betting boxes. Each box is its own hand, so you can play one, two or three hands of the same or different sizes. The demo starts you with 1,000 FUN credits, and the chips we saw ran from 1.00 FUN through 2.50 FUN up to a 2,000 FUN chip. Rebet repeats your last layout and Bet x2 doubles it.

Press Deal and every hand gets two face-up cards. The dealer takes one card up and one face down. You act on each hand in turn: Hit for another card, Stand to move on, Double Down to double the bet and take exactly one more card, or Split when your first two cards are identical. Once every hand is finished, the dealer flips the hole card and draws. Higher total without passing 21 wins, equal totals push and your stake comes back, and any hand over 21 loses regardless of what the dealer does.

The game shows soft totals both ways. Our A, 5, 4 appeared as 10/20 above the cards, which makes the Ace easy to read at speed.

Speed Blackjack Pro betting table with two main bets plus 21+3 and PP side bets placed — Two hands placed, with 21+3 and Perfect Pair on the middle box

Speed Blackjack Pro hand of 3, 2, 2 and Ace shown as soft total 8/18 against a dealer 2 — Soft totals are shown both ways (8/18)

Deck and dealer rules

The shoe is 8 decks of 52 cards, and the help pages say the cards are shuffled randomly before every round. Number cards count face value, Jack, Queen and King count 10, and an Ace counts 11 unless that would bust the hand, in which case it drops to 1. Suits do not matter for the main game.

The dealer draws until reaching 17 or more and also hits a soft 17 (for example Ace plus 6). With an Ace showing, the dealer checks the hole card for Blackjack. A dealer Blackjack ends the round at once and every player hand loses, except a player Blackjack, which pushes.

Insurance is offered when the dealer shows an Ace. It costs 50% of the main bet, you can insure single hands with the Shield button or all of them through the pop-up, and it pays x2 if the dealer has Blackjack. If not, the insurance is lost and the hand plays on. We never saw a dealer Ace in our five rounds, so we did not get the insurance prompt.

Doubling, splitting and Hints

Double Down doubles the bet on that hand and deals one card, and then the hand is over. In the demo the Double button greyed out as soon as a hand had three cards, so it is a first-decision move. After a split, each new hand can Hit, Stand or Double.

Split needs two identical cards and adds a second bet equal to the first. You cannot split again if another pair lands. Split Aces get one card each, and a 10-value card on a split Ace counts as 21, not Blackjack.

The lightbulb turns on Hints. A small icon over the active hand suggests Hit, Stand or Split, but only on two-card hands, and the rules say it never suggests doubling. That matched what we saw: on soft 15 against a dealer 3 it suggested Hit, and on 7-7 against a dealer 5 it suggested Split. The settings menu also holds a Turbo mode switch and a "Play with strategy" toggle.

Speed Blackjack Pro hint icon suggesting Stand on King and 9 for 19 against a dealer 2 — Hint suggesting Stand on 19

Speed Blackjack Pro after splitting sevens: hands of 19, 17 and soft 18 against a dealer 5 — After splitting 7s we had three hands in play

Side bets: 21+3 and Perfect Pair

Each main bet can carry a 21+3 bet, a Perfect Pair bet, or both. Both are settled from the opening cards.

21+3 uses your two cards plus the dealer's face-up card as a three-card poker hand. Flush pays 5:1, Straight 10:1, Three of a Kind 30:1, Straight Flush 40:1 and Suited Trips (three identical cards, possible because of the 8 decks) 100:1.

Perfect Pair looks only at your first two cards. Mixed Pair (same rank, different colour) pays 5:1, Coloured Pair (same rank and colour, different suits) pays 12:1, and Perfect Pair (same rank and suit) pays 26:1.

The catch is the return. The help pages list 96.25% RTP for 21+3 and 93.72% for Perfect Pair, against 99.38% for the main game. Both side bets give back noticeably less over time than the base hand.

Speed Blackjack Pro payout table for main bet, insurance, 21+3 and Perfect Pair side bets — The full payout table from the rules

What happened in our demo session

We played five rounds with two 1 FUN hands, plus 1 FUN on 21+3 and 1 FUN on Perfect Pair on one of them. These are single rounds, not averages.

