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Old September 21st, 2009, 12:20 PM
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Default Atlantis promotional chip warning!

As of July 31, 2009 when you bet with a promotional chip and win you win a real money but lose the promotional chip before you kept it. Making blackjack not a great game to use the chip on. A much better game to bet the chip on is roulette on a single number. Why because you are much more likely to lose this bet. But if you win you win a $175 for betting a $5 promotional chip. Putting the expected value at 93% for this bet on a single number on roulette. betting red or black is much worse odds with this chip.
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Old September 21st, 2009, 01:02 PM
SystemsTrader SystemsTrader is offline
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Many casinos will only allow you to bet promotional chips on 1-1 payouts. Are you sure Atlantis will allow you to bet it on a 35-1 payoff?
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Old September 21st, 2009, 01:40 PM
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ST is right, it's pretty unusual for them to accept promo chips in non-even-money bets. It's also very common for one to lose the chips in BJ after a push, etc.

However, many places will allow a pass line bet in craps. This has a much smaller HE than roulette, and requires zero skill or thought. You can often use these promo chips on the odds bet, too, making the HE even smaller.
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Old September 21st, 2009, 07:31 PM
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No need to get alarm. It is call a Single Bet Voucher here. It is worth half its face value in cash. You bet the voucher on Banker or Player in Baccarat and half the face in cash on the opposite side. You would cash out the voucher for half it face vaule that way. Here they would let you keep the voucher if it is a Tie.
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