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The Objective and Rules of Lucky Ladies
The Lucky Ladies side bet is a wager made on the first two cards dealt; that they will total 20 points, in any combination. In games which offer this wager, there will be a designated area for such a bet, adjacent to the regular blackjack bet (usually a small, separate circle).
A Lucky Ladies wager, like all side bets, has no association or influence on the main blackjack bet and is entirely based on our first two cards. All other rules which are relevant to the game being played are not affected by the Lucky Ladies wager. If we have placed the Lucky Ladies bet, we only receive a bonus payout if the sum of our first two cards are 20. If they do not total 21, we lose the side bet, but our main wager and the game continues.
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How to Play the Side Bet
To place a Lucky Ladies wager, we must first make a standard blackjack bet. If playing with others, it may be permissible to place a Lucky Ladies bet on another player’s hand, without needing to put forward your own standard blackjack bet. The Lucky Ladies wager needs to be at least the minimum amount as advertised on the table. Minimum and maximum wagers will always vary from table to table, so make sure you know what the appropriate amount is before playing. Once the bet is placed, if we draw two cards to the lucky number 20, the bonus payout we receive is determined by the specific cards that make up our total:
- If dealt any two unsuited cards which total 20 points, this holds a payout of 4 to 1.
- Any suited cards totalling 20 is paid out at 9 to 1 odds.
- Any matching cards totalling 20 points (same rank and suit) holds a payout of 19 to 1.
- If we are dealt two Queens of Hearts, we receive a payout of 125 to 1.
- If we are dealt two Queens of Hearts and the dealer draws to blackjack, we are paid out 1000 to 1.
The Lucky Ladies wager is a side bet with a high house edge of 24.71%, and should be made for pure enjoyment value rather than an expectation of consistent winnings. Hitting the coveted Queen or Hearts pair while the dealer simultaneously draws a blackjack is as good a chance as finding a needle in a really, really big haystack (0.0015%), while drawing to 20 with any two cards is around an eight per cent chance. But as with all side wagers, they are entertaining when played every now and then, and hopefully at some point in time, you’ll get some lovely lady luck on your side.
| Lucky Lady II | |
|---|---|
| Lucky Lady II (46-0010) being refuelled by a KB-29M | |
| Type | Boeing B-50A Superfortress |
| Construction number | 15730 |
| Serial | 46-0010 |
| Owners and operators | United States Air Force |
| In service | 1948–1950 |
| Fate | Badly damaged in accident – Fuselage preserved |
| Preserved at | Planes of Fame Museum in Chino, California |
Lucky Lady II is a United States Air ForceBoeing B-50 Superfortress that became the first airplane to circle the world nonstop. Its 1949 journey, assisted by in-flight refueling, lasted 94 hours and 1 minute. The plane later suffered an accident, and today only the fuselage is preserved.
1949: First circumnavigation of the world[edit]
The Lucky Lady II was a B-50 of the 43rd Bombardment Group, equipped with 12 .50-caliber (12.7mm) machine guns. For its circumnavigation mission, a fuel tank was added in the bomb bay for extra range. The mission required a double crew with three pilots, under the command of Capt. James Gallagher. The crews rotated in shifts of four to six hours.[1][2]
Bearing a total crew of 14, the aircraft started its round-the-world trip at 12:21 p.m. on February 26, 1949. It took off from Carswell Air Force Base near Fort Worth, Texas, and headed east toward the Atlantic Ocean.
After flying 23,452 mi (37,742 km), the aircraft passed the control tower back at Carswell on March 2 at 10:22 am, marking the end of the circumnavigation, and landed there at 10:31 a.m. after having been in the air for 94 hours and one minute, landing two minutes before the estimated time of arrival calculated at take-off.[1]
En route, the aircraft was refueled four times by KB-29M Superfortresses,[3] near Lajes Air Base in the Azores, Dhahran Airfield in Saudi Arabia, Clark Air Base in the Philippines, and Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii, using the soon-to-be obsolete grappled-line looped-hose technique.
