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CasinoLive9 players

Blackjack

Blackjack for parties: everyone plays the dealer from their phone; the panel deals the hands.

At a glance

OutputLiveRendered by the engine and streamed over Bluetooth as its data changes (about 5–9 frames a second).

Settings12every one editable live in the studio, or by an agent with update_app_settings

Sourcecasino_blackjack.pysrc/deskdot/apps/casino_blackjack.py

Players1–9seat 1 on the keyboard or studio, the rest on phones over your Wi-Fi; empty seats are played by the AI

Controllers

casino

Settings
Setting	Type	Default	Options / range
General
Decks in the shoe`decks`	whole number	6	1 – 8
Cut card at (% of the shoe)`penetration`A new shoe starts after the cut card.	whole number	75	50 – 90
Dealer on soft 17`soft17`	choice	Dealer stands on soft 17 (S17)	Dealer stands on soft 17 (S17)Dealer hits soft 17 (H17, +0.22 %)
Blackjack pays`blackjack_pays`	choice	Blackjack pays 3:2	Blackjack pays 3:2Blackjack pays 6:5 (+1.4 % edge)
Double on`double_on`	choice	Any first two cards	Any first two cardsHard 9, 10, 11 only
Double after split`double_after_split`	on/off	On	on / off
Splits per hand`max_splits`3 = up to four hands.	whole number	3	1 – 3
Surrender`surrender`	choice	Late surrender	Late surrenderNo surrender
Offer insurance (pays 2:1)`insurance`	on/off	On	on / off
Dealer peeks for blackjack`dealer_peek`Off = European no-hole-card: a dealer blackjack also takes doubles and splits.	on/off	On	on / off
Preview
Panel view`view`Live plays the real table. The others are a self-playing demo or one frozen phase, to check the art (no credits move).	choice	Live table	Live tableDemo loopPreview: bettingPreview: no more betsPreview: spin / rollPreview: resultPreview: result boardPreview: join QRPreview: paused
Look
Table theme`table_theme`The table's colours on the panel, every phone and the studio. Card suits, roulette pockets and players' colours never change.	choice	Classic green	Classic greenRoyal blueCrimson velvetMidnight neonNeon stripEmerald & champagneBurgundy & ivory

render a frame to PNG (no panel needed)

$ uv run deskdot preview casino_blackjack --settings '{"view":"demo"}' --out casino_blackjack.png

show it on your panel (engine running)

$ curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8765/api/apps/casino_blackjack/activate

Or ask your agent: “Show Blackjack on my panel”. It calls show_app with "casino_blackjack". New here? Set up DeskDot first.

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