| The big problems are that blackjacks pay only even money, and the dealer wins tie hands--if you have 20 and the dealer has 20, you might as well hit and hope for an ace, because there's no push if you stand. Other house rules can vary. The most common house edges are in the range from 0.6 percent to 0.7 percent, but can run as high as 1 percent and as low as 0.3 percent--provided you make the necessary strategy adjustments. EXPERTO: Like Double Exposure, this was invented at Vegas World, which once stood where the Stratosphere now towers over Las Vegas. It's for those nostalgic for the old days of single-deck blackjack, without half the deck being cut out of play, as in most modern single-deck games. In Experto, every card from a single-deck is dealt. Blackjacks pay only even money, which raises the house edge 2.3 percent. Card counters with a large enough spread in bet sizes can overcome that, but for basic strategy players or average players, this is much tougher on the bankroll than Spanish 21, Super Fun or Double Exposure. As in any blackjack variation, play at your own risk. A woman who called herself "Sally Slots" didn't go for the $5 slots on her losing day. She went the opposite direction, changing from quarter reel-spinners to nickel video slots. "I've played slots about once a month since the boats opened," she wrote. "I've always played the quarter reel slots. I bring $40 or $80, and if I lose it, I leave," she wrote. "Sometimes I get my lunch comped. It's a nice day out. I won $1,000 once, and a couple of times I've hit for 2,500 quarters. That's $625, and that's not bad for quarter slots. Sometimes I lost what I brought in 30 minutes, and that was that. But sometimes I had extra money to take home. "Lately, I've been playing nickel video slots because I think they're fun. It seems more like playing a game than gambling. The problem is, I never seem to win. I mean, I win a little something here and there, but it's never big enough that I could walk away with a win. The other day, I was playing Jackpot Party. I kept getting to the party, but I kept hitting the 'pooper' on the first or second time. I got to play for an hour or so, but it drained my money. Why don't those $600 or $1,000 wins ever happen?" Sally was finding exactly what nickel slots are designed to do. They give small paybacks more often than reel-spinners, but most of those paybacks are less than the size of your bet. That keeps you going longer than you would on a bad session on reel slots, but the big paybacks that would make you happy to walk away come less often. Each player has to decide whether the longer play and entertainment value of video games is important enough to her or him to make up for the lower frequency of big hits. |
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