Big Six Wheel Odds
If you have some experience playing craps, you must have noticed the Big Six and Big Eight, that are to be found at both ends of the table.
Experienced players have learned to be cautious when it comes to these bets because if you do not use them properly, you expose your bankroll to significant risk. Yet, the bet seems attractive at a first glance because apart from 7, the other two numbers that are frequently rolled are 6 and 8.
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(1 six = 1 to 1 odds. 2 Sixes = 2 to one odds, etc) This wheel is 60 inches in diameter and came mounted on an eight foot post. It sold originally in the Evan s Catalog of the 1930’s for $200.00 with an optional cloth lay down for $7.50 and heavy leather indicator for a $1.25. Not all wheels gamble for money. For example, a Pick Three Part Wheel 2 with 4,6,9 with 1,2,7,8,10 = (1 horse x 3 horses x 5 horses) = 15 possible combinations or $15 based on a $1 Pick Three. Pick Four Calculator The object of the Pick Four is to pick the winners in four consecutive races.
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Basically, the player bets that either 6 or 8 will be rolled before 7 is rolled. Similarly to the pass line bet, the player is required to place the desired amount of chips into the designated area on the table and keep their fingers crossed that their numbers will be rolled.
The big 6 is a wager that 6 will be rolled before 7.
The dice are rolled as many times as necessary until the player wins or loses. If 7 comes out before 6, you lose. The big 8 wagers are processed in the same manner. Players bet that 8 will be rolled before 7. In case any other number is rolled, the dice are rolled again. If 8 is actually rolled before 7, you win, but if the opposite scenario occurs, you lose your wager.
However, it is important to know that there is a significant difference in payouts between the place bet and the Big Six and Eight. The payout for a place bet on the 6 and 8 is 7:6, while the payout for the big 6 and 8 is 1:1.
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In other words, a payout 1:1 means that you lose 6 bets for every 5 bets you win. The same applies to the place bets but the 7:6 payout makes it possible to keep more of your chips as you lose one of them for every 66 chips you wagered. If you wager on the Big Six and Eight, you lose one chip per every 11 wagered.
If you place bets on 6 and 8, the house edge reaches a modest 1.5%, but it jumps to a solid 9% when you bet on the Big Six and Eight. Despite being located in different areas on the layout, the two bets are practically the same.
Players who do not have enough experience in playing craps seem to be lured by the big 6 and 8 bets because of the relatively high probability of rolling these numbers. However, it seems impractical to opt for the Big Six and Eight bet and give the house a 9% advantage instead of making the same bet as a place bet and enhance your chances of turning a profit.
The dealer controls the place bet and places it in the designated area, which basically eliminates any arguments related to the players who get paid. In most cases, players are not well-informed about the difference between these bets.
Many players wonder about whether these bets are effective on the come out roll.
Well, there is not a definite answer to that question. The Big Six and Eight are always working, but that statement is not always applicable to the place 6 and 8. It depends on the casino you have chosen, as some do not offer such a bet. For example, Atlantic City-based casinos do not offer the Big Six and Eight bet and offer only place bets.
The Wheel of Fortune by Frank Scoblete
There is probably not a casino in America where you won’t find the Wheel of Fortune, also known as the Big Wheel or Big Six, prominently displayed and brightly lit for all to see. While it is not one of the major casino games such as blackjack, craps or roulette, it does have its allure and it has found a permanent place in the casino scheme of things. You can always find some people willing to play it and, even though it doesn’t get terrific action, it is still a money maker for the casinos, and that’s why they keep it.
Its allure is very much like the allure of a slot machine. Because the Wheel of Fortune requires no knowledge of strategy or odds and percentages (indeed, anyone with the knowledge of odds and percentages would steer a clear course far away from this particular game) it is simplicity itself; you just plunk your money down on one of the various dollar amounts or symbols, watch the wheel spin, and then you hope and, if you are religious, pray that it lands where you wanted.
