A casino has only a slight edge so...

[deaddog]

Back in the 1980's use to fly to Vegas every weekend and count cards in Blackjack, did well till they got up to 4 decks where my odds became 50/50. Decided to learn scalping/day trading, for several years would have done better at Vegas, LOL...Back in the day there wasn't any giant casinos except Mirage and volcano. Prices of meals, food, liquor and entertainment was cheap. Casinos would even pick up air fare or they saw you played big and look like you are losing, take couple chips and put in pocket every few hands.

Ah the good ole days; I also attempted to count cards and did alright I guess. But even when the deck is full of face cards and aces the dealer gets the odd 21. Gotta play a lot of hands for the edge to be effective. Trading is so much easier.

 

[murray t turtle]

You need to understand one thing about casinos is that they always win. So, don't try to beat them. They make a living of ripping people off. The other thing about stock market is that the gut feelings are strong while investing in them. So, invest in that business in which you are confident enough.

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Good points;
not that gut$ are very reliable\ even though a sell SEPT pattern could be a good pattern. Regardless of anyone guts ........................................................

 

[Clementine]

Sorry I've never play at a Blackjack game so I can't tell (in fact I've never played at any Casino game at all because I hate to gamble when I know I don't have superior edge)

I'm rather referring to Casino's game everybody knows: Roulette while betting on red or black (at least I know that ). There are 37 numbers for european roulette and 38 numbers for American roulette so that the probability of winning at each bet is
p=18/37=48.65% for european roulette
p=18/38=47.37% for american roulette
so the edge of the casino is only
q=50%-p=1.35% for european roulette
q=50%-p=2.63% for american roulette

Just remark that US casino roulette are nearly double more edged against a player than a European casino roulette still 2.63% is far from your 25% (btw are you sure it is 25% for Blackjack because I don't understand why people would be so stupid to chose something that is much more edged against them than roulette ? Or you use a definition of edge that is yours ?) I also really like to play on a website with the best gambling games of today, including online roulette!

It sounds like you have a good understanding of the basics of house edge in roulette and how it differs in the European and American versions. Yes, the percentages you mentioned are correct and highlight the mathematical advantage the casino has over players in these games.

 

[murray t turtle]

... what make you think objectively that you have much more edge than a casino in Stock Market .

Question to distract for this we to compensate bad news from the World.

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MUCH MORE EDGE??
Sometimes it may not be ''MUCH MORE'' LOL. So\never depend on a big co for 100% of profit LOL
So best to find a better measure than casino, which has the word ''no '' in it LOL