Highest Payout Games
Which casino games have the highest payout and thus the best odds?
Did you know that you can dramatically improve your overall odds at online casinos by the games that you choose to play. Some casino games have superior odds than others, so if you pick the highest payout games and play them to the perfect strategy you will shift your average payout up.
The table below gives you an EXAMPLE of the percentage house edge you are likely to get when playing at casino online. An accurate number will depend on the casino that you are playing at, but this will give you an idea of the relative payouts of games online. Also, remember that although slots, for example, are not the highest payout games you will find in the casino, they do offer higher jackpots. So if you are more interested in winning a big sum such as the progressive jackpot on an accumulating slot machine like Mega Moolah, you will have to "pay" the higher payout rate, so as to speak, much as you would do in the lottery.
The house edge is defined as the average margin a casino takes from all the wagers across all of its players to run its business. So if a casino offers a payout of 97% (and thus has a house edge of 3%), the casino will on average take $3 out of every $100 bet out of the pool of money that pays the winnings.
The figures below assume that you are playing a perfect strategy on skill games such as BlackJack.
| Game | Type/Bet | Pay Out | House Edge |
| BlackJack | Las Vegas single deck | 99.8% | 0.2% |
| Spanish 21 | Dealer stands on soft 17 | 99.6% | 0.4% |
| Blac Jack | Atlantic City | 99.6% | 0.4% |
| Video Poker | Jacks or better | 99.5% | 0.5% |
| Spanish 21 | Dealer hits on soft 17 | 99.2% | 0.8% |
| SuperFun 21 | 99.1% | 0.9% | |
| Baccarat | Banker | 98.9% | 1.1% |
| Baccarat | Player | 98.8% | 1.2% |
| Craps | Don't pass/don't come | 98.6% | 1.4% |
| Craps | Pass/Come | 98.6% | 1.4% |
| Pai-Gow Poker | 98.5% | 1.5% | |
| Pai-Gow | 98.5% | 1.5% | |
| Craps | Place 6,8 | 98.5% | 1.5% |
| Double-Down Stud | 97.3% | 2.7% | |
| European Roulette | 97.3% | 2.7% | |
| Craps | Field Bet | 97.2% | 2.8% |
| Red-Dog | Six decks | 97.2% | 2.8% |
| Online Craps | Place (to lose) 4,10 | 97.0% | 3.0% |
| Let It Ride | 96.5% | 3.5% | |
| Craps | Place Bet 5,9 | 96.0% | 4.0% |
| Carribean Stud Poker | 94.8% | 5.2% | |
| American Roulette | 94.7% | 5.3% | |
| Craps | Field Bet (2:1 on 12) | 94.4% | 5.6% |
| Craps | Place Bet 4,10 | 93.3% | 6.7% |
| Craps | Big 6,8 | 90.9% | 9.1% |
| Craps | Hard 6,8 | 90.9% | 9.1% |
| Craps | Any craps | 88.9% | 11.1% |
| Craps | Hard 4,10 | 88.9% | 11.1% |
| Craps | Proposition 3,11 | 88.9% | 11.1% |
| Craps | Proposition 2,12 | 86.1% | 13.9% |
| Craps | Proposition 7 | 83.3% | 16.7% |
| Online Slots | 75-98% | 2%-15% | |
| Keno | 75-80% | 25%-29% | |
| Sic Bo | 66-80% | 2.78%-33.33% |
So for games with the best payouts and the lowest casino margin, play Online Blackjack or Video Poker. For the big jackpots, play the higher risk games like slots and keno. With roulette online , play European as the additional zero pocket in American Roulette doubles the house edge.