Best to Worst Casino Bets
What are the best casino bets you can make? What ones should you stay away from? Here are 35 casino bets and their respective house edge. Some of these can vary depending on the house rules and strategy used, but for this list we took the worst case scenarios for house edge per casino bet; ranging from almost even in Blackjack (using Basic Strategy) to giving your money away in Keno.
Rank | Type of Wager | House Edge | 1. | Blackjack (using basic strategy) | 0.28% | 2. | Spanish 21 (dealer stands soft 17) | 0.4% | 3. | Video Poker (Jacks or better) | 0.46% | 4. | Blackjack Switch | 0.58% | 5. | Spanish 21 (dealer hits soft 17) | 0.76% | 6. | Baccarat Banker Bet | 1.06% | 7. | Baccarat Player Bet | 1.24% | 8. | Craps: Don't Pass/Don't Come | 1.36% | 9. | Craps Pass/Come | 1.41% | 10. | Pai Gow Poker | 1.46% | 11. | Pai Gow | 1.50% | 12. | Craps: Place 6 or 8 | 1.52% | 13. | Three Card Poker Pair Plus | 2.32% | 14. | Roulette Single 0 | 2.70% | 15. | Craps Field Bet (12 pays 3:1) | 2.78% | 16. | Casino War: Go to War on ties | 2.88% | 17. | Three Card Poker Ante/Play | 3.37% | 18. | Let it Ride | 3.51% | 19. | Casino War: Surrender on ties | 3.70% | 20. | Craps: Place 5 or 9 | 4.00% | 21. | Caribbean Stud | 5.22% | 22. | All other Roulette Bets | 5.26% | 23. | Craps: Field Bet (a 12 pays 2:1) | 5.56% | 24. | Craps: Place 4 or 10 | 6.67% | 25. | Craps: Big 6 or 8 | 9.09% | 26. | Craps: Hard 6 or 8 | 9.09% | 27. | Craps: Any Craps | 11.11% | 28. | Craps: Hard 4 or 10 | 11.11% | 29. | Craps: Proposition Bet 3 or 11 | 11.11% | 30. | Craps: Proposition Bet 2 or 12 | 13.89% | 31. | Baccarat Tie Bet | 14.36% | 32. | Slot Machines | 15.00% | 33. | Craps: Proposition Any 7 | 16.67% | 34. | Casino War: Bet on Ties | 18.65% | 35. | Keno | 29.00% |
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