Progressive side bets: Casino games such as Caribbean Stud Poker regularly contain one of these. You normally lay a bet (a dollar is the usual amount) to attempt to win a bonus jackpot that can be upwards of twenty-five thousand dollars. Although big jackpots like these are extremely tempting, they are also particularly complicated to succeed. You might have to hit a Royal Flush in order to win this bet. Also, imagine this- you play twenty hands and lay the side bet every time. That’s $20 you could have used towards the real game wager in place of a sucker bet. Picture what you could have been able to win at a wager with more favorable odds using that $20.
Individual number wagers in Roulette: This is particularly true for American Roulette. The reason? American Roulette has 2 0’s on the wheel, unlike European Roulette, which has only one. This shifts the overall casino edge from two% with one zero wheel to a whopping 5% in American. The individual number wager has only a 1 in 38 chance of winning, which are very big odds indeed. Bet on even-odd or black-red wagers instead which have a much smaller casino advantage.
Keno: Any variation of Keno, and anyway you wager on it, the casino edge can be a huge twenty-five percent. Yes, that wasn’t a typo. Because of the huge amount of numbers you must choose, it is not recommended to bet on Keno very much. A few times for entertainment, perhaps. But don’t waste all your money on it or you will quickly discover yourself bankrupt.