The Wheel of Fortune has a rich history – for its owners, not its players. While games like craps, roulette and blackjack can be traced to the earliest days of man’s existence and to serious pursuits (to ascertain the will of the gods, to predict the future, etc.), the Wheel of Fortune has always been somewhat frivolous and can be traced to the carnivals and sideshows that made their serpentine way across Europe and America in the 1700s to the mid 1900s. These carnivals consisted of rides (animal then mechanical), freak shows with such entertainment as bearded ladies, giants, pin heads, midgets, lizard men, Siamese twins, feral men and wild women, and games – often gaffed games [gaffed means rigged] that set up and then plucked the unwary pigeons whose attention they had attracted.
One such game was the Wheel of Fortune. Despite the fact that carnivals never paid off the players’ wagers at anything close to the true odds of the bets, the carnival barkers still cheated by putting a pedal under the betting layout so that the dealer could stop the wheel on the number he wanted. In this way, the dealer could lure a sucker in by allowing him to win a few little bets and then clobbering him when he started to put up some serious money. Or, the dealer could allow the wheel to stop just short of the suckers bets, often shouting, 'Oooo! Look how close you came. You’re about to get lucky!'
The casino version of the Wheel of Fortune is not rigged in such an underhanded way but rather it rigged legally because it pays back winning wagers at less than true odds, much, much less in fact. Some of the very worst house edges can be found at it, anywhere from 11 percent to 24 percent. Ouch! Yet, people play it – 'Ooooo! Look how close you came! Is someone about to get lucky?'
Answer: Not if he plays it for any length of time!
So how is the wheel set up and how is the game played?
The wheel is usually six feet in diameter and stands upright. It is divided into nine sections with each section containing six sub-sections. The six sub-sections are the reason why some casinos call the game Big Six. In all, there are 54 distinct outcomes (sometimes called 'landing posts') possible (9 x 6 = 54), each designated by a given denomination of paper money; be it a one, two, five, 10 or 20 dollar bill. However, two posts on opposite sides of the wheel have special markings, sometimes a star, a joker, a casino logo or the like, and these offer the highest payouts – and the highest house edges.
When you approach the wheel, you will notice a glass-covered counter in the front that has the same bills and symbols as are on the wheel. You make your wager by placing your money or chips on the bill or symbol of your choice. The wheel is then spun and where it lands (usually the casino bank account!) determines your payoff. If you bet on the one-dollar bill, you are paid one dollar for every dollar you wagered. (You bet $10, you win $10.) If it lands on the five-dollar bill, you are paid five dollars for every dollar you wager. (You bet $10, you win $50.) Simple.
Unfortunately, the very best bet at most Wheels of Fortune, the $1 bill, hits only 24 times out of 54 possible decisions. That means you lose five times for every four wins, yet, the casino will only pay $4 for a $4 wager, not $5, as the true odds indicate, resulting in an 11 percent edge for the house. Yikes! That’s for Las Vegas and most other casinos in America. However, in Atlantic City, the $1 only hits 23 times out of 54, for a house edge of almost 15 percent. Double yikes!
The following chart explains the total number of possible decisions for each 'landing post or bill,' the payoff, and the casino edge. Since the Las Vegas Wheel of Fortune is the norm, Atlantic City is in parenthesis.
SymbolTotal # Payoff Casino Edge
$1 24 (AC: 23) 1:1 11.1% (AC: 14.8%)
$2 15 2:1 16.6%
$5 7 (AC: 8) 5:1 22.2% (AC: 11.1)
$10 4 10:1 18.5%
$20 2 20:1 22.2%
joker 1 40:1 (AC: 45:1)24% (AC: 14.8%)
symbol 1 40:1 (AC: 45:1)24% (AC: 14.8%)
As you can clearly see, with the Wheel of Fortune, or Wheel of Misfortune, all the bets are bad, badder, baddest and puke producing. However, like any form of wagering, there are better 'bad' bets and worse 'bad' bets. If, for some unaccountable reason, you are compelled to place a wager on the Wheel of Fortune (like say a deranged criminal is threatening to pop you if you don’t bet the wheel), and you are in Atlantic City, put your money on the $5. If you are in Vegas, put your money on the $1. If you are sane, then go to another game.
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Frank Scoblete is the #1 best-selling gaming author. His books and tapes have sold over a million copies. He is executive director of Golden Touch™ Craps dice-control seminars. His websites are www.scoblete.com and www.goldentouchcraps.com . For a free brochure or more information call: 1-800-944-0406 or write to: Paone Press, Box 610, Lynbrook, NY 11563