Internet Casino Sucker Bets — Part II
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Progressive side bets: Games such as Caribbean Stud Poker often have one of these. You usually put a bet ($1 is the usual amount) to try to win a bonus jackpot that could reach twenty-five thousand dollars. Though big jackpots like this are particularly tempting, they are also very hard to succeed. You might have to get a Royal Flush in order to succeed on this wager. Also, imagine this- you play 20 hands and put the side wager each time. That is $20 you should have used towards the real game bet in place of a sucker wager. Just think about what you might have been able to win at a bet with better odds using that 20 dollars.
Individual number wagers in Roulette: This is particularly true for American Roulette. The reason? American Roulette has two 0’s on the wheel, unlike European Roulette, which has only 1. This takes the overall house edge from 2% with a single zero wheel to a whopping 5% in American. The one number bet has only a 1 in thirty eight chance of winning, which are very long odds indeed. Try even-odd or black-red wagers instead which have a much lower house advantage.
Keno: Any variation of Keno, and regardless of how you bet on it, the house advantage can be a huge twenty-five percent. No, that isn’t a typo. Due to the large amount of numbers you have to pick, it isn’t advisable to wager on Keno to often. A number of times for fun, maybe. But do not spend all your cash on it or you’ll immediately discover yourself bankrupt.
