# Payout differences between 3:2 blackjack and 6:5 blackjack

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 5, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/payout-differences-between-3-2-blackjack-and-6-5-blackjack/563062 "2010-12-05T20:00:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/payout-differences-between-3-2-blackjack-and-6-5-blackjack/563062/1 "2010-12-05T20:00:00Z")

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Let’s assume I play ten hours of blackjack at $10 per hand using perfect blackjack strategy. How much worse am I off if I am playing at a table where blackjacks pay 3:2 instead of 6:5

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**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/payout-differences-between-3-2-blackjack-and-6-5-blackjack/563062/2 "2010-12-05T20:17:24Z")

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Make that how much **better off** am I if I play 3:2 rather than 6:5

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**Author:** ![RadicalPi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/radicalpi/32/9806_2.png) [@RadicalPi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadicalPi)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/payout-differences-between-3-2-blackjack-and-6-5-blackjack/563062/3 "2010-12-05T20:55:27Z")

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According to the Wizard of Odds ([Blackjack House Edge - Wizard of Odds](http://wizardofodds.com/blackjack/house-edge-calculator.html)), the house advantage with eight decks, standing on soft 17, doubling after splits, up to four splits, resplitting aces, hitting on split aces, late surrender, and blackjack paying 3:2 is 0.22294%. Everything being the same, but with blackjack paying 6:5, the house advantage is 1.58093%.

The larger number is 7.1 times the smaller number, so 6:5 pays much, much worse.