Count's Kustoms Side Bet

The Downtown Grand is advertising a "Win a custom chopper" side bet on a base blackjack game:

Quote: DG Press Release

...players have the chance to win a custom motorcycle designed by the famed chopper fabrication team. Players who are dealt a natural Blackjack are allowed to spin the wheel with a chance to win table game chips, including the grand prize, which is the motorcycle on display. A player who wins the grand prize has the option to take the motorcycle or a cash payout of $18,000.

The side bet is fixed at $5. I don't know what the smaller prizes are, but what happens if someone hits the big one after one day? Do they take the table away? It is a custom bike, so it's not like they have a warehouse full of them in the back. I understand "spinning the wheel" is actually pushing a button to stop a RNG, so I suspect the odds are much longer than the 100 or so pegs that might be available on a "real" wheel.

Quote: Ayecarumba

The Downtown Grand is advertising a "Win a custom chopper" side bet on a base blackjack game:



The side bet is fixed at $5. I don't know what the smaller prizes are, but what happens if someone hits the big one after one day? Do they take the table away? It is a custom bike, so it's not like they have a warehouse full of them in the back. I understand "spinning the wheel" is actually pushing a button to stop a RNG, so I suspect the odds are much longer than the 100 or so pegs that might be available on a "real" wheel.

I was just reading about this bet. It's from AGS, and it appears it will be featured at G2E.

http://www.playags.com/portfolio/counts-kustoms-blackjack/

They had the bet at last year's Table Games Conference. You got to push the button every time you got a blackjack and had made the $5 min bet. It looks like they added the even money win on any Ace in your hand to juice up the hit rate.

MGM Grand has the same game, but the prize is a 1964 Chevrolet. I can't remember if it's an Impala or Malibu.

Is this the BJ table in closet one or two?

I think binions has this sidebet too.

I'd take the bike and I don't even ride anymore.

AGS purchased the concept from the company I work for. While I can't give the exact odds, it's definitely higher than the 100:1 visible odds, as mentioned above.

Binion's pulled already this, presumably because the motorcycle was won.

I don't know if it's the same bike or not, but I spotted the game at Tropicana early October.