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  • Progressive side wagers: Casino games such as Caribbean Stud Poker commonly offer one of these. You typically lay a bet ($1 is the usual value) to try to win a bonus jackpot that can be upwards of twenty-five thousand dollars. Although huge jackpots like this are particularly tempting, they’re also particularly complicated to succeed. You would have to get a Royal Flush in order to hit this wager. Also, think about this- you play twenty hands and lay the side bet every time. That is 20 dollars you could have used towards the actual game wager in place of a sucker bet. Just think about what you might have been able to win at a wager with greater odds using that $20.
  • Single number bets in Roulette: This is completely true for American Roulette. The reason? American Roulette has 2 zeroes on the wheel, unlike European Roulette, which has only one. This shifts the complete casino edge from 2percent with a single zero wheel to a huge 5percent in American. The one number bet has only a one in 38 chance of succeeding, which are very big odds indeed. Bet on even-odd or black-red bets alternately which have a much lower house advantage.
  • Keno: Any version of Keno, and anyway you play it, the house advantage can be a huge 25%. No, that is not a typo. Because of the large amount of numbers you must select, it’s not advisable to gamble on Keno to often. A couple of times for entertainment, perhaps. But do not spend all your cash on it or you will quickly find yourself broke.