What can you tell us about Blackjack League?
Blackjack League is a headline live casino promotion from Pragmatic Play. It’s available on a wide selection of Pragmatic Play Blackjack tables and games, including Blackjack, Speed Blackjack, Privé Lounge Blackjack and the recently released Blackjack X. The promotion comprises four daily tournaments – Bronze, Silver, Gold and Privé – and offers more than €1m ($1.07m) in cash prizes every month.
In total, 500 prizes are up for grabs every day, with a top daily prize of €10,000. These are on top of the usual wins that can be awarded in the Blackjack games, so they provide extra incentive for players to join their favourite tables and take part.
Could you explain the differences between the levels of the tournaments?
Blackjack League tournaments accommodate a range of stake levels, catering for everyone from new and casual players to more experienced high rollers. The minimum stake range is €5-10 in Bronze. The Privé tournament is played on Privé Lounge Blackjack tables, which offer the ultimate VIP experience, seating just one player at a time and providing a range of enhanced game controls. Players can enter the Privé tournament in Blackjack League with a minimum stake of €1,000.
Two tournament mechanics are in play across Blackjack League. Bronze, Silver and Gold tournaments award leaderboard points for consecutive wins on the first 100 qualifying bets only. The Privé tournament bases leaderboard positions on the longest win streaks recorded. In the event of a tie, the player who achieved their score or streak first is awarded either the higher prize or, in the case of Privé, the €10,000 win.
How popular have the tournaments been?
Pragmatic Play’s Blackjack products are among the most popular and entertaining in the industry, so Blackjack League was always likely to be a hit. There’s no barrier to entry for players who want to take part and operator uptake has been excellent. Awarding more than 45,000 prizes between April and June.
Blackjack League tournaments are attracting and retaining even more players to what was already a hugely successful product offering.
Do you think this has been Pragmatic Play’s largest promotion?
Blackjack League is the largest online Blackjack promotion of its kind in the industry. Nobody is doing it bigger or better than Pragmatic Play in terms of the rich diversity of participating Blackjack tables and games, the range of tournaments on offer, and the sheer scale of the €1m monthly prize pool.
Pragmatic Play’s largest promotional product is Drops & Wins, which has a combined annual prize pool of €30m across a range of popular Slots, Crash titles and select Live Casino game shows. Drops & Wins and Blackjack League both benefit from being entirely funded by Pragmatic Play – operators pay nothing extra to participate.
What makes a successful live casino offering?
Outstanding quality, a diversity of classic and original titles, brilliant presenters, efficient and reliable operations, constant availability, and a development process which aims to ensure player-favourite products hit the ground running; and then build on their popularity over time.
Scalability and cost-effectiveness are also important, so products such as Blackjack X and Smart Studio can be key differentiators.
Blackjack X is Pragmatic Play’s Blackjack variant played without a live dealer, and Smart Studio allows operators to customise elements of live casino games to produce bespoke environments that showcase their brands at minimal cost and setup time. Promotions like Blackjack League are the icing on the cake when all else is running smoothly.
Do you plan on running Blackjack League again after ending on 30 June?
Yes! Blackjack League has been such a popular choice for players and operators that extending it was an easy decision to make. The current promotion ends on 30 June as planned. Blackjack League will then return immediately for another three months, ending Sunday 29 September. The new promotion will work in the same way as the first, awarding €35,000 in cash prizes every day across four daily tournaments.