The aircraft flew at altitudes between 10,000 to 20,000 ft (3,000 to 6,100 m) and completed the trip around the world at an average ground speed of 249 mph (401 km/h; 216 kn).[1]
General Curtis LeMay, Strategic Air Command's commanding general, was on hand to greet Lucky Lady II upon its arrival, together with dignitaries including Secretary of the Air ForceW. Stuart Symington, Air Force Chief of Staff General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, and Major General Roger M. Ramey, commanding general of the Eighth Air Force. LeMay said the mission showed that the Air Force could send bombers from the United States to 'any place in the world that required the atomic bomb'.[1] He also said mid-air refueling could also be used for fighter aircraft. Symington noted that aerial refueling would 'turn medium bombers into inter-continental bombers'.[1]
The aircraft's crew were each awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and were honored by the National Aeronautic Association with its annual Mackay Trophy, recognizing the outstanding flight of the year and by the Air Force Association with its Air Age Trophy.[2]
Another B-50 named Global Queen had taken off on February 25 with the same mission, but was forced to land at Lajes Air Base in the Azores due to an engine fire.[1] Altogether, five B-50As were lined up by LeMay for the task in anticipation that at least one would succeed, and only four weeks were given to prepare the crews and logistics.[4]
Other Lucky Ladys[edit]
Lucky Lady II was the name of a B-17 of the 338th Bomb Squadron, which was shot down near Tielrode, Belgium, on 30 July 1943.
Lucky Lady II was also one of three similarly named aircraft, each of which was part of a historic circumnavigation on behalf of the United States Air Force:
Lucky Lady I was one of three Boeing B-29 Superfortresses that attempted a round-the-world trip in July–August 1948, flying from and back to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona. One B-29 crashed in the Arabian Sea.[2]
Lucky Lady I, commanded by First Lieutenant A.M. Neal, together with Gas Gobbler, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel R.W. Kline, completed the 20,000 mi (32,000 km; 17,000 nmi) flight in 15 days, after making eight stops along the way and flying for 103 hours and 50 minutes.[2]
Lucky Lady III was one of three Boeing B-52 Stratofortresses that made the circumnavigation in January 1957 as part of Operation Power Flite, flying from Castle Air Force Base in California and completing the 24,325 mi (39,147 km; 21,138 nmi) flight in 45 hours and 19 minutes (at an average ground speed of 536 mph (863 km/h; 466 kn)) with the assistance of aerial refueling from KC-97 Stratofreighters. Eight years after Lady II, Lady III made the trip around the world in under half the time required by Lucky Lady II.[2]
Current status[edit]
The fuselage of the aircraft, designated B-50A-5BO 46-0010, is on display at Planes of Fame Museum in Chino, California.[5]
See also[edit]
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- Operation Power Flite – B-52 around-the-world simulated bombing mission in 1957, with a total time airborne of 45 hours and 19 minutes
- Coronet Bat – B-1B around-the-world bombing mission in 1995, with a total time airborne of 36 hours and 13 minutes
References[edit]
- ^ abcdefWaggoner, Walter H. (March 3, 1949). 'First in History; High Officials Greet the Plane as It Ends Hop at Fort Worth'. nytimes. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- ^ abcde'Lucky Ladies I, II AND III'. afhso.af.mil. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- ^'BOEING KB-29M AND B-29MR'. nationalmuseum.af.mil. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ^Smith, Richard K. 'Seventy-Five Years of lnflight Refueling Highlights, 1923–1998 S'(PDF). afhso.af.mil. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- ^'Flying & Static Aircraft'. planesoffame.org. Archived from the original on 20 May 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
External links[edit]
- Factsheets: Boeing B-50A Lucky Lady II – National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
- The short film 15 AF Heritage – High Strategy – Bomber and Tankers Team (1980) is available for free download at the Internet Archive