Some casinos offer side bets that can be beaten, but not with traditional blackjack card counting strategies. Generally speaking, if you see a new rule or option on a blackjack table, it's probably not going to work in your favor, and almost certainly won't if you are guessing at the value and the proper strategy. Casinos often introduce options in order to seduce players into making bad decisions. All of the options described in this chapter were introduced for that purpose, but some have proven to have some value to smart players.

From my perspective, the primary value of these side bets is camouflage. The casinos generally regard these as sucker bets, because the house edge off the top is much higher than that on the traditional blackjack game, and most of these gimmicks appeal primarily to tourists. For instance, the house edge on the Royal Match side bet is 3.8%.

This means that a $5 bet on the Royal Match option costs you 190. If you place ten RM bets per hour, the total cost is $1.90 on average. In fact, you may lose more than this, or even win, as the expected result varies significantly. But even if you lose all ten of the RM bets you place, the maximum cost to you is $50 with $5 bets. Players who bet on the Royal Match option always look foolish to casino personnel, so, if you're trying to get away with a count game, occasional RM bets may help disguise your intentions.

Likewise, the Super Sevens bet has a house edge of about 11%, which is huge. But the maximum bet allowed on the Super Sevens option is $1, so the total cost per bet is only about 110. You could place 50 of these bets per hour, and the average cost to you won't be much more than $5.50.

If the maximum bet you place on your regular blackjack hand is only $25 or less, then I wouldn't bother making camo side-bets. Why give anything back to the house when your expected dollar return is so low from the traditional game? But if you're betting up to $50 or $ 100 or more, then occasional camouflage bets on the weird options will help to disguise you as a typical gambler at fairly low cost.

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