Poll: Reduced play due to Covid

[Jabberwocky]

Pretty much given up brick and mortar casino play since the covid got going. I made one several day trip in March 2020 when covid was just getting going, then I didn't go to the casino again until May 2021 after I had my covid shots. Covid was on the decline at that time, but started up again in the summer of 2021 so I gave up brick and mortar casinos and haven't been in one since.

It was in 2021 that MI legalized online gambling and the online casinos offered some great promotions. So I could get my blackjack fix by staying home and just sitting in front of my computer. Now it's 2022, and those great promotions have mostly gone away. Out of the 3 casino promotions I received for the Memorial Day weekend only 2 were positive expected value. However, I'm still playing a lot of blackjack and Spanish 21, but it's all online. So far for the month of May 2022 I have played 43 times. For the month of May I'm $1,560 ahead as of right now, but still a couple of days to go, and all the promotions haven't been completed yet.

i've yet to encounter a 6/5 Spanish game while they seem to be prevalent in the standard BJ arena. This condition would unilaterally give a player a strong incentive to ditch Blackjack altogether.

[21forme]

Pretty much given up brick and mortar casino play since the covid got going.

We know the real reason. The snow is still blocking your front door.

i've yet to encounter a 6/5 Spanish game

While BJ is in the public domain, Sp21 is owned by a company and patented/copyrighted. So, casinos can't change the rules unless the game owner offers other variations on the game.

[Jabberwocky]

Well I did find a CA native store that offered DD Sp21. Unaware if that's still the case. Then there's Players Edge SP21 where 5-1 odds is paid out on the insurance bet if the dealer's natural is suited. Those two variables were not components of the original copyright, I believe. So it seems casinos do indeed have some latitude involving some of the rule sets.