The Cardigans Licensed to YouTube by UMG (on behalf of Universal Music AB); LatinAutor, UMPG Publishing, SODRAC, LatinAutor - UMPG, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA - UBEM, BMI - Broadcast. Theartsdesk on Vinyl 47: The Beta Band, Ry Cooder, The Cardigans, Sgt. Once bassist for briefly hyped prog-indie band Palace, his first solo outing â on white. On lyric/art inner sleeve and boasting a set of songs that won't quit. Sound (the latter trait exemplified by the catchy hit âMy Favourite Gameâ).
![]() âAll works and no play make Jack a dull boyâ goes the famous saying. I too enjoy playing all sorts of games-both indoors as well as outdoors. Among the indoor games, I enjoy playing carom and chess the most. I also enjoy playing badminton and table tennis with my friends and cousins.But the game I like the most is cricket. I not only enjoy playing this game but also watching it. It is my favorite game. We play cricket in our school also. I am in our school team and I really enjoy playing for our school. I open innings for our schoolâs team.
ADVERTISEMENTS:
![]()
Image Source: museumofplay.orgI also enjoy watching the game whenever there is a live telecast on television. India is of course my favourite team but I also like watching the Australian and Srilankan teams. I therefore enjoy watching any match of the Indian team and if the other team is also one of my favourites, it is like a cherry on the cake.Recently, I got a chance to watch a live cricket match at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium between India and srilanka. It was a thrilling experience. I enjoyed the match especially, the great performances of captain Dravid, Sehwag, Tendulkar, Dhoni, Kaif and Kumble. Sachin Tendulkar is my favorite batsman. But the new sensation Dhoni too has won the hearts of many people including mine. It was a great joy to watch my favourite teams pitched up against each other. India had won in the end, therefore our joy was doubled and we felt our watching the Match was even more rewarded. I wish, I could get such more chances to watch live matches.
Roulette wheel | Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Spending a weekend gambling in Vegas may be fun, though youâll probably have an even better time if you win big at the tables. If youâre hoping to beat the odds at the casino, the game you choose to play matters. Youâre more likely to come home a little bit richer if you sit down at the blackjack table rather than settling in with the gray-haired set at the slots.
It all comes down to math. Amateur gamblers may hope luck is on their side when they walk through the doors of the Bellagio or Caesars Palace, but what they really need to think about are the odds of winning at different games. While the house always has an edge, itâs much bigger in some situations than in others. Thatâs why you never see smart gamblers wasting their time playing keno or wheel of fortune â games where youâre almost guaranteed to lose money.
Casino games with the best odds
Savvy gamblers are going to cluster around the blackjack tables, where the casinoâs edge is usually between 0.5% to 1%, though the number varies depending on the number of decks and other rule variations. You can calculate the house edge on a particular game of blackjack using the Wizard of Odds online calculator. Those numbers also assume youâre playing with whatâs known as basic strategy, or making the best possible decision based on the cards youâve been dealt. For the average player whoâs going to make some mistakes, the houseâs edge increases to 2%, according to the University of Nevadaâs Center for Gaming Research.
Blackjack table | Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
âBlackjack is one of our easiest games to play,â Jay Bean, a floor manager at Caesarâs, told Clevelandâs Newsnet5. âYouâre just looking for a number that beats the dealerâs number without going over 21.â
âYou are somewhere between 44% to 48% in every single hand of winning,â Michael Magazine, a professor of analytics at the University of Cincinnati, said of blackjack.
After blackjack, the games with the best odds are baccarat and craps. In baccarat, which is a game of chance rather than skill, the odds are close to 50/50, though your chances are slightly better if you bet on the banker rather than the player. At the craps table, the house edge on a pass line bet is 1.4%.
Roulette is one of the easiest casino games to play, and the odds are also fairly good. If you only bet on red or black or evens or odds (as opposed to a specific number) the house edge is 5.26%, assuming youâre playing in an American casino with double zeros on the wheel. Your odds of winning are better in a European casino with a single-zero wheel.
Video poker is another game with fairly good odds for players. âFor video poker the statistical advantage varies depending on the particular machine, but generally this game can be very player friendly â house edge less than 3% is not uncommon and some are less than 1% â if played with expert strategy,â per the Center for Gaming Research.
Casino games with the worst odds
Slots may be less intimidating to novice gamblers than table games like blackjack, but the house is more likely to take you for a ride. Each slot machine is different, but the Wizard of Odds estimates the house edge for penny slots at between 6% and 15%. If you canât resist the slots, chose a higher-denomination machine, since these tend to have a higher payout percentage than lower-denomination slots.
âThe average slot machine is probably two, three times more costly to players than the table games,â Bill Zender, a former professional gambler, told Mental Floss.
Even worse than slots are âsucker gamesâ like wheel of fortune and keno. The house advantage on keno averages 27%, according to the Center for Gaming. For wheel of fortune games (which also go by names like âbig sixâ and âlucky wheelâ), the house edge ranges from 11% to 24%, depending on your bet.
Whether you choose to take a chance on the wheel of fortune or are a high-roller playing baccarat, understanding how the game is played will put you ahead of most other players.
âNinety percent of the people who walk into a casino have no idea of the odds stacked against them,â Zender said.
Also keep this in mind: The more you gamble, the likelier you are to lose. An analysis of online gamblers found that those who bet the least also had the highest winning percentage. But even then, the numbers werenât great. Seventeen percent of the lightest gamblers ended up in the black over a two-year period. Only 5.4% of the heaviest gamblers came out ahead.
â[T]he average person doesnât understand the mathâ of the multiplier effect, Jim Kilby, who has written books on casino management, told the Wall Street Journal. âCasino games are nibbling machines, and the more nibbles you have, the bigger your losses.â
Follow Megan on Facebook and Twitter
More from Money & Career Cheat Sheet:![]() Comments are closed.
|
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
December 2022
Categories |