I looked at him like he was an Einstein bagel. He looked at me like he was Albert Einstein. I asked him, “Do you ever play slot machines?” He responded, “Hell no!” I then responded with a chuckle, “You know, there’s not a slot machine in this entire building that has worse payouts than the Royal Match bet.” His response, “I’m here to gamble.” The next hand, he won $300 when he received a suited pair.

At one time during my recent trip, I saw a guy betting two hands of $25 on blackjack, but playing an additional $100 on each hand for the Royal Match bet. What a greedy proposition for the Greedy Trinity! Yet, players flock to the side bet like it was a Krispy Kreme doughnut. Combined, the Royal Match side bet gives the house an edge of approximately 26.4%. The odds of getting any suited pair are slightly less than 1 in 4. The probably of getting a suited king and queen is approximately 1 in 331. (For the purposes of this blog entry, and since I will never gamble in Wendover again, I will refer to them as “Greedy Trinity.”) The Greedy Trinity properties now offer a Royal Match side bet on single-deck blackjack tables that pays 10-1 if your first two cards are a suited king and queen and pays 3-1 if the first two cards are the same suit.

The three main hotels/casinos in Wendover are the Montego Bay, Peppermill and Rainbow. Nominee: The blackjack players who religiously play the Royal Match side bet. Keeping in the spirit of the recent Academy Awards presentation, here are my nominees for “Biggest Idiot(s) in Wendover:”ġ. I saw too many things that caused me agita. I can say with utmost certainty that it will be my last trip there to gamble. I recently returned from a 3-day trip to Wendover, Nevada.

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