• Progressive side wagers: Games such as Caribbean Stud Poker regularly offer one of these. You typically put a wager ($1 is the usual amt.) to try to win a bonus jackpot that can be upwards of twenty-five thousand dollars. Though huge jackpots like these are very alluring, they’re also particularly complicated to win. You might need to get a Royal Flush in order to hit this bet. Also, think about this- you play twenty hands and lay the side bet every time. That’s 20 dollars you could have used towards the real game bet in place of a sucker bet. Imagine what you could have been able to win at a wager with more favorable odds employing that $20.
  • Individual number bets in Roulette: This is completely true for American Roulette. The reason? American Roulette has two zeroes on the wheel, unlike European Roulette, which has only one. This takes the complete house advantage from twopercent with a single zero wheel to a huge 5.26percent in American. The individual number wager has just a 1 in thirty eight chance of winning, which are very big odds indeed. Try even-odd or black-red wagers as a substitute which have a much smaller casino edge.
  • Keno: Any variation of Keno, and anyway you bet on it, the house advantage can be a huge twenty-five percent. Yes, that isn’t a typo. Due to the huge set of numbers you must choose, it is not recommended to bet on Keno to often. A few times for entertainment, perhaps. But don’t waste all your money on it or you will quickly find yourself beaten.