House advantage in Casino Games from The Good Gambling Guide






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	Casino House Edge

Casino Stud Poker Player Each game inside the casino has an in-built advantage for the house. It is the factor that supplies casinos with their gaming profits. Around 18% of the cash 'drop' in casinos is retained as profit, or 'take'. This means that 18% of the money a casino gets to put down the shute on the gambling tables is pure gaming profit. (averaged out over a period of time)

GGG advises that bets with a house edge greater than 3% should be avoided. Playing with a good strategy in all the casino games mentioned will keep you below this figure. Below we tell you how to do that.

House Edge for UK Casino Games
GAME	CASINOS	HOUSE EDGE	CHARACTERISTICS
Roulette	136	1.35-2.7%	No skill. Volatile
Blackjack	136	~1%	Skill important
Casino Stud Poker	136	2.5%	Negligible skill factor
Punto Banco	10	1.17-1.36%	No skill. Acquired taste.
Craps	7	0.7-16%	Skill required. Complex. Volatile.
Prorgessive Poker	100	3.45%	No skill.
Sic Bo	5	2.78-18.98%	No skill.
Money Wheel	5	11.11-24.07%	No skill.

In each Casino game there are several ways to bet and each bet is paid at odds. (i.e. you get back something times your stake money as well as your stake money) The casino edge, or advantage, or vig., is created by making those odds lower that the true odds (the real odds of what you just bet on).

3 Card Poker (Casino Brag)

Probabilities in Three Card Poker
Hand	Combinations	%
Straight flush	48	0.22
Three of a kind	52	0.24
Straight	720	3.26
Flush	1096	4.96
Pair	3744	16.9
Queen to ace high	9720	44.0
Jack high or less	6720	30.4

The house edge playing the mimic the dealer strategy is 3.45%. Raising on everything, or playing blind, results in a house edge of 7.65%.

The Pair-Plus bet pays solely on the three cards dealt to the player. The payouts are 1-1 for any pair, 4-1 on a flush, 6-1 on a straight, 30-1 for a three of a kind and 40-1 for a straight flush. (not exactly sure yet as it hasn't been released) There is absolutely no strategy with this Pair-Plus option. The house advantage on Pair-Plus is a fair 2.32 percent with these payouts.

Progessive Poker (Three card poker) is two games in one. The player may bet on either one, both, and in different amounts. Both games are based on hands consisting of three cards.

Go to Games - Progressive Poker for full description of this game

Sic Bo

Bet	Probability of winning	Pays	Edge
Small: Wins on total of 4-10 ⁽¹⁾	48.61%	1 to 1	2.78%
Big: Wins on total of 11-18 ⁽¹⁾	48.61%	1 to 1	2.78%
4: Wins on total of 4	1.39%	60 to 1	15.28%
5: Wins on total of 5	2.78%	30 to 1	13.89%
6: Wins on total of 6	4.63%	17 to 1	16.67%
7: Wins on total of 7	6.94%	12 to 1	9.72%
8: Wins on total of 8	9.72%	8 to 1	12.50%
9: Wins on total of 9	11.57%	6 to 1	18.98%
10: Wins on total of 10	12.50%	6 to 1	12.50%
11: Wins on total of 11	12.50%	6 to 1	12.50%
12: Wins on total of 12	11.57%	6 to 1	18.98%
13: Wins on total of 13	9.72%	8 to 1	12.50%
14: Wins on total of 14	6.94%	12 to 1	9.72%
15: Wins on total of 15	4.63%	17 to 1	16.67%
16: Wins on total of 16	2.78%	30 to 1	13.89%
17: Wins on total of 17	1.39%	60 to 1	15.28%
Two dice combinations	13.89%	5 to 1	16.67%
Double	7.41%	10 to 1	18.52%
Triple	0.46%	180 to 1	16.20%
Any Triple	2.78%	30 to 1	13.89%
Specific number :			7.87%
1 occurance	34.72%	1 to 1
2 occurances	6.94%	2 to 1
3 occurances	0.46%	3 to 1
(1) Excluding triples

The house edge is shown in the table above.

The 'low' or 'high' bets have a similar House Edge as that of Roulette. The rest depends on the payouts but all are not worth thinking about.

Go to Games - Sic Bo for full description of this game

Money Wheel

Bet	Pays	No. on Wheel	House Edge
£1	1:1	24	11.11%
£2	2:1	15	16.67%
£5	5:1	7	22.22%
£10	10:1	4	18.52%
£20	20:1	2	22.22%
Joker	40:1	1	24.07
Logo	40:1	1	24.07
54 segment wheel

The house edge is shown in the table above.

Go to Games - Money Wheel for full description of this game