• Progressive side bets: Games like Caribbean Stud Poker commonly offer one of these. You typically lay a wager (a dollar is the usual value) to try to win a side jackpot that could reach twenty-five thousand dollars. Though huge jackpots like this are extremely appealing, they are also incredibly difficult to succeed. You would need to get a Royal Flush in order to win this wager. Also, picture this- you wager 20 hands and lay the side bet each time. That’s $20 you should have used towards the actual game wager instead of a sucker bet. Just think about what you might have been able to win at a bet with more favorable odds utilizing that 20 dollars.
  • Single number bets in Roulette: This is particularly true for American Roulette. The reason? American Roulette has 2 0’s on the wheel, as opposed to European Roulette, which has just 1. This shifts the complete casino edge from 2.63% with one zero wheel to a whopping 5.26% in American. The single number bet has just a one in 38 chance of winning, which are very big odds indeed. Bet on even-odd or black-red wagers as a substitute which have a much smaller casino advantage.
  • Keno: Any version of Keno, and regardless of how you bet on it, the casino advantage can be a whopping twenty-five percent. Yes, that isn’t a typo. Because of the huge set of numbers you have to pick, it is not recommended to bet on Keno very much. A few times for entertainment, maybe. But don’t waste all your money on it or you’ll quickly find yourself bankrupt.