777

If a hand consisting of 777 pays 25-1 odds, how much does this add
to a player's edge?

In single deck this happens with frequency

.0001809 (once every 5525 hands).

Paying 25-1 adds an extra

25x.0001809 = .004524 units to your bankroll per hand. That is, it adds .45%. However you will have to give up splitting 7's (and standing on 7-7 Vs. 10) which will cost some back. I don't know how much you are giving back. You can backcount 7's and raise your bet to take advantage of this. I am sure a count can be developed that will really take advantage of this rule.

If this is a simply 7-7-7 in single deck, it is a nice rule. Even nicer in multiple deck games. If it is a suited-777 in multiple deck, forget it.

--Mayor

This is a 5 or 6 day promo at www.bethedealer.com starting july 25th.

Deck is reshuffled after every hand and multiple decks used.

Any three 7's pays 25-1.

I received an e-mail about this.

However, I don't see anything on their website about this.

Here is the promo sent to me :

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Is this a freebie, or does it involve an additional wager?

With 6 decks, off the top of the shoe, you have a 24/312 chance the first card will be a 7; a 23/311 chance the 2nd card will also be a 7; and a 22/310 chance the 3rd card will also be a 7.

Thus, the probability of getting 777 is 24 * 23 * 22 / 312 / 311 / 310 = 0.000404, or about 1 in 2477. Thus it will add an average of $25.00 / 2477, or about $0.01, to each hand. At a $2 table, this translates to � of 1 %, which could be enough to overcome the house edge, depending on the rules.

You will be winning an additional 24 times your bet (because your 21 will already win one bet the great majority of the time).

Thus the additional payoff will be 24 / 2477 or about 0.97% (call it an even 1%, allowing for the incidences of 21 push). Assuming a 0.5% house edge, this would give the player an edge on the house of ~0.5%.

Good Basic Strategy players could take the casino apart with this bonus in place.