That's a 500% increase in the house edge over what we can do on land. We can find 9/6 pay tables in Vegas for just a 0.5% house edge but on the ship the best we can usually hope for is 8/5 which increases the house edge up to 2.7%. It's really unfortunate for us because it's what my wife enjoys the most. Blackjack is really the only thing close.Īnother game that gets severely killed for the player on sea as opposed to land is video poker. Typically I don't like to play any bets with a house edge over 3% and the pass line is 0.8% so I'm fine. The pass line bet with single odds is still probably one of the best bets in the ship casino. That's a 25% increase in the house advantage. That makes the house advantage 0.8% where most land-based casinos will offer *at least* full double odds which allows the player to drop that house edge to 0.6%. In my experiences, RCCL casinos only give the player the option to play single odds behind the pass line. But he says it DOES have some betting restrictions he doesn't have at home.Īnd those betting restrictions you have on board are what give the house a much bigger advantage on sea.

I think it's one of the better games to play on board if you know how.

End of week total best he was up around $1k. But over the course of the week it goes up and down.