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Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack was the original pack-in game for the Intellivision—despite the early boxes touting NFL Football as the pack-in. Later, period, Astrosmash took on that role, with the original 2609. Later, the Intellivision II shipped with Lock 'N' Chase or BurgerTime. Even though everyone has this, it's still a fun game.

Graphics: 3 Sound: 2 Replay Value: 4 Notes: 1- or 2-player game; ROM variations exist (copyright dates) Screen Shots

How can you not like Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack? The "shifty-eyed" dealer and the shuffling of the cards. We spent an unbelievable number of hours playing that game, seeing how low of a wallet we could start with and still build to 9999. It seems that the developer of this game must have skewed it in favor of the player, as the real thing is sure a lot harder. Of course, the dealer doesn't exactly play with a poker face...

A total of eight Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack box variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	2611-0910	1979	U.S.A.	Plastic tray; part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne, CA on bottom; refers to Keyboard Component on cover
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	2611-0910	1979	Hong Kong	Plastic tray; part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne, CA on bottom; refers to Keyboard Component on cover
	Mattel Electronics	2611-0910 G1	1979	Hong Kong	Plastic tray; no part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne, CA on bottom
	Mattel Electronics	2611-0510	1979	Hong Kong	French-Canadian; plastic tray; no part number on top; © Mattel Canada Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada on back
	Mattel Electronics	2611-0410	1979	Hong Kong	International version
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	2611-0810	1979	Hong Kong	British English release; plastic tray; no part number on top
	Intellivision Inc.	2611	1979	Singapore	Standard Intellivision, Inc. box
	Sears	3880-0910	1979	Hong Kong	Plastic tray; blue game title on top and back

Wouldn't you know it - for the most common game, there are ROM variations! In my experience, the white label and all of the Hong Kong labeled versions show a copyright of 1978 on the title screen. The color labels without a country of origin have all shown a copyright of 1979. On top of this, the checksum reported by my MTE 100 IMI Tester is different for every copy of Poker & Blackjack that I've tested! This behavior is not the same for other cartridges. The link between label variation and ROM variation is based on a sample of fewer than 10 copies, five Hong Kong or white label, and five without country of origin.

A total of twelve Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack manual variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	2611-0920(A)	1979	U.S.A.	Full color; was there an earlier one?
	Mattel Electronics	2611-0920(B)	1979	Hong Kong	Dark red and black artwork
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	2611-0920-G1	1979	Hong Kong	Dark red and black artwork
	Mattel Electronics	2611-0920-G2	1979	Hong Kong	Dark red and black artwork
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	2611-0920-G2	1979	Taiwan	Orange and black artwork
	Mattel Electronics	2611-0720	1979	Hong Kong	French-Canadian; blue and black artwork
	Mattel Electronics	2611-0111	1979	Hong Kong	French version, from Mattel Electronics France; blue and black artwork; submitted by Moonbeam
	Mattel Electronics	2611-0131	1979	Hong Kong	Italian; blue and black artwork
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	PC-2611-0920	1979	U.S.A.	NEED CONFIRMATION; PlayCable version; submitted by Hankster
	Intellivision Inc.	2611-0920-G2	None	U.S.A.	Staple along top edge
	Sears	3880-0920	1979	Hong Kong	Erroneously states FOR 2 PLAYERS - can be 1- or 2-player
Image not available.	Digiplay	N/A	1979	Brazil	Mattel/Digiplay edition; © M.I. 1979 on back; submitted by Psycho Stormtrooper

There were also some variations of the 'Running Man' and Mattel logo on the back cover.

A total of four Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack overlay variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	mattel	2611-4289	1979	U.S.A.
	mattel	2611-4289	1979	U.S.A.	Has orange 'DROP' and 'VIEW CARDS' text, as opposed to yellow
	mattel	2611-4289	1979	U.S.A.	Printing error - the word 'CARD' missing on right edge of #1
	digiplay	N/A	1979		Localized in Brazilian Portuguese; image courtesy of mgc423)

A total of six Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack label variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	N/A	None		No origin
	Mattel Electronics	N/A	None	Hong Kong	Origin lower left; fully states MADE IN HONG KONG rather than just the origin
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	N/A	None	Hong Kong	Glossy label; origin lower left; fully states MADE IN HONG KONG rather than just the origin
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	N/A	None	Taiwan	Submitted by Hankster; no copyright or date info
	Intellivision Inc.	N/A	1979	Singapore	Origin lower right; © I.I. 1979 to left of origin; ™ small, centered vertically on right edge; smaller label, rounded corners
Image not available.	Digiplay	N/A	None		No origin, trademark or copyright; preserves the 'Las Vegas' logo; large range label, rounded corners; submitted by Psycho Stormtrooper

	Title screen for Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack.
	That 'shifty-eyed' dealer has so many tells it's funny. Actually, it's pretty neat that they put tells into the game at all.

If you find new, contradictory, or other information you wish to share, please let me know!