On

Mar

ch 2

1, 2

003,

a s

oftw

are

engi

neer

from

Sou

ther

n C

alifo

rnia

pla

yed

an E

xcal

ibur

slo

t mac

hine

to li

ne u

p th

ree

meg

abuc

ks s

ymbo

ls, p

ayin

g 39

.7 m

illio

n!

T

he “

Hou

se”

play

s m

ost g

ames

with

wha

t see

ms

like

a re

lativ

ely

smal

l mat

hem

atic

al a

dvan

tage

in th

eir

favo

r. T

heir

aver

age

“take

” for

all

gam

es o

n th

e st

rip w

as 6

.03%

in 2

002.

Yo

ur e

dge

is t

he f

ollo

win

g in

form

atio

n ab

out

whi

ch c

asin

o ga

mes

are

bes

t and

whi

ch a

re w

orst

in te

rms

of p

ayou

ts a

nd

odds

. T

he la

te m

inis

ter J

osep

h R

. Fah

ey w

as a

mat

hem

atic

al

geni

us a

nd a

ski

llful

car

d-co

unte

r. H

e w

as e

vent

ually

ban

ned

from

cas

inos

afte

r win

ning

tens

of t

hous

ands

of d

olla

rs, a

ll of

w

hich

he

dona

ted

to th

e ch

urch

to u

phol

d hi

s vo

w o

f pov

erty

. Th

e ch

ance

s of

win

ning

(in

term

s of

hou

se a

dvan

tage

) at t

he

follo

win

g ga

mes

are

:Sl

ots

& V

ideo

Pok

er -

Slo

t m

achi

nes

pay

out

90 -

96%

of

wha

t the

y ta

ke in

. P

ayou

ts o

n ni

ckle

mac

hine

s ar

e ge

nera

lly

low

er th

an o

n qu

arte

r thr

ough

dol

lar m

achi

nes.

Bla

ckja

ck -

Som

e of

the

best

odd

s in

the

casi

no.

The

hous

e’s

natu

ral e

dge

is b

etw

een

3 an

d 5%

, and

a s

kille

d pl

ayer

can

na

rrow

that

to 0

.5%

usi

ng th

e be

st b

ettin

g an

d pl

ayin

g co

m-

bina

tions

.B

acca

rat -

Hou

se a

dvan

tage

1.1

7%; o

ther

pla

yers

1.6

3%C

rap

s -

Als

o of

fers

am

oung

the

bes

t od

ds f

or p

lay-

ers;

the

hou

se e

dge

on a

sin

gle

“pas

s lin

e” b

et i

s on

ly 1

.4%

. I

f th

e ho

use

offe

rs “

doub

le o

dds”

, th

at

adva

ntag

e di

ps t

o a

mer

e .6

1%Pa

i Gow

Pok

er -

Hou

se h

as a

slim

adv

anta

ge o

f 2.5

%.

Poke

r -

Pok

er is

mor

e a

gam

e of

ski

ll th

an lu

ck.

The

hous

e m

akes

its

livin

g fro

m a

“cut

” - u

sual

ly a

roun

d 5%

- of

f the

top

of e

ach

pot.

In T

hree

Car

d Po

ker

the

hous

e m

aint

ains

a 3

.4

% e

dge.

Let I

t Rid

e -

The

hous

e ed

ge is

3.5

% fo

r the

“bas

ic” p

ayou

ts,

but o

n th

e ga

me’

s “b

onus

” pay

tabl

e, th

e ho

use

edge

can

be

as h

igh

as 3

6.5%

!R

oule

tte -

The

over

all h

ouse

edg

e is

5.6

per

cent

, abo

ut th

e po

ores

t tab

le o

dds

in to

wn.

Ken

o -

Sim

ilar

to a

lot

tery

, si

mpl

e to

pIa

y, w

ith a

pos

sibl

e $5

0,00

0 im

med

iate

pay

out o

n a

$1 b

et; b

ut a

mon

g th

e lo

w-

est p

laye

r od

ds in

the

hous

e w

ith a

cas

ino

edge

of 2

0 to

30

perc

ent.

Spor

ts W

ager

s -

In 2

001,

acc

ordi

ng to

the

Nev

ada

Gam

ing

Con

trol B

oard

, Cas

inos

pul

led

in $

2 bi

llion

, but

poc

kete

d on

ly

$118

mill

ion,

a w

inni

ng m

argi

n of

6.5

%.

Whe

n yo

u be

t spo

rts

in L

as V

egas

, a fe

e w

ill b

e de

duct

ed fr

om y

our w

inni

ngs

- thi

s is

the

“vig

” or v

igor

ish.

Spor

ts B

ooks

- H

orse

raci

ng is

the

larg

est s

pect

ator

spo

rt in

th

e U

nite

d S

tate

s. A

hor

se’s

pre

viou

s pe

rform

ance

or “

form

” is

a g

ood

guid

e, a

nd th

e si

mpl

e be

ts -

“win

” or “

plac

e” -

are

the

mos

t profi t

able

.St

ate

Lotte

ries

- In

Cal

iforn

ia, a

par

ticip

ant’s

cha

nces

of w

in-

ning

the

Sup

er L

otto

are

1 in

17

mill

ion,

an

impr

ovem

ent o

ver

the

prev

ious

1 in

23

mill

ion.