Round one went badly: J, 5 took a 7 and bust, and our 17 lost too. Round three was a lesson in ignoring the Hint. We doubled soft 15 (4, A) against a 3 when the Hint said Hit, drew a 7 for hard 12, and the dealer made 19, so the doubled 2 FUN went. Our other hand, 19, pushed.

Round four flipped it. We stood on 17 and on soft 20, the dealer went 4, Q, 8 to 22, and both hands were paid. Round five was the best: we were dealt 7 of diamonds and 7 of clubs on the box with the Perfect Pair bet, a Mixed Pair, which paid 6 FUN back at 5:1. We then split the 7s as the Hint advised, ended with 19, 17 and soft 18, and the dealer bust with 5, 9, J for 24. Total win for that round: 12.00 FUN on 5 FUN staked, about 2.4x the stake. After five rounds the balance sat at 996 FUN, 4 below where we began.

Speed Blackjack Pro double down on soft 15 ending at 12 against dealer 19 — Our double on soft 15 ended at 12 against the dealer's 19

Speed Blackjack Pro dealer bust on 24 paying three split hands, total win 12.00 FUN — Dealer bust on 24: total win 12.00 FUN including the Mixed Pair

RTP, max win and speed

The rules list a theoretical RTP of 99.38% for the main game, 96.25% for 21+3 and 93.72% for Perfect Pair. The maximum winning amount is stated as x101 of the bet, which lines up with the top side bet: Suited Trips pays 100:1.

The "Speed" part is real. Once you stand on your last hand, the dealer draws, the round settles and the table resets for the next bet within a couple of seconds. The Flash button speeds things up further. That pace is handy for practising decisions, but it also means you can play a lot of hands in a short time, so set a limit before you start.

Our verdict

Speed Blackjack Pro is a clean, fast version of standard shoe blackjack. Blackjack pays 3:2, the main game lists a 99.38% RTP, and the rules are spelled out clearly: dealer hits soft 17, one split per hand, insurance at 2:1. The Hints are useful for learning, though they skip doubling advice. Our advice: treat 21+3 and Perfect Pair as occasional extras, since their listed returns are several points lower, and use the free demo to get comfortable with the pace before playing for real.

How to play Speed Blackjack Pro free in Canada

Press Play demo for free on the game page and the BGaming demo loads with virtual credits. There is nothing to download, no account to create and no deposit to make, and it works in your browser on desktop and mobile.

Use the demo to see how the bonus round plays out and whether the game's pace suits you.

Playing Speed Blackjack Pro for real money in Canada

Real-money online gambling in Canada is regulated province by province. Ontario runs a regulated market where licensed operators are overseen by iGaming Ontario and the AGCO; other provinces offer play through their own provincial sites, such as PlayNow (British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan), Loto-Québec, PlayAlberta and ALC in Atlantic Canada.

The legal age is 19 in most provinces and 18 in Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec. Only play at sites licensed where you live, set limits before you start, and treat gambling as entertainment, never as a way to make money.

Speed Blackjack Pro FAQ

How many decks does Speed Blackjack Pro use?: Eight decks of 52 cards. According to the rules, the cards are shuffled randomly before each round.
Does the dealer hit soft 17?: Yes. The dealer draws until 17 or more and takes another card on a soft 17, such as Ace plus 6.
What does Blackjack pay?: A natural Blackjack pays 3:2 (1.5x your bet). If the dealer also has Blackjack, it is a push and your bet comes back.
Can I re-split pairs or double after splitting?: You can split only once. If another identical pair lands after a split, it cannot be split again. Each split hand can Hit, Stand or Double, except split Aces, which get one card each.
What is the RTP of the side bets?: The rules list 96.25% for 21+3 and 93.72% for Perfect Pair, compared with 99.38% for the main game.
Is there a bonus buy in Speed Blackjack Pro?: No. It is a table game, so there is no bonus buy. The extras are the 21+3 and Perfect Pair side bets and insurance.

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