Highest win rate casino games

What casino games and slot machines give you as a player the best chance of winning?

While sections of libraries are filled with all kinds of books about strategies on what games and slots are best to play, the Nevada Gaming Control Board comes out with a report annually showing which games won the most for casinos and &#; more importantly &#; the win percentage per game.

There are all kinds of variables involved in winning a hand of blackjack, for example. Like the frustration you feel when the player in front of you hits a 14 and draws a card and busts when you needed that card for 21 on a double-down bet.

That&#;s the luck of the draw in a casino game.

And, while slots may pay out big jackpots ahead of you may skew the averages, the bottom line is that the Control Board has calculated which types of machines and which table games won the most for casinos &#; which means you can calculate which machines and games were best for players.

Among slot machines, the best games for players are $denomination machines, which had a casino win rate of percent on units. In , $25 slots won $ million for casinos.

The next-best for players: $5-denomination slots, units, which had a percent win percentage for casinos and collected $ million for them in

The remaining six slot denominations and the amount won and win percentage:

&#; Nickel slots, units that won $ million and had a win rate of percent.

&#; $denomination slots, 88 units that won $ million and had a win rate of percent.

&#; $1-denomination slots, 6, units that won $ million and had a win rate of percent.

&#; Multidenomination machine, 67, units that won $ billion and had a win rate of percent.

&#; Quarter slots, 3, units that won $ million and had a win rate of percent.

&#; The worst of the slots for players &#; penny slots, 44, units that won $ billion and had a win rate of percent.

The Control Board said on every slot denomination except the multidenomination units the machines produced less revenue than in

On the table game and other games side of the casino, sports wagering gives the best edge to the player.

There are sports pools across the state of Nevada and the casino win percentage was percent in Sports books won $ million for casinos.

Every table game in Nevada casinos had double-digit percentage win rates for the house.

The game with the best player edge in mini-baccarat, with a percent win rate for the casino. The game won $ million from units.

The next eight games, in order of player edge:

&#; Twenty-one (blackjack), 1, units that won $ billion and had a win rate of percent.

&#; Race books, units that won $ million and had a win rate of percent.

&#; Baccarat, units that won $ billion and had a win rate of percent.

&#; Craps, units that won $ million and had a win rate of percent.

&#; Roulette, units that won $ million and had a win rate of percent.

&#; Pai gow poker, units that won $ million and had a win rate of percent.

&#; Ultimate Texas Hold-em, units that won $ million and had a win rate of percent.

&#; The worst in the casino for players, Three-Card Poker, units that won $ million and had a win rate of percent.

Table games had a mixed performance compared with Race books, pai gow poker, three-card poker and minibaccarat won less for the house than in , while blackjack, craps, roulette, baccarat, ultimate Texas hold-em and sports books won more than a year ago.

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