Progressive side bets: Casino games like Caribbean Stud Poker regularly contain one of these. You normally lay a bet (a dollar is the normal value) to try to win a side jackpot that can be upwards of $25,000. Although huge jackpots like these are extremely tempting, they’re also very complicated to win. You would need to get a Royal Flush in order to hit this wager. Also, think about this- you play twenty hands and put the side wager each time. That is 20 dollars you could have used towards the actual game wager instead of a sucker wager. Picture what you might have been able to win at a bet with greater odds utilizing that twenty dollars.
Single number wagers in Roulette: This is particularly true for American Roulette. Why? American Roulette has two 0’s on the wheel, as opposed to European Roulette, which has only 1. This shifts the complete casino advantage from twopercent with one zero wheel to a whopping fivepercent in American. The one number wager has just a one in 38 chance of winning, which are very big odds indeed. Bet on even-odd or black-red bets alternately which have a much smaller casino advantage.
Keno: Any variation of Keno, and regardless of how you play it, the house advantage can be a huge 25%. Yes, that was not a typo. Due to the huge set of numbers you must choose, it’s not recommended to gamble on Keno very much. A couple of times for entertainment, perhaps. But don’t waste all your cash on it or you’ll quickly discover yourself broke.
