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  • Progressive side wagers: Games like Caribbean Stud Poker often offer one of these. You usually lay a bet ($1 is the normal value) to attempt to win a side jackpot that can reach twenty-five thousand dollars. Although big jackpots like these are particularly tempting, they are also very difficult to succeed. You would have to get a Royal Flush in order to win this wager. Also, picture this- you wager twenty hands and lay the side wager each time. That is twenty dollars you should have used towards the actual game bet in place of a sucker bet. Picture what you might have been able to win at a bet with better odds utilizing that twenty dollars.
  • Individual number bets in Roulette: This is particularly true for American Roulette. Why? American Roulette has 2 zeroes on the wheel, as opposed to European Roulette, which has only one. This takes the complete house edge from two% with one zero wheel to a huge fivepercent in American. The single number wager 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 smaller house advantage.
  • Keno: Any version of Keno, and anyway you gamble on it, the house edge can be a whopping 25%. Yes, that isn’t a typo. Because of the large set of numbers you have to choose, it’s not recommended to bet on Keno very much. A few times for fun, maybe. But do not spend all your money on it or you will quickly discover yourself bankrupt.