What gives a player a better chance to win?

oldirtyku · Jul 7, 2008

Sports betting with standard (-110) juice or playing perfect strategy blackjack in a casino ?

Just wondering the house edge on both?

Thanks...

tatehill2000 · Jul 7, 2008

well,,,, you will make 1 bet an average of every 2-3 hours sports betting,,, and playing blackjack, you will play 24 hands/hr on a quick table.

sooooo I would say properly handicapped sports betting will put you on a stronger return by your risk tolerance alone,,

gl dirty,,,
tater

OTK · Jul 7, 2008

Sports betting by a long shot. Sports aren't hard to make money off of if you have a good sports mind, whereas you could be the smartest blackjack player in the world and still lose money if you are getting bad cards.

oldirtyku · Jul 7, 2008

Ok. maybe I said it wrong.

I think you have to win 55% of your games to break even at (-110 juice).

What are the house edge on BJ?

Is it 5%, 6%, 7%, 8 %?

You would have to win what % of your hands to break even?

I can look it up when I get home but many of these sites are blocked at work.

woodog22 · Jul 7, 2008

The edge depends on what you're dealt, over time its 49/51? You have to find an edge in a -110 line... weather, injury or W/L record. You hold the human edge over cards and programmed machines. Sometimes + lines are the favorite, like during Wimbledon. I would actually have favored both Venus and Nadal slightly based on the performance of the past few matches. Vegas didn't cap the finals with the here and now attitude.