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Lucky 8's Gameplay and Odds
Introduction
The Dealer Bonus is a pai gow poker side bet offered by Internet casinos using Ace Gaming.
Rules
The player is paid according to the highest paying poker that can be made with his seven cards. The pay table can be seen in the return table in the analysis section.
Analysis
Following is my analysis of the Lucky 8's. The lower right cell shows a house edge of 45.15% (ouch!).
Lucky 8's
| Event | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
| Natural seven-card straight flush | 8888 | 32 | 0.000000 | 0.001845 |
| Wild seven-card straight flush | 1000 | 196 | 0.000001 | 0.001272 |
| Four 8's plus joker | 888 | 1,128 | 0.000007 | 0.006498 |
| Five aces | 400 | 1,128 | 0.000007 | 0.002927 |
| Four eights | 400 | 17,296 | 0.000112 | 0.044883 |
| Royal flush | 150 | 26,092 | 0.000169 | 0.025391 |
| Straight flush | 50 | 184,644 | 0.001198 | 0.059894 |
| Four of a Kind | 25 | 289,048 | 0.001875 | 0.046880 |
| Full House | 4 | 4,188,528 | 0.027173 | 0.108692 |
| Flush | 2 | 6,172,088 | 0.040041 | 0.080083 |
| Three of a kind | 1 | 7,672,500 | 0.049775 | 0.049775 |
| Loser | -1 | 135,590,400 | 0.879640 | -0.879640 |
| Total | 154,143,080 | 1.000000 | -0.451501 |