Tips on helping your odds

These are various tips that you may consider


GOOD BETS - Look for favourable games: ones that pay 2-1 for blackjack, allow doubling after a split, or require dealers to stand on all 17's.		BAD BETS - Insurance. You'll win 4 percent more money in the long run by not insuring.


GOOD BETS - All roulette bets - single numbers, combos, black or red etc. - yield the house an identical 5.26% edge.		BAD BETS - The one exception to the 5.26% edge rule is the five number combo 0, 00, 1, 2, and 3, which gives the house a 7.29% edge.


GOOD BETS - Look for machines with guaranteed high payoffs. Also popular machines and higher denomination machines are often set to pay out slightly better, since they cover their costs more easily.		BAD BETS - Slots in general; the house edge can be 20% or more and is based on the whim of the casino.


GOOD BETS - The pass and don't pass lines. Back up one of these even-money bets by "taking odds" and drop the house edge to less than 1%.		BAD BETS - Stay away from the "field" (house yield is 2.8% - 5.5%), "big 6" and "big 8" (9%), and especially the hard ways (9%-11%).


GOOD BETS - Betting on either the banker or the player's a good deal: the house edge is wafer thin in both cases (1.17% on banker bets, 1.35% on player bets).		BAD BETS - The "tie" bet - gives the worst odds. It pays 8-1, but it almost never happens, so the house gets away with an incredible 18.5% edge.