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Old Sep 21, 2006 | 8:57 am
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Originally Posted by skofarrell
3.51% house edge with "perfect play" on the main game, anywhere from 14-37% house edge on the $1 side bet.

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14-37%? That's rich. I was guessing in the 10% range, but that's rather neat they can get away with such juicy gross margins. My father thinks that the $1 bet is actually subcontracted to a third party that paid the casino to be let in that part of the action. We stayed at the Wynn last weekend. Mrs. Pickles asked me what kind of people stay at the Wynn, I said, "in aggregate, losers". My uncle retorted that it wasn't just in aggregate, but at the margin also...
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