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Online Casino Sucker Wagers — Part II

by Heaven on Saturday, March 15th, 2025

  • Progressive side bets: Games like Caribbean Stud Poker commonly contain one of these. You normally lay a wager (a dollar is the normal amount) to try to win a side jackpot that can reach twenty-five thousand dollars. Though huge jackpots like this are extremely alluring, they’re also incredibly complicated to win. You would have to hit a Royal Flush in order to hit this bet. Also, think about this- you wager twenty hands and make the side wager every time. That is twenty dollars you could have used towards the actual game bet in place of a sucker bet. Just think about what you could have been able to win at a wager with more favorable odds employing that $20.
  • Individual number wagers 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 one. This shifts the overall casino edge from two% with one zero wheel to a huge five% in American. The individual number wager has just a 1 in 38 chance of winning, which are very long odds indeed. Try even-odd or black-red bets instead which have a much lower house advantage.
  • Keno: Any variation of Keno, and anyway you wager on it, the house advantage can be a huge twenty-five percent. No, that was not a typo. Due to the large amount of numbers you have to pick, it is not advisable to bet on Keno very much. A few times for entertainment, perhaps. But do not spend all your money on it or you will immediately discover yourself broke.