The Dossier

The house always wins, unless you are the house. The casino is open from the start. Every city has 2 tables per game. You play at a table, buy an empty table or take over a table whose bank breaks.

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Buying costs $50,000 for the license plus a $5,000 starting bankroll, $55,000 in total. Only in the city you're in. Another city shows no buy button.

The owner sets the minimum and the maximum bet. The minimum is at least $50, the maximum at most $500,000.

As a player you bet up to the table maximum, even when the bankroll can't pay a full win. You never get paid more than what's in the bankroll, and never more than $18,000,000 per round. The bankroll itself may sit above that amount. A player loss is added to the bankroll even when it is already above $18,000,000.

The roulette table maximum applies to all chips in a spin together.

Breaking the bank: if the bankroll can't fully pay the win, you still get something paid out, and if less than $5,000 is left in the bankroll, you become the owner. The bankroll is then at zero. The previous owner's history is wiped, the limits go back to default and the table opens. You and the previous owner both get a signal and a message. You'll see: You broke the bank! The table is yours now. The playing field disappears right away and Manage opens for that table, with the limits and the bankroll. You don't play at your own table.

No takeover on an empty bankroll without a payout, on a win that's exactly covered, or on a win at your own table.

In the lobby, Open to takeover sits on someone else's table as soon as the bankroll is lower than the maximum bet.

If you already have 3 tables, you can't buy or take over another table. You may then only bet what the bankroll can fully pay out. A single number then shows its own maximum based on 36. The table warns you about it before you spin. A refused takeover stays with the previous owner. That warning stays hidden on an empty bet.

If you're one below 3 tables and a win would take over the table, the warning sits next to Spin and next to Deal. If the win fits in the bankroll, or the bet is empty, the warning stays hidden. At two or three tables the maximum is called the bet limit. During an open hand, the bankroll and the max payout don't show the bet a second time.

After a takeover the bankroll starts empty; deposit cash to be able to pay out. That's by design, not a bug. The win was bigger than the bankroll, so the whole bankroll was paid out and the winner is the owner. The payout rule doesn't change.

A bet above the maximum isn't silently ignored. The screen shows a notice and the bet doesn't go through.

If you can't play at a table, the reason is shown. At 3 tables, blackjack says immediately that the bet is at most the bankroll divided by 8.

Standing lets the dealer play out. Win, push or loss, with the amount, stays on screen until New hand. In the lobby, Manage on your own table opens the minimum and maximum bet and the bankroll. On the table list for blackjack and for roulette, Manage opens those same limits and bankroll for that table.

Below 3 tables, blackjack's Manage shows the table max. A bet up to that max is allowed, even when the bankroll doesn't cover the win. At 3 tables, Manage shows the lower of the table max and the bankroll divided by 8. The text names that bankroll limit, and the range players see uses that same low amount.

A table that has been closed for 4 hours becomes free again. Taking cash out of the bankroll leaves at least $5,000 and works once every 10 minutes.

Outside bets pay even money (1:1). A natural blackjack pays 3:2. A single number pays 36 times. At the table cap, the maximum bet is limited by the bankroll divided by 8 (blackjack) or 3 (outside bets) — that is not the player payout. You don't play at your own table. Casino winnings don't count toward the season score.