Progressive side bets: Casino games like Caribbean Stud Poker often have one of these. You usually put a wager ($1 is the usual amt.) to try to win a bonus jackpot that could be upwards of $25,000. Although huge jackpots like this are very appealing, they’re also particularly difficult to win. You would have to get a Royal Flush in order to win this wager. Also, think about this- you play twenty hands and make the side wager every time. That’s 20 dollars you could have used towards the actual game bet instead of a sucker wager. Imagine what you might have been able to win at a wager with more favorable odds using that 20 dollars.
Individual number wagers in Roulette: This is completely true for American Roulette. Why? American Roulette has two 0’s on the wheel, as opposed to European Roulette, which has just one. This takes the overall house advantage from 2.63% with a single zero wheel to a huge five% in American. The single number bet has only a 1 in 38 chance of winning, which are very big odds indeed. Try even-odd or black-red bets alternately which have a much smaller casino advantage.
Keno: Any version of Keno, and anyway you gamble on it, the house advantage can be a huge 25%. No, that wasn’t a typo. Because of the huge set of numbers you must select, it isn’t recommended to wager on Keno very much. A couple of times for fun, maybe. But do not spend all your money on it or you’ll quickly discover yourself broke.
