• Progressive side bets: Games like Caribbean Stud Poker regularly offer one of these. You typically put a bet (a dollar is the usual amt.) to try to win a bonus jackpot that can be upwards of $25,000. Although big jackpots like this are extremely tempting, they are also very complicated to win. You might have to get a Royal Flush in order to hit this bet. Also, think about this- you wager twenty hands and lay the side bet every time. That’s 20 dollars you should have used towards the real game wager in place of a sucker wager. Picture what you might have been able to win at a wager with greater odds employing that twenty dollars.
  • Single number wagers in Roulette: This is particularly true for American Roulette. The reason? American Roulette has 2 zeroes on the wheel, as opposed to European Roulette, which has only one. This takes the overall casino edge from 2percent with one zero wheel to a huge 5.26% in American. The individual number bet has just a one in thirty eight chance of winning, which are very long odds indeed. Bet on even-odd or black-red wagers as a substitute which have a much lower house edge.
  • Keno: Any variation of Keno, and regardless of how you bet on it, the house edge can be a huge twenty-five percent. Yes, that isn’t a typo. Due to the large amount of numbers you have to choose, it is not advisable to wager on Keno to often. A number of times for entertainment, maybe. But don’t spend all your cash on it or you will quickly discover yourself beaten.