Internet Casino Sucker Wagers — Part II

  • Progressive side wagers: Games like Caribbean Stud Poker regularly contain one of these. You usually lay a wager (a dollar is the usual amt.) to try to win a bonus jackpot that can reach $25,000. Though big jackpots like this are extremely alluring, they are also very hard to win. You would have to get a Royal Flush in order to hit this wager. Also, imagine this- you play 20 hands and make the side wager each time. That is twenty dollars you should have used towards the real game bet instead of a sucker bet. Picture what you might have been able to win at a bet with greater odds using that twenty dollars.
  • Single number wagers in Roulette: This is especially true for American Roulette. The reason? American Roulette has two 0’s on the wheel, unlike European Roulette, which has just 1. This shifts the complete house edge from 2% with a single zero wheel to a whopping 5% in American. The individual number bet has just a 1 in thirty eight chance of succeeding, which are very long odds indeed. Try even-odd or black-red bets alternately which have a much lower house edge.
  • Keno: Any variation of Keno, and anyway you wager on it, the casino edge can be a huge 25%. Yes, that is not a error. Because of the large set of numbers you must choose, it is not advisable to play Keno to often. A couple of times for enjoyment, perhaps. But do not spend all your cash on it or you’ll quickly find yourself broke.
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