What are some edges you've identified in your gambling career?

Quote Originally Posted by vanzack:

I love this topic...

Back in the day - between 1998 and 2005 - there were edges EVERYWHERE.  It wasn't low hanging fruit that needed to be picked, the fruit was on the ground everywhere.

This was when Neteller was king and you could move 10k from book to book in a minute or less.  Monitor the screens at over 30 books for arbitrage and hit it quickly.

These days it is more uncommon.  But there is one interesting one - told to me by a buddy of mine who has much more patience than me....   In South Florida they dont allow craps (yet), but they do allow these bubble machines that look like that old board game Trouble.  It is basically craps where the machine rolls two giant dice in a bubble.

He figured out that you could bet pass and dont pass at the same time, and earn comps on both - but the key was that the comps were WAY out of whack.  This was when they first introduced these machines.  No casino gives you comps on odds wagers at craps (because it is even money) but this place did.

The comps way outweighed the risk of losing on a 12 on the come out roll.  So he did this for like a month, lost like 1k on the bubble, but got like 8k in comps.

Outside of gambling I have done these edges in airline / CC points.  Google "manufactured spending".  If you have good credit, you can rack up millions of miles in points for tens of thousands of dollars in travel.  And patience.  I got about a million points (miles) last year for really doing not much extra.

Loved that bubble craps. Bubble baccarat ain't too shabby either. You could take free plays they gave you in MD. have one person bet player and the other banker and guarantee yourself money. You'd prefer player obviously to avoid the 5% vig, but not bad and guaranteed money. Tie hand everyone happy too.

 The all time best is the bubble horse racing I played in Argentina. Bunch of degenerates watching plastic horses going around one of those old school usa vs. ussr hockey tables. Mendoza Argentina if you ever get the chance. Worth it to watch these people yelling over 25 cent bets at a two inch horse on a lollipop stick literally inching around the track.

Sigma Derby is the name of the game.Still one in operation upstairs at the D in Vegas but things change daily..Only edge to find at that machine is to milk free drinks at .25 bets.and once in awhile the longshot exacta hits..

Cool story about the Sigma Derby

https://www.bandergrove.com/2008/02/sigma-derby-vintage-horse-racing-ambrosia/