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The Camel
10-08-2007, 12:27 PM
There's a casino bonus of 100% upto £100 at the sportsbook I use.

There is 20 times play through requirement..

If I play £1 a hand blackjack.. What is my chance of losing the £100 before I make the bonus?

How about at £5 or £10 per hand?

Thanks for any help.

Lessu
10-08-2007, 12:43 PM
www.beatingbonuses.com (http://www.beatingbonuses.com) - casino games - return/variance calculator

aka23
10-08-2007, 12:43 PM
The return/variance calculator above doesn't evaluate risk of ruin. I will have a return/variance simulator that does do risk of ruin later this month.

Assuming the bonus is given pre-wager. You have a ~0.02% of busting with £1 bets. With 5 and 10 unit bets, the risk increases to ~9% and ~22% respectively. To check others, there are risk of ruin tables on the bottom of the blackjack page on my site and in one of the blackjack appendixes on wizard of odds.

The Camel
10-08-2007, 02:06 PM
Thanks guys..

Decided to go with £5 per hand (life's a risk huh!)

Managed to win £150 plus the bonus... off to the pub to celebrate!!!

Boise123
10-08-2007, 03:44 PM
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Thanks guys..

Decided to go with £5 per hand (life's a risk huh!)

Managed to win £150 plus the bonus... off to the pub to celebrate!!!

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Congratulations