{"id":13794,"date":"2016-03-05T02:40:43","date_gmt":"2016-03-05T10:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=13794"},"modified":"2016-03-05T02:40:43","modified_gmt":"2016-03-05T10:40:43","slug":"gambling-basics-what-the-house-edge-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/gambling-basics-what-the-house-edge-means\/","title":{"rendered":"Gambling Basics: What the House Edge Means"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It probably comes as no surprise that in casinos, no matter what game you play, the casino has the advantage.<\/p>\n

Casinos are referred to as “the house,” probably because “casino” in Italian means, literally, “little house.”<\/p>\n

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The United States has about 1,500 casinos. France comes in second with about 190.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The “house edge,” then, is the mathematical advantage a casino has for a given game.<\/p>\n

The house edge is sometimes called the “vig,” short for “vigorish,” a Russian word that means “winnings.” Other terms include “juice,” “cut” or “take.”<\/p>\n

Each casino game has a different house edge.<\/p>\n

Keno, for example, has the biggest house edge in a casino, as much as a whopping 25%. The bigger the house edge, the worse the game is for players.<\/p>\n

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The best keno strategy is not to play it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Blackjack and baccarat have some of the lowest house edges in a casino.<\/p>\n

There’s even a bet in craps, the “odds” bet, that has zero house edge, although making that bet requires the player to also make a “negative expectation” bet. Casinos aren’t charities!<\/p>\n

The good news is that while casinos are assured to win over time, the house’s mathematical advantage is calculated over a large number of wagers, which leaves room for winning streaks and sometimes dramatic deviations from the expected losses over time.<\/p>\n

These deviations and streaks are where hope lives and dreams become reality for many Las Vegas gamblers. Players beat the odds every day in Las Vegas!<\/p>\n

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To take advantage of the low house edge in blackjack, grab a cheat sheet in the casino gift shop so you’ll have some help learning basic strategy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here’s a great overview of gambling mathematics<\/a> from the good folks at the University of Las Vegas’ Center for Gaming Research.<\/p>\n

Remember, even though the house may have a mathematical advantage, if you measure success in fun, you’ll can always walk away a winner in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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