Learn the Odds

Plain-English guides to the math behind every casino game, house edge, variance, which bets are worth making, and how the games stay fair. Core game figures are produced or checked against our verified engines; broader comparison figures are sourced and cited.

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Baccarat

Three bets. One answer: Banker at 1.06%. The simplest math at any casino table.

Big Six Wheel

The money wheel by the entrance charges 11-24% for the privilege of not having rules to learn.

Blackjack

The lowest house edge of any table game, but only with basic strategy.

Blackjack Switch

The only blackjack table that lets you swap cards between hands. Push 22 is how it charges you for the favour.

Casino War

The simplest game in the house: one decision, and you always make the same call. A clinic in how an edge is built from almost nothing.

Crapless Craps

The friendliest-sounding craps table is the most expensive one: 'never lose the come-out' quadruples the pass-line edge.

Craps

The only 0% house edge bet in any casino lives on this table.

DJ Wild

Five wilds in 53 cards. You'll make a pair almost every hand, and the bet paying the big multiples is asleep for nine of ten.

Double Down Madness

One card to start and unlimited doubles after; paid for by a dealer 22 that pushes instead of busting. Check the paytable: the same game costs 0.95% or 2.07%.

Four Card Poker

Your best 4 of 5 vs the dealer's 4 of 6. The skill is sizing the raise: 3Γ— when strong, 1Γ— for damage control.

Let It Ride

Three bets up, and the skill is taking them down. Fully solved: every figure computed from all 52M states.

Mississippi Stud

Three escalating raise-or-fold streets. Solved from scratch: the derivation reproduces the expert strategy, 6-5-suited quirk included.

Roulette

One extra zero nearly doubles the house edge. The wheel you choose is the only strategy.

Slots

A black box by design, so we built a transparent one. RTP, volatility, paytables, and why even 99% RTP loses.

Spanish 21

The 10-spots leave, the comebacks arrive: always-win 21s, bonus payouts, the rescue button. Cheaper than most real blackjack, on its own strategy.

Three Card Poker

One rule, Queen-6-4, is the whole strategy. Plus the flashy Pair Plus side bet that quietly costs more.

Video Poker

The odds are printed on the glass and your decisions move them; read the paytable first, then learn the holds. Our simulator grades every one against the exact solver.

Social Casinos by State

Whether sweepstakes (social) casinos accept players, and how settled the law is, depends on your state. We cover platform availability, the relevant statutes, and recent enforcement for all 50 states + DC, each independently researched and dated.

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Comps & cruise casinos

What the casino gives back, what it costs you to earn it, and the one vertical where the numbers are genuinely hard to find.

The comps hub β†’, eight cruise programs compared, plus calculators for Club Royale, Carnival and Princess.

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