LIFE

’S B

EST

BET

!W

hat

are

your

cha

nces

of

mak

ing

it to

Hea

ven

and

livin

g w

ith G

od fo

reve

r in

the

end?

- 1

00%

if w

e m

eet G

od o

n H

is

term

s.D

r. Ia

n S

teve

nson

, a p

rofe

ssor

of P

sych

iatry

, afte

r 20

year

s of

re

sear

ch o

n ne

ar d

eath

and

life

afte

r dea

th e

xper

ienc

es, t

old

Rea

der’s

Dig

est,

“I th

ink

it pr

uden

t to

prep

are

for

the

even

tual

-ity

.”Pe

ople

are

dyi

ng a

s us

ual,

but,

with

mod

ern

med

ical

resu

sita

tion,

so

me

are

livin

g to

tell a

bout

a v

ery

real

hum

an e

xist

ence

bey

ond

the

grav

e. I

n lig

ht o

f the

rese

arch

, the

que

stio

n is

no

long

er “W

ill w

e sp

end

eter

nity

?”, b

ut ra

ther

, “W

here

will

I spe

nd e

tern

ity?”

Whe

n it

com

es to

wha

t mat

ters

mos

t in

life,

whe

re w

e w

ill sp

end

the

mos

t of i

t (w

ith o

r with

out G

od),

we

shou

ldn’

t tak

e ch

ance

s or

pl

ay g

ames

with

our

Cre

ator

.Li

fe’s

“be

st d

eal”

is s

till b

eing

offe

red

by G

od h

imse

lf, n

amel

y,

eter

nal l

ife (l

ivin

g fo

reve

r in

God

’s P

arad

ise)

as

a fre

e gi

ft, c

om-

plem

ents

of t

he d

eath

and

resu

rrect

ion

of J

esus

Chr

ist f

or y

ou!

Jesu

s pr

omis

ed, “

Any

one

who

bel

ieve

s in

me,

eve

n th

ough

he

dies

like

any

one

else

, sha

ll liv

e ag

ain.

He

is g

iven

ete

rnal

life

fo

r bel

ievi

ng in

me

and

shal

l nev

er p

eris

h.” -

Joh

n 10

:15-

16.

He

also

offe

rs u

s a

bette

r life

in th

e he

re a

nd n

ow.

“My

purp

ose

is to

giv

e lif

e in

all

its fu

llnes

s.” -

Joh

n 10

:10b

T

his

new

life

beg

ins

the

mom

ent w

e in

divi

dual

ly in

vite

Jes

us

Chr

ist i

nto

our h

earts

and

live

s as

Lor

d an

d M

aste

r, m

akin

g us

ch

ildre

n of

God

who

com

es to

live

with

in u

s by

the

Hol

y Sp

irit.

So,

then

, whe

re is

this

car

ing,

lovi

ng a

nd m

erci

ful G

od in

yo

ur lif

e - o

n th

e in

side

or j

ust o

n th

e ou

tsid

e? A

nd if

He

isn’

t on

the

insi

de, w

ould

n’t y

ou li

ke to

pra

y rig

ht n

ow a

nd g

et H

im in

?H

ere’

s H

ow -

Pray

this

mod

el p

raye

r alo

ud a

nd fr

om y

our h

eart:

“

Fath

er G

od, I

com

e bo

ldly

bef

ore

you

in th

e na

me

of y

our

Son

Jes

us.

I ask

you

to re

veal

you

rsel

f to

me,

com

e in

to m

y lif

e, fo

rgiv

e m

y si

ns, c

lean

se m

e w

ith y

our b

lood

, mak

ing

me

your

ow

n sp

ecia

l chi

ld,

and

writ

e m

y na

me

in y

our

Boo

k of

Li

fe.

Bel

ievi

ng J

esus

Chr

ist d

ied

for m

e, a

nd th

at y

ou ra

ised

hi

m fr

om th

e de

ad, I

now

con

fess

Jes

us C

hris

t to

be th

e Lo

rd

and

Mas

ter

of m

y lif

e.

I com

man

d S

atan

to d

epar

t in

Jesu

s’

nam

e.

Lord

, now

giv

e m

e yo

ur p

rom

ised

free

gift

of e

tern

al

life,

and

fi ll

me

with

you

r Hol

y S

pirit

so

I can

follo

w a

nd o

bey

you.

C

ause

me

to k

now

you

per

sona

lly,

and

to e

xper

ienc

e yo

ur d

ivin

e lo

ve a

nd a

bund

ant

life.

I

than

k yo

u fo

r he

arin

g an

d an

swer

ing

my

pray

er a

s yo

u pr

omis

ed in

you

r Wor

d, th

e B

ible

, you

wou

ld.

Am

en.”

“And

he

him

self

has

prom

ised

us

this

: ete

rnal

life

.” -

I Joh

n 2:

25.

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care

abo

ut y

ou!

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e ca

n be

of f

urth

er h

elp,

ple

ase

cont

act

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t:

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ia M

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