Archive for May 29th, 2026

Internet Casino Sucker Bets — Part One

  • Proposition bets in Craps: These Craps bets indicates you are wagering that a specific thing may happen on the next roll. For example, you may make the ‘hard ways’ wager, which means that you’re wagering that the tosser will toss a four, six, eight, or ten by rolling a double. These wagers have a casino advantage of anywhere from 9.1-11.1%. This is a huge casino advantage, and it’s incredibly rare that they hit.
  • Tie bet in Baccarat: This is a wager that no one, the croupier nor the player will come away with a win, but that both hands will tie. This is an extremely rare situation in net baccarat chemin de fer, therefore the casino advantage is high. At fourteenpercent casino advantage, this is the very definition of a sucker wager.
  • Insurance wager in Black Jack: Although black jack has one of the smallest house advantages (and there is also a ton of talent required), this is a sucker bet. Depending on how many decks are being used and the rules of the table, the casino advantage of this is at least 5 percent, but can be as great as 14%. Only very experienced card counters are able to make this bet function for them, and even then it’s still a sucker bet.