Roulette

[That One Doe]

I spent the last few days in Atlantic City playing automatic roulette machines. I was drawn to them because of the $3 minimum as opposed to the live dealer tables at $10.

As you may know, roulette has 2 green 0-00 spaces which creates a house edge of 2 in 38 or 5.26%

Pretty lame odds, right? Well, honestly it was a lot of fun to play. We had some good swings in cash and walked away in the positive.

But shame on me for not having the full knowledge: http://wizardofodds.com/games/roulette/basics/

In Atlantic City, they will only take half of your wager for a 0-00 spin! Amazingly, some of the best 0-00 roulette odds are in AC, at 2.63% house edge.
the link i posted also has information on Single Zero roulette giving the house edge of 2.70% or 1 in 37. In addition,there is European roulette in which one zero is used and the house only takes half like in AC.

But why should you at the Four Kings Casino be concerned with this? Well, Guess what... Las Vegas casinos often offer European Roulette in their high stakes lounges! So how about it digital leisure? Could you give the high rollers some better odds in the VIP section? I feel this would positively impact the game and player experience.

[coldgills]

yes i thought the odds should be better in vip i thought that was the point, but i see no difference in the other games infact it seems worse in vip.

[That One Doe]

It would be nice to have things like:
a) 6 deck BJ shoes in the VIP (Assuming they are 8 everywhere now, I've never actually counted them)
b) European Roulette
c) A big-6 wheel with Atlantic City payouts ( 45-1 on Joker and House instead of 40-1)

I do appreciate the single deck blackjack and baccarat. Baccarat has some great odds of less than 1.25% house edge.

Other than offering higher odds ratios in craps, there is not much that can be done to improve odds there. Craps already has pretty good house edge, so that's not really important IMO.

The machine games are all pretty standard. Video BJ could offer any card double down and double Ace splits. Slots seem okay in general. They pay better for me in 4 kings than AC ;). Maybe more versions of video poker.

I don't know what the house rake is in Poker, exactly.

Keno can not be fixed, other than offering higher payouts in VIP. Still a long shot wager though.

I am not sure how to improve house edge in war. I think the war edge is better than roulette as is, if memory is accurate.

I figured that the real benefit to VIP was higher wagers therefore faster VIP status & store points. Though I now think It would be nice to have these bigger wagers offset by favorable odds!