Lottery Game Odds
- Lotto 6/49
- BC/49
- Lotto Super 7
- Extra
- Keno
- Instant Win Tickets: odds for Instant Win tickets vary from game to game. For more information click here and choose the link for your favourite game to find specific odds information.
- Pull Tabs: odds for Pull Tabs vary from game to game. For more information click here and choose the link for your favourite game to find specific odds information.
- Pacific Hold'Em Poker
- Interactive Games
Casino Game Odds
Casino games are based on the concept of randomness or chance, which means that all outcomes, wins and losses, are unpredictable. When you gamble you can hope to win; it is statistically possible and it does happen, but the odds always favour the house.
Baccarat
The rules of play in Baccarat produce a small, yet measurable advantage for the house for both player and banker bets, and a steep jump in advantage for tie bets (14.3%). The banker will win 50.68% of all non-tie hands and the player 49.32%.
Blackjack
The house advantage in Blackjack varies from a high of 1.9% to a low of 0.54% if you are employing 'basic blackjack strategy'.
Roulette
Casinos in B.C. currently use an ‘American’ roulette wheel which consists of 38 numbered slots: numbers 1 to 36, a zero, and a double zero. The house edge on all bets is 1/19, or 5.26%, except for one bet. The exception is the 0-00-1-2-3 combination, which carries a house edge of 7.89%.
Craps
Knowing the mathematical odds of the dice achieving a certain outcome is the essence of the game. The house has an advantage from a low with a Pass Line bet of 0.382% to a high of 16.7% (odds of rolling a 2 or a 12).
Slot Machines
On average, slots in BC pay out 92% of all money wagered. The payout rate is based on the life of a machine however, not on one playing session. Over the life of a slot machine, or put another way, after millions and millions of spins, the laws of probability will allow a few players to win, cause some to lose, and allow others to walk away even. But in the short term, anything can happen. For more information, download the Slot Machines brochure: The GameSense Guide to Slot Machines [1.8MB]
Bingo Game Odds
The odds of winning bingo are based on several factors, which include the type of pattern played during a game, the number of players, how many cards are in play during any given game, and the maximum number of balls that can be drawn to win the jackpot. Typically, bingo venues payout 57% to 65% of all money wagered.
