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Last Update: Nov 27, 2004

"9/5" Super Double Bonus
Hand	Pays	Combinations	Probability	Return
Royal Flush	800	490732320	0.000025	0.019695
Straight Flush	80	2235383712	0.000112	0.008971
4 Aces	160	4414812408	0.000221	0.035437
4 J-K	120	11677436556	0.000586	0.070299
4 2-4	80	10502913228	0.000527	0.042152
4 5-10	50	20925934176	0.001050	0.052490
Full House	9	215990785008	0.010836	0.097521
Flush	5	217685955948	0.010921	0.054604
Straight	4	255508811232	0.012818	0.051273
3 of a Kind	3	1494880494216	0.074994	0.224983
Two Pair	1	2448613194552	0.122841	0.122841
Jacks or Better	1	4319107237764	0.216679	0.216679
Nothing	0	10931196826080	0.548391	0.000000
Total Return		19933230517200	1.000000	0.996946

"8/5" Super Double Bonus
Hand	Payoff	Probability	Return
Royal Flush	800	0.000025	0.019707
Straight Flush	80	0.000113	0.009001
4 of a kind A	160	0.000222	0.035455
4 of a kind J-K	120	0.000650	0.078031
4 of a Kind 2-4	80	0.000527	0.042151
4 of a Kind 5-10	80	0.001049	0.052467
Full House	8	0.009156	0.073245
Flush	5	0.010924	0.054621
Straight	4	0.012825	0.051299
3 of a Kind	3	0.077350	0.232051
Two Pair	1	0.109041	0.109041
Jacks or Better	1	0.229796	0.229796
Nothing	0	0.548323	0.000000
Total Return		1.000000	0.986863

"7/5" Super Double Bonus
Hand	Payoff	Probability	Return
Royal Flush	800	0.000025	0.019689
Straight Flush	80	0.000113	0.009001
4 of a kind A	160	0.000221	0.035343
4 of a kind J-K	120	0.000650	0.078050
4 of a Kind 2-4	80	0.000527	0.042147
4 of a Kind 5-10	50	0.001049	0.052460
Full House	7	0.009153	0.064074
Flush	5	0.010914	0.054568
Straight	4	0.012829	0.051316
3 of a Kind	3	0.077326	0.231978
Two Pair	1	0.109016	0.109016
Jacks or Better	1	0.230068	0.230068
Nothing	0	0.548111	0.000000
Total Return		1.000000	0.977708

"6/5" Super Double Bonus — 96.87%
Hand	Payoff	Probability	Return
Royal Flush	800	0.000024	0.019571
Straight Flush	80	0.000113	0.009002
4 of a kind A	160	0.000221	0.035286
4 of a kind J-K	120	0.000650	0.078038
4 of a Kind 2-4	80	0.000541	0.043277
4 of a kind 5-10	50	0.001049	0.052456
Full House	6	0.008838	0.053028
Flush	5	0.010889	0.054446
Straight	4	0.013019	0.052077
3 of a Kind	3	0.077574	0.232721
Two Pair	1	0.108904	0.108904
Jacks or Better	1	0.229904	0.229904
Nothing	0	0.548274	0.000000
Total Return		1.000000	0.968710

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