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Final exam

Lesson 24 of 24 · The real casino · 10 min

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Last stop. The scene asks for five calls on random hands, then one bet on a variant table. The quiz covers the whole course. You can retake it any time: Retake exam clears your answers, and your score counts only your first answer to each question.

Quiz

What's worth?

  1. 16
  2. 6
  3. 7
  4. 9
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B: 6. 16 → 6.

Quiz

Player draws a . Banker has . Does the Banker draw?

  1. Draws
  2. Stands
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A: Draws. Banker 4 draws on a Player third card of 2 to 7.

Quiz

Player . Banker . What does the Banker do?

  1. Draws
  2. Stands
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A: Draws. The Player stood on 7, so the Banker uses 0–5 draws.

Quiz

Which is the lowest-edge bet at a standard 8-deck, 5% commission table?

  1. Player
  2. Banker
  3. Tie
  4. Dragon Bonus Player
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B: Banker. Banker: 1.06%.

Quiz

$25 Banker, 72 hands an hour, 2 hours. Expected cost?

  1. About $3.81
  2. About $19
  3. About $38
  4. About $76
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C: About $38. 72 × 2 × $25 × 1.0579% ≈ $38.08.

Quiz

After eight Player wins in a row, the next hand is…

  1. More likely Banker
  2. More likely Player
  3. About as likely as ever to be either
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C: About as likely as ever to be either. Streaks don't change the odds in any useful way.

Quiz

What does Martingale do to your expected loss?

  1. Removes it
  2. Leaves the edge the same but raises the total bet, so the loss grows
  3. Halves it
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B: Leaves the edge the same but raises the total bet, so the loss grows. Cost = edge × total bet, and Martingale bets more.

Quiz

Which side bet is the least expensive on the default table?

  1. Pair
  2. Tie
  3. Dragon Bonus Player
  4. Dragon Bonus Banker
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C: Dragon Bonus Player. 2.65%.

Quiz

Why can card counting beat the Dragon 7 but not Banker?

  1. Dragon 7's EV swings far more with the cards left
  2. Banker isn't dealt from the shoe
  3. Counting is banned on Banker
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A: Dragon 7's EV swings far more with the cards left. 8s and 9s have big effects on Dragon 7. On Banker, each card moves the EV by about 0.01%.

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