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What is the best wager in the entire casino for the player in craps?

ANSWER: If you don't want to use your noggin, here's the best bet in the entire casino: Walk up to a crap table and make a bet on the Pass line, and double odds underneath. It gets even better if you can get even higher multiple odds.

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Mark Pilarski, Special to the Detroit Free Press

QUESTION: When it comes to making the best bet in a casino, your advice is to employ perfect strategy at either blackjack or video poker. Here’s my issue with that: I am not interested in learning a new skill for a game that I will probably play once a month for only four hours at best. However, I also don’t want to make stupid bets that have a high house edge. Is there a game or wager where I can get a fair shake against the house without having to use my wits? — Cliff W. ANSWER: If you don't want to use your noggin, here's the best bet in the entire casino: Walk up to a crap table and make a bet on the Pass line, and double odds underneath. It gets even better if you can get even higher multiple odds. For instance, let's say you have a $5 Pass line bet and the point is 4. If you win, your pass line bet is paid at even money (1:1), bringing you $5 in winnings. Your Pass line bet alone has a house edge of 1.4%. The Pass line wager alone is somewhat competitive against perfect play at video poker or blackjack, but it's not equal to or better than perfect play. So, Cliff, let’s enhance the wager to give it equal footing. By taking double odds ($10), you are paid at true odds (2:1) on that portion of the bet, bringing you $20 on the win. The house edge is tied to the odds of the bet. At double odds, the house edge drops to 0.6%. At 10x odds, it's 0.2%, and at 100x odds, it falls all the way to 0.02%. Bellying up to a crap table and joining the euphoria of this fast-paced game need not be intimidating as long as you stick to a simplified strategy of betting the Pass line and taking odds. As for other casino options, there are two bets on a Baccarat game that offer a somewhat higher edge without requiring the use of any gray matter. (You don’t even have to know the rules as the hitting sequence is predetermined.) The house advantage is either 1.17% when betting the Bank hand or 1.36% with a Player hand wager. Q: Are dealers allowed to give you advice with your hand while you’re playing blackjack? — Jack K.

A: It mostly depends on where you are playing.

All casinos have their own internal rules and regulations. Where I either pitched cards or managed, it was either forbidden, frowned upon or ignored — or they didn’t give a damn, just as long as when you peeked under your ace, you didn’t advance advice to the player. As for where you play, Jack, all you can do is ask to see whether advice is allowed. And as for trusting any advice you get from the dealer, well, that’s another story. Mark Pilarski is a contributing editor for numerous gambling publications. E-mail questions to pilarski@markpilarski.com.

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