LearnTheOdds

The Games

Each game gets a free table, a full odds simulator, and a plain-English strategy guide, 17 games are live, from Blackjack and Craps to Video Poker, Spanish 21 and the full carnival-table lineup.

  • Baccarat

    Banker vs player vs the tie-bet trap: proven by simulation.
    Play Baccarat

  • Big Six Wheel

    Seven spots, one spin, no strategy. The best bet costs 11.11% and the worst 24.07%; every spot is pricier than any core craps bet.
    Play Big Six Wheel

  • Blackjack

    Basic strategy, house edge by rule set, million-hand simulator + a strategy trainer.
    Play Blackjack

  • Blackjack Switch

    You play two hands and may trade their second cards, which no ordinary blackjack table allows. The house takes it back with even-money blackjacks and a dealer 22 that pushes instead of busting.
    Play Blackjack Switch

  • Casino War

    The simplest game in the house, high card wins, and it still keeps 2.88%. See why you always go to war and never touch the Tie bet.
    Play Casino War

  • Crapless Craps

    Every number from 2 to 12 can be the point, nothing loses the come-out, and the 11 that used to win instantly just became a hard point. That one trade takes the pass line from 1.41% to 5.38%.
    Play Crapless Craps

  • Craps

    The best bets and the sucker bets, side by side.
    Play Craps

  • DJ Wild

    Five wild cards make a pair routine, so the blind pays on a straight or better: under 10% of hands. One sentence of strategy covers the whole game.
    Play DJ Wild

  • Double Down Madness

    One card to start, then double as many times as you like, and still hit. The price is a dealer 22 that pushes instead of busting. 0.95% on the right paytable, 2.07% on the wrong one.
    Play Double Down Madness

  • Four Card Poker

    Your best 4 of 5 against the dealer's best 4 of 6; no qualifying, ties go to you. Size the raise right (1× or 3×) and the ante edge is 3.40%.
    Play Four Card Poker

  • Let It Ride

    Three bets go up, and the skill is taking them down, optimal play pulls back 85–93% of the time. Exact 3.51% edge, computed from all 52 million states.
    Play Let It Ride

  • Mississippi Stud

    Three raise-or-fold streets with everything paying at the end. 4.91% per ante but just 1.37% of your total action; the exact strategy included.
    Play Mississippi Stud

  • Roulette

    Place any combination on the felt, watch the live odds, and simulate thousands of spins: European vs American.
    Play Roulette

  • Slots

    How RTP & variance really work: nine machines with every paytable shown openly (an honest illustrative model).
    Play Slots

  • Spanish 21

    Blackjack minus the 10-spots, plus always-win 21s and bonus payouts to 3:1. Just 0.40% played right: with strategy hints derived from scratch.
    Play Spanish 21

  • Three Card Poker

    Three cards, one decision. Learn the Queen-6-4 rule that cuts the house edge to 3.37%, and why the flashy Pair Plus side bet costs you more.
    Play Three Card Poker

  • Video Poker

    The machine that grades your play: every hold of every hand priced by the exact solver. Twelve real paytables, from full-pay Deuces Wild's 100.76% player edge down to the 6/5 Jacks or Better on cruise ships: all derived by full enumeration, not quoted.
    Play Video Poker

Start with the Blackjack laboratory →: a live table, a million-hand simulator, a strategy trainer, and a plain-English odds guide, or spin the Roulette table →, play Baccarat →, or step up to the Craps felt → with free odds, pass/don't, place, and field bets, or open the Slots → and see exactly why the house always wins.