What you should be playing.

If you play on tables, play with the best odds. Depending on the table minimum you should look for single zero roulette 2.70% house edge. If you play on a wheel with double zeros you are looking at 5.26%. If you play Black Jack, assuming good rules you are looking at 0.28%. Baccarat should be 1.06 (house) & 1.24 (Player). If you want to play some of the higher risk games for a big hit, just know that it comes at the huge hold the house has on them. Big 6 Wheel looks like 12-24%. Keno is 25-30%. Sure you might turn your $10.00 bet into $100.00 in a blink on the higher risk games, but they don’t give you as much table time as the lower house edge games. Less time playing, means less more being recycled so play a lower risk game and grind for all its worth.

If you play slots, know that on average, the lower the denomination the higher the hold.

Pennies payback less than nickels. Nickles less than quarters. Quarters less than dollars etc. The huge jackpot on Wheel of Fortune did not get built up so high because people kept winning on them. So avoid huge progressives.

The hold on these games are often a lot higher than the lower “jackpot” amounts on other games. You are much more likely to hit a $1,000 jackpot than a $100,000.00 one.

Video Poker. Finding a good paying machine is not hard. Google how to find good video poker and you’ll see what you are looking for. On a good machine you are looking at 98% pay back or more. The casinos know that this is a great value to gamblers. So they cut your comps short to make up for it. If a players club normally takes $1.00 to get 1 point on slot machine. Chances are it will take twice that or more to get the same point on a video poker machine.

There is no sure fire way to win without cheating. But there is nothing wrong with playing for comps. If you are going to gamble, eat, stay at a resort and shop ANYWAY you might as well earn some points and do it right.

If you play slots, find a 5 line quarter game. Track down an older one if you can. Chances are the odds will be much better than the modern day 85% returning movie themed one. You should be able to rack up points, for very little lost, and you actually have a fighting chance to win something!