Which casino game is the best bet?

Answer 1

Your getting a bit of good and bad gen for this question. Some people don't know the difference between house edge and hold, it's the house edge on the tables and it's hold on the slots.
The best games in terms of house edge are:
Blackjack if you can play perfect basic strategy it's 0.7% but it has to be perfect.
Baccarat it's 1.06% for a bank bet, slightly worse for the player at 1.24%.
Craps on the pass line 1.41% and the don't pass is 1.36%.
Who ever said 3 card poker was the worst was wrong as it's Caribbean Stud Poker a house edge of 5.22% compared to 3 cards 3.37%.
Well there's some figures to think about I doubt if they will get you the answer you are looking for.
I live and work Moscow and here we have a poker variant that has a low house edge it's called Russian Poker and you are allowed to do a lot of things that are good for the player.

Answer 2

Find a slots section that promises a 99% payout. They have them in many casinos. In this area the casino only has a house edge of 1% which is better than roulette, blackjack or other games. You can play a nice simple game with the chance to win a few thousand.

Remember that unless the slot is in that advertised area (there is usually a big neon sign!) the odds are WAY worse, probably an edge of 5-20%. Sure you can still win a nice pay off, but the house edge is such that most of the time you will lose.

Now if you actually know what you are doing, some bets in craps, black jack, video poker, baccarat, and Pai Gow offer a pretty low house edge. Of course that house edge goes way up if you don't know what you are doing.

If you REALLY know what you are doing, the best best is a poker tournament. After paying a small entry fee you can stand to win a few thousand dollars, and the casino does not care who wins or loses, so the odds are not stacked against you. Your skill level at the game will determine the likelihood of winning. Although there is a luck element to the game, skill goes a long way to getting that nice pay day, for a relatively low investment.

Answer 3

Poker (against live players) is the game where you can have a huge advantage if your skill level is higher than your opponents. In the long run you will make money. Of course it can take a long time to master. Blackjack is next. If you only know basic strategy, then you have roughly about a 1% advantage over the house. If you know basic strategy AND you know how to count cards (assuming that a given casino has favorable conditions for counting) then you can have a HUGE advantage over the house in certain situations (up to 20%!). The reason I say "certain situations" is because your advantage or disadvantage will fluctuate as the count fluctuates. Craps is next but only if you bet the pass/don't pass where the house advantage is only 1.41% or 1.40% respectively. If you take the odds then the house advantage is lowered even further. All the other bets are sucker bets because the house advantage is prohibitive. For example, people LOVE to bet "field" because they think that they have an advantage (due to all the numbers they get). They put down their money (as one bet) on the 2,3,4,9,10,11,and 12. It is a single-roll bet that pays even money (except on the 2 and 12 where you get double). Lots of chances, right? WRONG. If you add up all of your winning chances you get 16 possible winning chances out of 36 possible combinations of the dice. However if you add up the losing chances (if you roll a 5,6,7,8) you will lose 20 times (out of the 36 possible combinations). So if you bet $1 each for 36 rolls of the dice, you will win $18 (remember the 2 and 12 pay double) and lose $20. This gives the house an advantage of 5.6% on the field bet. If you bet the "Big Red" (any 7), the house has a whopping 16.67% edge! Generally speaking, all of the "one-roll" bets on the craps table are sucker bets. Baccarat is next best. Here, the house advantage is only about 2.5% (if you stick to the side bets). This is due to the 5% vig that the house charges you if you bet the "bank" and it wins. And NO, betting the bank every single time is NOT a winning strategy. If you do that 100 times (betting $1 each time), you will lose 50 times and win 50 times. However the times you lose you will lose a total of $50, and the times you win you will win $45. Roulette has a basic house edge of 5.26%. You get paid 35 to 1 on a number if it hits but there are 38 possible outcomes (if there is a 0 and 00), so they should be paying you 37 to 1 to make the game fair. The carnival games such as Let It Ride and 3 Card Poker are even worse.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Oddly enough, video poker.

Some machines payback at or slightly higher than 100%. How is that possible, you ask?
Well, the machine payout structure is designed to be very volatile so you are discouraged from playing the game long term, long enough to get your average % of royal flushes (getting your royals is the key to getting the payback on any video poker machine, so you have to play for a long time).

Combined with earning comps, this is a way to "win" at the casinos.

Check out Jean Scott's "Frugal Gambler". She lives her life playing in casinos at a fractional edge when comps are factored in. Well, that and she writes books about it.

If you want to play table games, blackjack and craps are the best. These games have very small (around or less than 1%) house edge when played correctly (NOTE: you have to know optimum strategies for the games).

Because the house advantage for these two games are so small, theories and techniques have been developed to just turn the edge slightly towards the player. Card counting for blackjack and dice controlling for craps. Note that both techniques are frowned upon by the casinos, and persons suspected of using them will be asked (forced) to leave.

Answer 6

If you know how to do it, you can play poker and bet sports profitably. If you can count cards, you can play blackjack profitably (however, most casinos will spot this and make you leave if they catch you). I've heard that there are certain situations where video poker is +EV, but these involve an enormous jackpot (that you likely won't hit).

Straight blackjack and craps aren't too bad. Depending on the payouts slots might not be either. However, they're losing propositions, they can't be beat long-term.

Answer 7

There is no best bet in casino, the odd is always on the banker favour. Thus, the simpliest theory to win in casino is to bet only when your luck is good. Never play a single game for too long, as mentioned above, the odd is on the banker favour, thus the longer you play, the higher chance you will lose.

Answer 8

You are better off with blackjack, baccarat, and craps for the best bets. However, going to casinos, the odds are in the house's favor on any game, so just play games you have fun with. You can just as easily win on all of them.

Answer 9

For odds, your best returns will come at craps tables and blackjack, if the blackjack payout is 3:2 and not 6:5.

Of course, the payout on these favors the house as it always does, but careful wagering on these games means you can usually come out without losing much.

There's also slot machines, which tend to give poor payout, but if you get lucky enough to hit a decent sized prize, you can come out ahead quickly if you stop with what you've won. I wouldn't suggest slots though, too easy to sit there mindlessly and keep playing for hours.

Answer 10

As far as table games, Craps has the best house odds and Roulette has the worst odds (even though it alot of fun). As far as slots go, even the machines that promise a 99% payout, still benefit the house, most cash outs are less than the money spent on the spin.