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Table Game Revitalization

harris — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 07:59:15 +0000

One game that I've been analyzing by myself recently is Battle 1-2-3. Maybe some fellow Arithmancers can provide insight.

Last night I added the four side bets to Battle 1-2-3 on my casino website, and tonight I was looking for the house edges.

This analysis assumes 6 decks

Regarding the main War bet I think that there is approximately a 5.515% chance of tying (which is a loss in this game), otherwise the odds are even. Therefore there is a ~5.515% house edge.

The Battle bets seem to have no house edge. Does that mean the "basic strategy" is the bet them as much as possible? Depends how you look at it I guess.

Player's 3 side bet has a house edge of 10.29%
Pairs and Trips side bet has a house edge of 18.53% or 21.89% depending on the pay table

I have not tried to calculate the other two side bets yet. I have a life... but I'm sure I'll do them if someone else in the forum doesn't while I'm asleep. Do you think that doing the math assuming infinite decks is a good way to get an approximate value for the 8-deck house edge of a side bet?

Theoretical versus actual losses

odiousgambit — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 09:03:07 +0000

Quote: LimeyMattyi also play the bonus bets of Pair Plus and Prime, both for typically around half the size of the ante bet.
link to original post If you do this, you are asking for action and getting it. No one told you they are sucker bets? Even if you don't get treated too bad by them, your 'total action' is getting high and you are asking for it just based on how much you are plunking down each round

Stepping Down

zbrownson — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 15:16:28 +0000

I am grateful for all your contributions. I got into game math watching your YouTube videos calculating house edge of blackjack in Excel. I wouldn't have become a game inventor without your forum and other resources you provided.

Can someone connect me with a legitimate book/bookie that can actually square up

AutomaticMonkey — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:47:27 +0000

You need a phone in the desert.

Equipment:
Inexpensive Android phone.
12V solar panel, like the ones at Harbor Freight.
Car phone charger- 12V to 5V.
Waterproof, camouflageable package for this setup.

Load an app called Teamviewer on the phone, pick a strong password and record the login info. Now, you're going to move your equipment to the desert in Arizona, where all the major online sportsbooks operate. Hide it so passers-by won't see it, but in a place where it will get sunlight and with a strong cellular signal. Make sure you're well into Arizona by a few miles, so it won't get any California towers.

Now go back home, and with the Teamviewer app on your laptop or desktop, log into your phone! Load the sportsbook apps, and when it verifies you it will think you're in Arizona. Now you can bet on anything you want without getting involved with an illegal bookie, although I cannot guarantee you will not be doing anything illegal.

Just a couple of security things- always lock the phone remotely when you are not using it, back up all passwords and accounts on some other device, and before opening your apps or doing any betting, check the GPS coordinates of the phone to ensure it is exactly where you left it and not in the possession of someone else waiting for you to unlock it. You can practice using Teamviewer (or some other equivalent package) to do all the things with your solar phone setup with the phone right outside your door before you deploy it to Arizona.

Or if you don't want to do all the fun outdoors stuff, just send your Teamviewered phone to someone who lives in a state with online sports betting, have them stick it in a corner plugged in, and there you go, same process. Then, if you want you can connect to the book at home through a VPN pointed at that state, and use the phone just for 2FA geolocation which they use to verify you are in that state.

NH Casinos

harris — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:06:44 +0000

there is double deck spanish 21 at the nash

unsure what the house edge on that is though but probably pretty low?

Blackjack C++ - implementing hole card

KevinAA — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 23:18:42 +0000

Quote: commakazeThank you for the response. With some messing around, I managed to get the dealer probabilities for ten or ace up to match very close to the ones listed here:

/games/blackjack/dealer-odds-blackjack-us-rules/

(Wizard of Odds website, 6 deck, S17)
My probs are within about 0.001 - 0.004 difference. I read one of your threads about an exact analysis you were trying to do and that some of your numbers didn't quite match. Did you ever run into this problem?
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I did. I gave up trying to figure it out. The weather is too nice. :)

How to save money in casinos

Armagedden — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 04:11:32 +0000

Quote: KevinAAQuote: DieterQuote: KevinAA
People who don't tip for handpays get bad service.
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Is it much worse than just slow service?
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Same thing, isn't it?

The best way to save money at the casino is not to visit at all. Guaranteed zero expenditures.
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You will change your mind when you find a "secret sauce" to beat casinos

Look...

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Guns legal in casinos

AZDuffman — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 09:28:06 +0000

Quote: rxwineQuote: AZDuffmanQuote: rxwineSupreme Court strikes Hawaii ban on guns on private properties that are open to the public.

So....?
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So you are not understanding what it says.

Hawaii law was that guns were banned unless the gun carrier asked permission. Any establishment can still ban guns if it wishes. But you are no longer breaking state law by entering without asking.
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How would i know what it covered as I only had heard that short description when I posted about it?
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I don't know? Reading the article with the headline like I did?

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100xOdds — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 11:34:51 +0000

calculate and the entry point shalleth be revealed.
This one requires a mod to the usual calcs since there's a 3rd progressive

Roulette Boss System Simplified: The Real Rules, Triggers, and Safeguards You Need

EvenBob — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:27:58 +0000