Poker is a skill game, where you are competing against the other players, and not the house. You play against the other players and your only limit to your possible edge is your skill level in comparison to your opponents. The casino or ?house' only provides a location, chips, dealer, and regulations for your game. In exchange for all this, they usually take a small slice of each pot, usually around five percent with a max that ranges from one to five dollars that depends on the max limit of the game.

Video poker and blackjack casino game machines are the only games where a knowledgeable gamer, using ideal or basic strategy (including card counting in blackjack) has an edge over the house. That is the theory anyway.

Basic perfect strategy blackjack play (without the card counting,) and pass line and come bets with full odds on craps, both offer less than 3% house advantage. This means you could lose an average amount of three dollars for every 100 dollars you wager, over the course of a lifetime. Avoid all field bets in craps, Let it Ride games, low limit slots, and any gimmicks or tricks that aren't usually part of a normal game. Examples of this are double exposure blackjack and royal match games.

When you have developed a good system, you can expect to get the best casino odds with blackjack. A solid basic betting strategy and the skill to keep track of the cards you've seen can take you very far in blackjack. The ability to keep track of cards is not necessarily card counting, but you have to at least know whether the deck is working with or against you.

Another best casino odds game is the game of craps when you decide to be the banker. The house edge is currently set at 1.14 percent, making this one of the best casino bets around. You can lower this to around 0.5 % by laying double odds. When you play craps, the pass line and come bets give you a very low house advantage of around one point four percent. You can lower this figure to around half a percent when you take double odds on your wager.

Baccarat is another game where it pays to be the banker in order to get the best casino odds. The Baccarat banker bet has a smaller percentage house advantage than the normal player bet but it will require you to pay a fixed commission percentage when you win. The house edge is around one percent for the Baccarat Banker bet.

The Baccarat player bet also has good odds with a house advantage of only one point two percent. You should always avoid the tie Baccarat bet as this is definitely one of the worst bets you can make.