The LuckyChoo Casino tables are gone with the site. The variants below are the ones its library listed, and the mathematics described applies to those games anywhere they are dealt.
What Was Listed
Reviews record the standard four: blackjack, roulette, baccarat and casino poker, in both software and live-dealer form, with live tables supplied by studios including Evolution.
Table games are where the house edge is smallest and most precisely known, which makes the variant labels worth reading. The difference between two tables with the same name is frequently larger than the difference between two different games.
Roulette
European roulette has a single zero and a house edge of about 2.7%. American roulette adds a double zero and takes the edge to roughly 5.26% — the same bets, the same payouts, nearly twice the cost. French roulette, where offered, uses rules that halve the edge on even-money bets to about 1.35%.
Nothing about the wheel makes this obvious at a glance. The only reliable check is counting the zeros before placing a chip.
| Variant | Zeros | House edge |
|---|---|---|
| French roulette (even-money bets) | One | About 1.35% |
| European roulette | One | About 2.70% |
| American roulette | Two | About 5.26% |
Blackjack
Blackjack has the lowest house edge of anything on a casino floor when it is played correctly — well under one percent under common rule sets, using basic strategy. It is also the game where the rules printed on the felt move that number the most.
Three details do most of the work: whether blackjack pays 3:2 or 6:5, whether the dealer stands or hits on a soft 17, and how many decks are in the shoe. A 6:5 payout alone costs the player well over a percentage point, which is enough to turn the best game in the house into a mediocre one.
- Blackjack pays 3:2. A 6:5 table is a materially worse game wearing the same name.
- Dealer stands on soft 17. Hitting it moves the edge toward the house.
- Fewer decks favour the player, all else being equal.
- Insurance is a losing bet in almost every situation, whatever the table offers.
Baccarat
Baccarat is the simplest game to play and the hardest to play badly, because there are only three bets. Banker carries a house edge of about 1.06% after commission, player about 1.24%, and the tie bet somewhere around 14%.
That third number is the entire strategy. The tie pays 8:1 and looks generous next to the even-money bets; it costs more than ten times as much in expectation.
Casino Poker
Casino poker covers house-banked games such as Casino Hold’em and Three Card Poker, where the player competes against the dealer rather than against other players. Edges vary by title and by paytable, typically landing between two and four percent.
The paytable is the variable to check. Two tables of the same game with different payout schedules are different games in every way that matters to a bankroll.
Live Dealer Tables
Live tables stream a real dealer and physical equipment from a studio, with bets placed through the interface. The rules and the mathematics match the software versions; what changes is the pace, which is set by the dealer rather than by the player.
The practical difference is rounds per hour. A software table can deal several times faster than a live one, and since the house edge applies to every round, speed multiplies the cost of playing.
Live tables run on the dealer’s clock. Fewer rounds per hour means less exposure per hour.
A live table costs the studio more to run, and the table minimum usually reflects it.
A live blackjack table can pay 6:5 exactly like a software one. Read the table before sitting.
Table games commonly count little or nothing toward bonus wagering — see the bonus policy.
Questions
- Which table games did LuckyChoo Casino have?
- Blackjack, roulette, baccarat and casino poker, in software and live-dealer form, with live tables from studios including Evolution.
- Which game has the best odds?
- Blackjack played with basic strategy on a 3:2 table, followed by baccarat on the banker bet at about 1.06%. Roulette depends entirely on how many zeros the wheel has.
- Is the tie bet in baccarat worth taking?
- No. It pays 8:1 but carries a house edge around 14%, more than ten times either of the other two bets.
- Do table games count toward bonus wagering?
- At most casinos they count partially or not at all. The weighting is set in the bonus terms, not by the game.