• Progressive side bets: Games such as Caribbean Stud Poker regularly offer one of these. You typically place a wager (a dollar is the usual value) to try to win a side jackpot that could reach twenty-five thousand dollars. Though big jackpots like these are very appealing, they are also very difficult to succeed. You would need to get a Royal Flush in order to win this bet. Also, think about this- you play 20 hands and put the side wager every time. That is twenty dollars you could have used towards the actual game wager in place of a sucker wager. Imagine what you might have been able to win at a wager with more favorable odds using that $20.
  • Single number bets in Roulette: This is particularly true for American Roulette. Why? American Roulette has 2 0’s on the wheel, as opposed to European Roulette, which has just one. This takes the complete casino edge from twopercent with a single zero wheel to a whopping five% in American. The individual number wager has only a one in 38 chance of succeeding, which are very big odds indeed. Try even-odd or black-red bets as a substitute which have a much smaller house edge.
  • Keno: Any version of Keno, and regardless of how you gamble on it, the house edge can be a huge 25%. Yes, that was not a error. Because of the huge set of numbers you must choose, it isn’t recommended to gamble on Keno very much. A number of times for fun, perhaps. But don’t waste all your cash on it or you’ll quickly discover yourself beaten.