What are the worst bets in the casino?

Ever wonder if there was a way to walk into a casino and lose your money even more quickly than you usually do? Well, wonder no more because playing the following games is the quickest way to become separated from your hard-earned money. That’s right, it’s time to find out what exactly are the WORST bets you can make in a casino.

The following represent those games where the house advantage is either ridiculously high, or the risk/reward equation of making the bet will break any household calculator.

Five worst bets/games on the casino floor:

1. Keno. Have you ever played the lottery? Ever WON the lottery? We didn’t think so. Keno is like playing lottery 25 times in a row while you eat your Steak and Eggs special in the casino coffee shop.

2. Blackjack Insurance. If you want to spot the beginning blackjack player at the table, look for the one putting money up for Insurance. The side bet is supposed to protect the player from losing their shirt on the dealer’s 21, but with a house advantage of 8%, who’s really getting the best deal here?

3. The Wheel of Fortune. The big wheel looks enticing when you walk into a casino, but try to avoid the urge to play it. The house’s advantage can run as high as 24% depending upon your bet, making this one is a must-avoid.

4. “00” on a Roulette Wheel. Betting the green Double Zero on a roulette wheel may seem like a sexy bet, but it is actually the worst possible bet you can make on this classic casino game. The house advantage here skyrockets over 5% when you play the green.

5. Craps Prop Bets. The bets in the center of the craps table are known as “Prop Bets” or “Proposition Bets”. They include things like betting on “Any Seven” or that old standard YO-ELEVEN. Play the Pass and Come bets for better odds and your money will last a heck of a lot longer.

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Poker: If Your Read is Wrong You May Pay for It

The pros say poker is about making good decisions. Put your opponent on a hand based on his tendencies, and then decide if you're getting your money in when you have the best of it.

But sometimes you make the wrong read.

And sometimes you get lucky.

At the 2007 World Series of Poker main event, pro Chip Jett couldn't figure out an opponent who had one of the biggest stacks of the day.

"He'd limp under the gun, somebody would raise, I'd call, he'd move in, and I'd fold A-K," Jett said. "Now I'm getting ticked off. It was almost like he played so simple that it was tricky."

In this hand, with blinds at $200-$400, Jett raised to $1,025 from the cutoff with pocket 8s. His vexing opponent called from the big blind.

The flop came king-queen-8, two diamonds, giving Jett a set of 8s. The big blind checked. Jett bet $3,300.

"I'm putting him on a king, and I'm praying that he has K-Q and is going to raise me," Jett said.

His opponent called. The turn came the 9 of hearts, putting a straight draw on board. The big blind checked again. Jett made it $4,400. His opponent moved all in for about $135,000, a raise of about 10 times the size of the pot.

"The first thing I think is that he definitely doesn't have the straight because he wouldn't make a bet that would run me out of the hand," Jett said. "I really thought that he probably had K-Q, which I love.

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"But I was hoping he'd raise just some of my chips and then I'd re-raise all in and he'd fold. Any time I have to put the last of my chips in and I don't have (an unbeatable hand), I get a little freaked out."

Jett put in his remaining stack of about $35,000. His opponent flipped over jack-10 offsuit for the straight.

"I think he was so green that he didn't want to take any chances (of losing to a flush on the river)," Jett said.

More than a 3-1 underdog, Jett hit a king on the river to double up with a full house.

Jett had put his opponent on a hand - in this case, king-queen - and when nothing changed his mind, he stuck to his read. It was the wrong read, but he stuck to it, fueled in part by being bet out of pots by this opponent.

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Online Poker Helps Gigamedia Beat Wall Street Projections

Taiwan-based online gaming software firm GigaMedia Ltd (owns and operates Everest Poker) posted fourth-quarter results that beat Wall Street expectations this week, driven by continued growth in its online poker software business in continental Europe as well as by Internet games business in Asia.

Earlier this month, GigaMedia's Everest Poker announced they had signed a key multi-year promotional agreement with the World Series of Poker (WSOP), the world's largest land-based poker.

Under the terms of the deal, Everest Poker will be the sole poker related table sponsor of the WSOP and will enjoy a prominent logo position on the "felt" on every table in the competition, as well as exclusive brand positioning on the coveted "inner-rung" of the championship table.

The alliance also includes other prominent on-site visibility at the WSOP, including hanging banners and barricade logos. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

Also, Everest Poker was named Poker Operation of the Year in 2007 by industry journal e-Gaming Review.

Revenue in GigaMedia's core gaming software segment rose 73 percent to $34.2 million from the year-ago quarter. The company's poker software business, which rose 107 percent from the previous year, contributed about 78 percent of the gaming software segment's revenue in the quarter.

Fourth-quarter revenue in the Asian online games segment increased 92 percent to $10.1 million.

Net income for the quarter rose 8 percent to $10.7 million, compared with $9.9 million a year ago. Consolidated revenue increased 59 percent to $47.7 million.

The company reported that they expect revenue to climb sharply in 2008, in its Asian online games business boosted by new games launches. The company also forecast continued strong revenue growth in its online poker and gaming software business in 2008.

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Poker leader flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct

We have news of what may be a poker first -- at least for organized tournament poker. Yesterday, at a World Series of Poker circuit event at Caesars Atlantic City, the chip leader at the final table of a major event was disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct.


The player, who is identified in the WSOP press release as a general contractor from Richmond, Va., was thrown out of the game and "forcefully removed from the tournament room" at a point when five players remained in the opening event of the WSOP Circuit tournament that had a $300 buy-in and started with more than 1,000 players.

At the point the Richmond man, Lesley Thornburg, was disqualified, he had earned about $19,000 for his fifth-place standing. The winner, a 76-year-old retiree from Brick, N.J., collected a little more than $76,000.

According to the official tournament report, Thornburg had been given two warnings for unsportmanlike behavior the previous day. The behavior was described thusly: "Ceaseless display of loud comments and baiting tactics lasting several hours."

The final straw came when Thornburg was actually the beneficiary of great luck twice. On one all-in, his ace-7 was dominated by an opponent's ace-queen, but Thornburg caught a 7 to grab the chip lead. Then, two hands later, he knocked out a player in sixth place when Thornburg had 4-4 against 7-7 and caught a 4.

But then Thornburg lost control, the report said, and he "began jamming chips into the pot with reckless abandon." He was warned by tournament officials and finally, when he shoved half his stack into the pot and announced "all in," officials ejected him for the "annoying and confusing antics."

Thronburg may consider himself lucky. In the Old West, all this would have ended much differently.

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Forecast Good for Poker and Casino Online Play In The US

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