Let it Ride: Royal Swazi (Africa) rules

Last update: September 7, 2002

The Royal Swazi casino in Swaziland, Africa, uses a different pay table for Let it Ride as follows.

Isle of Capri Payoff Table
Hand	Payoff
Royal flush	250 to 1
Straight flush	50 to 1
Four of a kind	25 to 1
Full house	12 to 1
Flush	10 to 1
Straight	8 to 1
Three of a kind	3 to 1
Two pair	2 to 1
Tens or better	1 to 1

There are two strategy adjustments relative to the U.S. strategy as follows:

With 3 cards raise on unsuited 10/jack/queen
With 4 cards raise on 4 to an outside straight with 2 or more high cards

With this pay table and strategy adjustments the house edge is 2.96%. If the U.S. strategy were followed the house edge would be 3.03%.

The side bet at the Royal Swazi costs $5 and is progressive.

Royal Swazi Side Bet
Hand	Pays
Royal flush	100% of meter
Straight flush	10% of meter
Four of a kind	$2500
Full house	$500
Flush	$250
Straight	$125
Three of a kind	$0
Two pair	$0

The meter starts over at $20,000. The rate of return is 46.05% plus 0.5848% for each $10,000 in the meter. It would take a meter of $922,474 for the side bet to be a break even bet.

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