Whether you visit a physical casino or an online casino, you naturally want to know in advance what your chances of winning are. Both with the various games and with the underlying betting options. You also find it important to know where you have the highest payout percentages and what the average payout per casino game or per casino is.
You can also make (probability) calculations yourself if you have a little mathematical knowledge to determine where the most profit can be achieved. What is often done is to use certain betting systems or other strategies to increase your profits as much as possible. But also remember: casinos are commercial institutions that ultimately want to (and will) make the most profit themselves. So gamble wisely.
Which casino game has the best chance of winning?
Many players who visit an online casino play the game that they enjoy the most. Or what they are best at (according to themselves). But if you want to increase your chances of winning as much as possible, wouldn’t it be much smarter to choose a casino game where you have the highest chance of winning?
First of all we have to bring you some bad news: with every game there is an advantage for the player (s). One person wins, the other loses but on average there are ultimately more losers than winners. The advantage that the casino has on such a game is called the house advantage or house edge. And the good news about this is: there are a number of games where the house advantage is very low! With blackjack, for example, that is 0.57% (and sometimes even lower, depending on the rules of the casino).
What is also beneficial to play is baccarat. If you bet on Banker / Banco, the house advantage is 1.06%. Player / Punto bets provide a house advantage of 1.24%. The house edge at roulette is 2.7%, at least if you play on a table with only one 0 in the disc. (with two zeros the house advantage is 5.26%)
Slots payout percentages
The payouts at slots (and in particular the corresponding percentages) are often dependent on the place where you play. And then we are talking in particular about the difference in place at an online casino or a physical casino. It is striking that the slots and video slots in an online casino are adjusted a lot more favorably than in, for example, Holland Casino or a slot machine hall. The house advantage is slightly different per game, but on average the online house advantage for slots and video slots is 3%. In Holland Casino, a house advantage of 8% is very normal, while in a vending machine hall the advantage can sometimes be as high as 20%!
Highest payout percentage
When choosing an online casino, many players find it important what the payout percentages are. Most online casinos publish their payout percentages on their website. If not, you can request it from customer service. Now you may think: yes, everyone can come up with those percentages! But do not forget that the percentage of these payouts is controlled by independent agencies so that online casinos do not realize that they are publishing incorrect percentages. Often you will find such a check certificate on the homepage of the gambling site, so that you know that the casino complies with strict regulations regarding the software, the payout and the randomness in the outcome of the games.
Average payout
What does such a percentage of the average payout actually represent? The percentage indicates the portion that is paid out of the total amount of all bets (or the casino’s revenue). This means, for example, that if the payout percentage is 97.1%, that 97.1% of all the money used by the casino players is paid out to the winners again. In other words: the profit for the casino is 2.9% of the total bet. Often online casinos also publish individual payout percentages per game, for example with video poker or slots.
The best payout percentage?
But what is actually a good payout percentage? Hard to say because you can’t look at these percentages just to determine your choice. For example, it is possible that a few large jackpots have just fallen in a certain month. As a result, the payout percentage will suddenly be extremely high (sometimes even more than comes in for bets). If you encounter this, it is better to take a look at the average over a longer period, for example half a year. In our opinion, that is a good measure of the correctness of average payout percentages. Usually it concerns percentages of 96.5%, 96.8% or sometimes even higher.