Progressive side wagers: Games such as Caribbean Stud Poker regularly have one of these. You generally lay a wager ($1 is the usual value) to try to win a side jackpot that could reach $25,000. Though big jackpots like this are particularly appealing, they’re also particularly hard to win. You might have to hit a Royal Flush in order to hit this bet. Also, imagine this- you wager twenty hands and make the side wager every time. That is 20 dollars you could have used towards the actual game wager in place of a sucker wager. Just think about what you could have been able to win at a wager with greater odds utilizing that twenty dollars.
Individual number bets in Roulette: This is particularly true for American Roulette. The reason? American Roulette has 2 zeroes on the wheel, unlike European Roulette, which has only one. This takes the complete casino edge from twopercent with one zero wheel to a whopping 5% in American. The single number wager has only a one in thirty eight chance of succeeding, which are very big odds indeed. Bet on even-odd or black-red wagers alternately which have a much lower house advantage.
Keno: Any version of Keno, and anyway you bet on it, the house edge can be a whopping twenty-five percent. Yes, that was not a error. Due to the huge amount of numbers you must choose, it isn’t recommended to wager on Keno very much. A couple of times for entertainment, perhaps. But don’t waste all your money on it or you will quickly discover yourself broke.
