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Real Time Gaming downloadable software is fast, fun,
and easy to use. All of their casinos seem to offer bonuses of
10% or more to new players, up to a bonus of $250. The customer
service and payment processing is usually very fast. Among their
most competitive games are single zero roulette and full pay jacks
or better video poker. Casino Merlin offers full pay deuces wild.
Each casino may select their own slot and video poker payback
but all seem to have full pay jacks or better. The only nuisance
is that you have to fax in a copy of your credit card and drivers
license for a withdrawal of $500 or more. Table game limits are
$5 to $500, slots and video poker take coinages from 5 cents to
$5.
Baccarat
Tie pays 9:1, six decks of cards. House edge of 1.06%
on banker bet, 1.24% on player bet, 4.93% on tie bet.
Blackjack
The default rules are as follows:
- Two decks
- Dealer hits soft 17
- Double on any first two cards
- Double after a split
- Split two times (to three hands)
The house edge under these rules is 0.41%.
The casino operator may change the number of decks,
at least one has been seen to use more than two decks.
The following table displays the basic strategy for
Real Time Gaming casinos. To use the basic strategy look up your
hand along the left vertical edge and the dealer's up card along
the top. In both cases an A stands for ace. From top to bottom
are the hard totals, soft totals, and splittable hands. In the
body of the chart are color coded cells that indicate the best
play: H=hit, S=stand, D=double, P=split.
Caribbean Poker
This is the same game as Caribbean Stud Poker. The
rules and the pay table are as usual. No side bet is available.
Let 'Em Ride
This is another name for Let it Ride. The usual rules
and pay table are used. A $1 progressive side bet is available.
The side bet pays $50 for a flush, $75 for a full house, $100
for a four of a kind, 10% of the meter for a straight flush, and
100% of the meter for a royal flush. When I checked the meter
was only at $1724.51, which results in a house edge of 76.46%!
The meter would need to reach $263,205 for this side bet to have
no house edge.
Pai Gow Poker
The dealer is always the banker, resulting in a house
edge of about 2.86%.
Red Dog
The usual rules are followed. Two decks are used,
which results in a house edge of 3.08%.
Roulette
A European and American wheel are available. The
European wheel has one zero and the American has two. Neither
offers half back on even money bets if the ball lands in zero.
A button is available to repeat the last bets made.
Slots
The operator may select their own return on the slot
machines.
Video Poker
Three video poker games are offered: jacks or better,
joker poker, and deuces wild. The operator may select their own
pay table, however many keep the defaults, which are displayed
below. Of special interest is that Casino Merlin offers full pay
deuces wild (return of 100.77%). Also note that the sequential
royal is only payable in one direction, the online rules do not
make this clear.
| Jacks or Better
- Real Time Gaming |
| Hand |
Payoff |
Number |
Probability |
Return |
| Royal flush |
800 |
493512264 |
0.000025 |
0.019807 |
| Straight flush |
50 |
2178883296 |
0.000109 |
0.005465 |
| 4 of a kind |
25 |
47093167764 |
0.002363 |
0.059064 |
| Full house |
9 |
229475482596 |
0.011512 |
0.103610 |
| Flush |
6 |
219554786160 |
0.011015 |
0.066087 |
| Straight |
4 |
223837565784 |
0.011229 |
0.044917 |
| 3 of a kind |
3 |
1484003070324 |
0.074449 |
0.223346 |
| Two pair |
2 |
2576946164148 |
0.129279 |
0.258558 |
| Jacks or better |
1 |
4277372890968 |
0.214585 |
0.214585 |
| Nothing |
0 |
10872274993896 |
0.545435 |
0.000000 |
| Total |
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19933230517200 |
1.000000 |
0.995439 |
| Joker Poker - Real
Time Gaming |
| Hand |
Payoff |
Probability |
Return |
| Sequential Royal (10-Ace) |
10000 |
0.000000 |
0.002301 |
| Sequential Royal (Ace-10) |
800 |
0.000000 |
0.000157 |
| Natural Royal Flush |
800 |
0.000024 |
0.018831 |
| Five Of A Kind |
150 |
0.000093 |
0.014002 |
| Wild Royal Flush |
80 |
0.000100 |
0.007977 |
| Straight Flush |
50 |
0.000574 |
0.028709 |
| Four Of A Kind |
20 |
0.008550 |
0.170999 |
| Full House |
7 |
0.015673 |
0.109714 |
| Flush |
5 |
0.015673 |
0.078364 |
| Straight |
3 |
0.016649 |
0.049946 |
| Three Of A Kind |
2 |
0.133885 |
0.267770 |
| Two Pair |
1 |
0.110948 |
0.110948 |
| Kings Or Better |
1 |
0.142454 |
0.142454 |
| Garbage |
0 |
0.555370 |
0.000000 |
| Total |
0 |
1.000000 |
1.001820 |
| Deuces Wild - Real
Time Gaming |
| Hand |
Payoff |
Probability |
Return |
| Royal Flush |
800 |
0.000023 |
0.018423 |
| 4 Deuces |
200 |
0.000187 |
0.037397 |
| Royal Flush W/2 |
25 |
0.001909 |
0.047732 |
| 5 Of A Kind |
15 |
0.003123 |
0.046842 |
| Straight Flush |
9 |
0.004933 |
0.044396 |
| 4 Of A Kind |
4 |
0.061322 |
0.245288 |
| Full House |
4 |
0.026189 |
0.104754 |
| Flush |
3 |
0.020445 |
0.061334 |
| Straight |
2 |
0.057482 |
0.114964 |
| 3 Of A Kind |
1 |
0.268001 |
0.268001 |
| Nothing |
0 |
0.556387 |
0.000000 |
| Total Return |
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1.000000 |
0.989131 |
War
Standard rules are used with one deck of cards. The
house edge with one deck is 2.42% (less than the 2.88% with six
decks).
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