Casino games, computed rather than quoted

Every house edge on this site is computed from the cards, the dice or the pay table, not copied from another site. Games, destinations and the tournament calendar, with the arithmetic shown.

Each figure links to the page that derives it. Start with the destinations, the games or how any of this is worked out.

What this site is: a casino and poker reference where every house edge is computed from the cards, the dice or the pay table, in exact fractions, instead of being copied from another site. Blackjack costs 0.52% played correctly, the baccarat banker bet 1.06%, the craps pass line 1.41% and every European roulette bet 2.70%. Each figure links to the page that derives it, the method is written down, and the whole dataset is published under CC-BY.

Destinations

All destinations →

London

Every licensed casino address on the Gambling Commission's register, which of them are open, and how to get in.

Las Vegas

How many casinos there are, counted from the Nevada Gaming Control Board's own monthly report.

Malta

The only EU country we have found where the casino age depends on your nationality: 18 for visitors, 25 for Maltese citizens.

Macau

Asia's gambling hub, built on baccarat.

Games, and what each one costs

All games →

Blackjack

0.52% played correctly, and what every rule change adds.

Casino War

One decision: going to war costs 2.88%, surrendering 3.70%.

Baccarat

Banker 1.06%, player 1.24%, and a tie bet at 14.36%.

Roulette

2.70% on a single-zero wheel, 5.26% on a double zero.

Texas Hold'em

Odds and equities enumerated rather than simulated.

Research, data and calculators

All research →

Every bet, ranked

All the casino bets this site computes, from the cheapest to the dearest.

En prison is not 1.35%

The figure the industry copies, and the exact one.

Is the side bet always worse?

Tested against the site's own dataset: two exceptions.

Open data

Every computed house edge as CSV and JSON, with exact fractions, under CC-BY.

Blackjack rule calculator

Price the rules at your table before you sit down.

Roulette wheel comparator

What each wheel costs you, bet by bet.

Tournaments and poker rooms

PokerStars

GGPoker

PartyPoker

WSOP

EPT

WPT

Aussie Millions

BSOP

FAQ

Where do the numbers on this site come from?

From software that derives each house edge from the rules of the game, in exact fractions, and checks it against published references before anything is shown. The methodology page describes how.

Does any betting system beat the house edge?

No. A staking pattern changes how wins and losses are spread over a session, never the edge on each bet, and this site never claims otherwise.

How current are the destination and tournament pages?

Each one carries the month it was last checked against the operator's or the regulator's own published material. The game mathematics does not go stale.

How this site works

Every house edge here is computed from the cards rather than quoted: craps and roulette in exact fractions, blackjack by an expected-value engine that plays the game out, baccarat by walking the entire game tree for a real eight-deck shoe. Where a figure could not be derived, the page says so and attributes it. How the numbers are made, the research and the calculators, or read the project notes.