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Wizard
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June 16th, 2018 at 7:04:00 PM permalink
Lucky 5 is another game by betgame.tv. This one is kind of like a keno game, with five balls drawn out of 36. The balls are divided into four colors of nine balls each. Most of the bets relate to the color of the balls drawn. For all the rules and analysis, please click my link. As always, I welcome all questions, comments, and especially corrections.

The question for the poll is would you play Lucky 5?

p.s. The last poll option should be "bed" not "bet."
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mustangsally
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June 16th, 2018 at 8:27:42 PM permalink
This was one of my game ideas a few years ago at a friend's request
and with the 36 numbers I found it interesting to make many sum bets.
I can not find that sheet today but here are the sums for 36 draw 5 (numbered 1 to 36)
only took 2 minutes 
starting with code from Pari Gp and moving the results into Excel
wayssum
1170
1169
2168
3167
5166
7165
10164
13163
18162
23161
30160
37159
47158
57157
70156
84155
101154
119153
141152
164151
192150
221149
255148
291147
333146
377145
427144
480143
540142
603141
674140
748139
830138
916137
1010136
1108135
1214134
1324133
1442132
1564131
1694130
1827129
1968128
2112127
2263126
2417125
2577124
2739123
2907122
3076121
3250120
3424119
3602118
3779117
3959116
4137115
4316114
4492113
4668112
4839111
5009110
5172109
5332108
5484107
5631106
5769105
5900104
6021103
6134102
6236101
6329100
641099
648198
654097
658896
662495
664894
666093
666092
664891
662490
658889
654088
648187
641086
632985
623684
613483
602182
590081
576980
563179
548478
533277
517276
500975
483974
466873
449272
431671
413770
395969
377968
360267
342466
325065
307664
290763
273962
257761
241760
226359
211258
196857
182756
169455
156454
144253
132452
121451
110850
101049
91648
83047
74846
67445
60344
54043
48042
42741
37740
33339
29138
25537
22136
19235
16434
14133
11932
10131
8430
7029
5728
4727
3726
3025
2324
1823
1322
1021
720
519
318
217
116
115
376992total

maybe they might be interested in expanding the 'sum bets'
say
50 to 1 for a sum of 92 (9.9% house edge)
50 to 1 for a sum of 93
and so on

I would be interested in that
as summing the 5 draws would be way easier than it is at Keno 80.20

the current game I doubt I would play, but maybe
good luck to them

what comes to mind is the Phase 10 card game Mattel toys bought from the original company a few years ago.
That original company went under a few years later, iirc, after trying to do 'all dice' games

seems to me
card games are the 'thing' these days unless there is a WOW factor that grabs one to play.
the hint here is remove the balls and replace with cards
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June 17th, 2018 at 5:02:44 AM permalink
I seems to be missing something.

Quote: WoV



Selected ball will appear — Pays 6.8
Selected ball will not appear — Pays 1.1



Is this saying I can take both side of this? Bet on say "2" then bet against "2" showing? And one or the other has to pay?
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June 17th, 2018 at 6:38:03 AM permalink
Is a House Edge of 5% or higher now the target for game designers on games with no complex basic strategy? Is that what casinos want to maximize their total revenue?
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June 17th, 2018 at 7:05:11 AM permalink
Quote: gordonm888

Is a House Edge of 5% or higher now the target for game designers on games with no complex basic strategy? Is that what casinos want to maximize their total revenue?


Hi gordonm888,
Yes, I think you are right.
I would say (House Edge of 4.5% or higher now the target for game designers on games with no complex basic strategy) 3.5%+ if it is a Fast/Quick game.
Stephen Au-Yeung (Legend of New Table Games®) NewTableGames.com
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