James wrote: What about betting the minimun on red in roulette? You'd seriously consider playing a game with a 5.26% edge? That rather dwarfs the suggestions of other people who were considering a 2% disadvantage game for quarters versus a 0.5% disadvantage game for $5 It can actually be a lot worse at roulette. Sometimes when you use free play for table games they give you one-time-use chips. That is, win or lose, you retire the chips. So for a $5 bet, you have a 18/38 chance of BREAKING EVEN (i.e. receive a real $5 chip) and a 20/38 chance of losing your funny money chip. Round numbers you're playing with a 52+% disadvantage. Your average result for running $300 through such a system is about $145. Bob
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