• Progressive side bets: Games such as Caribbean Stud Poker regularly have one of these. You usually put a wager ($1 is the usual amt.) to attempt to win a bonus jackpot that can be upwards of twenty-five thousand dollars. Although big jackpots like these are extremely appealing, they’re also particularly complicated to succeed. You might need to hit a Royal Flush in order to win this bet. Also, think about this- you wager twenty hands and make the side wager each time. That’s twenty dollars you should have used towards the actual game wager instead of a sucker bet. Picture what you could have been able to win at a wager with more favorable odds employing that 20 dollars.
  • Individual number wagers in Roulette: This is particularly true for American Roulette. Why? American Roulette has 2 zeroes on the wheel, unlike European Roulette, which has only 1. This takes the complete casino edge from two% with a single zero wheel to a whopping 5.26% in American. The one number bet has only a 1 in 38 chance of succeeding, which are very long odds indeed. Bet on even-odd or black-red bets instead which have a much smaller house advantage.
  • Keno: Any variation of Keno, and regardless of how you wager on it, the house edge can be a whopping twenty-five percent. Yes, that isn’t a typo. Because of the huge set of numbers you must pick, it’s not advisable to bet on Keno to often. A number of times for entertainment, maybe. But don’t spend all your money on it or you’ll immediately find yourself broke.