Reason #3 why the Wizard likes Bovada:

Excellent Odds

In my opinion many online casinos are too stingy when setting the odds on their games. They think they will make more money that way but I believe they are misguided, because when players lose too quickly it’s not fun, and those players might not come back.

Bovada is one of the few casinos that understands this. They offer generous odds to let you play longer and get you a better chance of winning. Among their generous offerings are Full-Pay Jacks or Better returning 99.54%, six other video poker games paying over 99%, single-zero roulette, and my favorite, Pick ’em Poker, returning 99.95%!

Kudos to Bovada for not being afraid to give their players a good gamble.

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Video Poker -- Double Joker

Last Update: May 20, 2011

Double Joker Poker
Hand	Payoff	Probability	Return
Royal Flush	800	0.000022	0.017816
Wild Royal	100	0.000348	0.034765
5 of a Kind	50	0.000417	0.020833
Straight Flush	25	0.001497	0.037418
4 of a Kind	9	0.018770	0.168934
Full House	5	0.018420	0.092101
Flush	4	0.019185	0.076739
Straight	3	0.034142	0.102427
3 of a Kind	2	0.177888	0.355776
2 Pair	1	0.092896	0.092896
Nothing	0	0.636416	0.000000
Total Return		1.000000	0.999704

Double Joker Poker
Hand	Payoff	Probability	Return
Royal Flush	800	0.000022	0.017816
Royal Flush	800	0.000022	0.017806
Wild Royal	100	0.000348	0.034774
5 of a Kind	50	0.000415	0.020732
Straight Flush	25	0.001503	0.037571
4 of a Kind	8	0.018649	0.149193
Full House	5	0.018374	0.091868
Flush	4	0.019289	0.077157
Straight	3	0.034920	0.104761
3 of a Kind	2	0.177127	0.354253
2 Pair	1	0.092890	0.092890
Nothing	0	0.636464	0.000000
Total Return	0	1.000000	0.981007

Double Joker Poker — 98.60%
Hand	Pays	Combinations	Probability	Return
Royal Flush	800	242,672,544	0.000020	0.016096
Wild Royal Flush	100	3,629,448,360	0.000301	0.030092
Five Of A Kind	50	4,876,956,840	0.000404	0.020218
Straight Flush	25	17,248,727,856	0.001430	0.035753
Four Of A Kind	10	213,169,432,656	0.017674	0.176742
Full House	8	213,249,243,672	0.017681	0.141446
Flush	6	314,143,672,980	0.026046	0.156276
Straight	4	463,563,943,212	0.038435	0.153739
Three Of A Kind	1	1,999,758,192,696	0.165803	0.165803
Two Pair	1	1,083,223,805,940	0.089812	0.089812
Nothing	0	7,747,973,340,924	0.642395	0.000000
Total		12,061,079,437,680	1.000000	0.985976

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