How's blackjack in Charles Town, WV? I'm in the DC area to see relatives for the week and was wondering if any of you have played BJ at the Hollywood casino in Charles Town? How many decks can I expect to see on a 3:2 table, what are the table minimums, etc? Is it worth going to? Hollywood Casino Joliet features action-packed blackjack, craps, roulette, and more! There’s over 25 tables in all. Serious players will love the big stakes in our expansive High-Limit gaming area equipped with several flat-screen TVs so you can catch all the biggest sporting events.

Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races is a race track and casino just outside the eastern city limits of Charles Town, West Virginia, owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated by Penn National Gaming. It features a six furlongthoroughbredhorse racing facility that is home of the West Virginia Breeders' Classic. It is one of the busiest thoroughbred tracks in the country with over 240 racing dates scheduled for 2012. It generally runs a 5 days a week schedule (four days per week in July & August and some major holidays). It also contains over 3,000 slot machines, table games, and sports betting.

• 2Horse racing
• 3Other facilities

Ownership history[edit]

The Charles Town Race Track was opened on December 2, 1933 by the Shenandoah Valley Jockey Club.^[1] It has changed owners over the years and in 1997 was purchased by Penn National Gaming, Inc. ^[2]

Horse racing[edit]

The Sprint Festival[edit]

In 2008, the track inaugurated The Sprint Festival, four open stakes worth a total of $500,000. These are the 4½ furlong $200,000 Charles Town Invitational Dash for colts and geldings three-years-old and up, the $100,000 Lady Charles Town for 3-year-old fillies at 4½ furlongs, the $100,000 West Virginia Sprint Derby for 3-year-olds at 4½ furlongs, and the $100,000 Red Legend Stakes for 3-year-olds at seven furlongs.

Wv Hollywood Casino

West Virginia Breeders' Classics[edit]

In 1987, NFL Hall of Famer Sam Huff organized the first West Virginia Breeders’ Classics. Local favorite Onion Juice won the inaugural running and the state’s first $100,000 purse.

• Biggest race of the day is the $500,000 West Virginia Breeders' Classic.
• Total purses for the day combine for a total $1,000,000.

Charles Town Classic[edit]

In 2009, it inaugurated the Charles Town Classic for older horses running a distance of one and 1/8 mile. The purse was 'tiered' and was determined by the graded status of the winner. The purse's range was from between $500,000 and $1,000,000. Researcher won the 1st and 2nd Charles Town Classic races. In 2013, the purse was increased to $1,500,000 with the winner receiving $1,000,000, making the Grade 2 Charles Town Classic one of the richest Thoroughbred race contested in U.S. surpassed only by the Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup World Championships. The race has attracted top-class performers including Game On Dude and Shared Belief.

Other facilities[edit]

Hotel[edit]

Also on the property is a 153-room hotel, The Inn at Charles Town, and several dining facilities including: a food court, sports bar, fine dining restaurant, and the Skyline Terrace which overlooks the track. However, while a hot buffet breakfast is served at the hotel, the previously mentioned dining facilities are not located in the hotel. The property offers a shuttle between the hotel and casino/race track for its patrons.

Table games[edit]

On December 5, 2009, a second referendum was held on table games and this time voters approved the referendum to allow table games at the venue. As of July 2, 2010, the facility, for years known as 'Charles Town Races & Slots,' was renamed 'Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races'.

Sports betting[edit]

On August 30, 2018, sports betting began at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races. The casino is the first in West Virginia to offer sports betting.^[3]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^[1]
2. ^[2]
3. ^Ramsey, Eric (August 30, 2018). 'Hollywood Casino Launches West Virginia Sports Betting Ahead of Schedule'. Legal Sports Report. Retrieved January 22, 2019.

External links[edit]

Hollywood Casino offers a variety of Blackjack tables including, six-deck shoe games, four-deck continuous shufflers, and double deck pitch.

HOW TO PLAY

Blackjack has been played in many forms for over 200 years. Blackjack, or '21' as we know it today, has become the most popular of the Casino table games. The object of the card game is to have your cards total as close to 21 as possible without going over. We offer six-deck shoe games, four-deck continuous shufflers, and double deck pitch. Everyone plays against the Dealer.

The Dealer starts the game by dealing each Player two cards face up. The Dealer gets two cards, one card face up and one face down (called the Hole card). Cards are counted at their face value. Kings, Queens, and Jacks count as 10. Aces count as either 1 or 11.

Free Blackjack Games Casino Style

Once two cards have been dealt to both the Players and the Dealer, each Player's point total is announced at which time the decision to Stand (not receive an additional card) or Draw (receive an additional card or cards) is determined. A Player indicates a decision to Stand by waving a hand, palm down, over the betting area. A Draw, or Hit, is indicated by Players drawing or scratching their index fingers toward themselves. Players lose or Bust when they take a Hit and the point total exceeds 21.

A Dealer must Draw on any point total of 16 or less and must Stand on any point total of 17 or more. If a Dealer's point total exceeds 21, all Players win who have a point total of 21 or less. Otherwise, the Dealer pays all hands that exceed the Dealer's point total, takes all bets that are less, and leaves all bets that equal the Dealer's point total (called a Push). All winning bets are paid even money (1 to 1), except Blackjacks, which are paid 3 to 2.

If the first two cards dealt to a Player are an Ace and a 10-value card, the Dealer announces the hand as 'Blackjack' and pays the bet at 3 to 2 odds, unless the Dealer also has Blackjack, in which case the hand is a Standoff (Push). Blackjack is the point total of 21 reached in the first two cards of a hand. Blackjack beats a total of 21 reached in three or more cards.

How To Play Blackjack At A Casino

OPTIONS

SPLITTING PAIRS

If a Player is dealt two cards of identical value, the Player may elect to split the pair into two separate hands. A Player must place a bet on the split hand equivalent to the original bet. The two hands are then played as separate hands. A Player may elect to split Aces only one time, but all other pairs may be split three times for a total of four separate hands. When Players elect to split Aces, only one card will be dealt to each Ace.

DOUBLING DOWN

Except with a point total of 21, a Player may elect to Double Down on any two cards. Players electing to Double Down make an additional wager not in excess of the original amount wagered and receive one card. A Player may also Double Down on the first two cards of any hand after splitting pairs, except when splitting Aces.

Blackjack Casino Games Free

INSURANCE

Used Casino Blackjack Tables

When the Dealer's face up card is an Ace, each Player has the right to make an Insurance bet. Immediately after the Dealer gives a second card to all Players and receives a Hole card, he/she announces 'Insurance.' Players may make an Insurance wager by placing an amount not more than one-half of the amount of the original wager on the Insurance Line. (The Insurance Line is directly in front of each Player.) An Insurance wager wins if the Dealer's second (Hole) card is a King, Queen, Jack or 10 and loses if the Dealer's second card is an Ace, 2,3,4,5,6,7,8 or 9. Insurance pays 2 to 1. Tables offering surrender will have a sign posted. (Rules differ for Pitch)