• Progressive side wagers: Games such as Caribbean Stud Poker often contain one of these. You generally place a wager (a dollar is the normal value) to try to win a bonus jackpot that could reach twenty-five thousand dollars. Though big jackpots like this are very alluring, they are also particularly complicated to succeed. You might need to hit a Royal Flush in order to win this bet. Also, think about this- you play twenty hands and lay the side bet every time. That’s twenty dollars you could have used towards the real game wager instead of a sucker wager. Just think about what you might have been able to win at a wager with greater odds utilizing that twenty dollars.
  • Single number bets in Roulette: This is especially true for American Roulette. Why? American Roulette has two zeroes on the wheel, unlike European Roulette, which has only one. This shifts the complete casino advantage from 2percent with a single zero wheel to a huge 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 as a substitute which have a much lower house advantage.
  • Keno: Any variation of Keno, and anyway you bet on it, the casino edge can be a whopping twenty-five percent. Yes, that is not a typo. Because of the huge amount of numbers you have to select, it isn’t advisable to bet on Keno to often. A number of times for fun, maybe. But do not waste all your money on it or you’ll immediately find yourself broke.