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Introduction
WGS Technology is a mysterious company that rose up from the ashes of the former Vegas Technology software which had already risen from the ashes of Odds On software. The software looks the same as the old Odds On & Vegas Tech software, although the selection of games is smaller. WGS Technology is also one of the few software providers to be friendly to U.S. players.
WGS Technology Casinos
WGS Technology Casinos
| Name | Wizards Seal | DE Friendly  |
Play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Club Casino | YES | YES | Visit Casino > | |
| Red Stag Casino | YES | YES | Visit Casino > | |
| Liberty Slots Casino | YES | YES | Visit Casino > | |
| Lincoln Casino | YES | YES | Visit Casino > | |
| Intertops Casino Classic | YES | YES | Visit Casino > | |
Baccarat
 Baccarat |
The usual rules are followed. Eight decks are used. The following table shows the house edge according to the bet made.
Probabilities in 8-deck Baccarat
| Bet | Combinations | Probability | House Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banker | 2,292,252,566,437,888 | 45.86% | 1.06% |
| Player | 2,230,518,282,592,256 | 44.62% | 1.24% |
| Tie | 475,627,426,473,216 | 9.52% | 14.36% |
Bingo Bucks
 Bingo Bucks |
This is a unique game to Odds On in which balls are randomly drawn, with replacement, on a 5 by 5 matrix. According to Odds On the return is 93.7%.
Blackjack
 Blackjack |
 Atlantic City Blackjack |
 Progressive Blackjack |
 Classic Blackjack |
There are no fewer than seven sets of blackjack rules. Why Internet casinos have to offer so many, I have no idea. Here they are:
WGS Technology Blackjack Games
| Bet | Combinations | Probability | House Edge |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perfect Pairs | 4 | Stand | Yes | Any two | Yes | 0.36% |
| Vegas Downtown | 2 | Hit | Yes | Any two | Yes | 0.40% |
| Vegas Strip | 6 | Stand | Yes | Any two | Yes | 0.41% |
| Atlantic City | 8 | Stand | Yes | Any two | Yes | 0.44% |
| Classic | 4 | Stand | No | 9 to 11 | No | 0.57% |
| Progressive | 4 | Stand | No | 9 to 11 | No | 0.57% |
| Blackjack | ? | Stand | No | 9 to 11 | No | ? |
The rule do not say how many decks are used in the standard "blackjack" game. Unless you want to take your chances with that, I recommend going with the lowest house edge on the Perfect Pairs table. Do not be tempted to make the side bet.
There is a side bet on the Progressive Blackjack game. The following table shows the side bet pay table based on the $13,559 meter on September 27, 2002.
Progressive Blackjack
| Hand | Permutations | Probability | Pays | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 red/black aces | 3360 | 0.000002 | 13559 | 0.025056 |
| 4 aces | 40320 | 0.000022 | 1355.9 | 0.030067 |
| 3 suited aces | 18432 | 0.00001 | 2500 | 0.025343 |
| 3 non-suited aces | 626688 | 0.000345 | 250 | 0.086166 |
| 2 suited aces | 1889280 | 0.001039 | 50 | 0.051953 |
| 2 non-suited aces | 7557120 | 0.004156 | 25 | 0.103906 |
| 1 ace | 129730560 | 0.071349 | 0 | 0 |
| no aces | 1678389120 | 0.923077 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1818254880 | 1 | 0 | 0.322492 |
The lower right cell shows a return of 32.25%, or a house edge of 67.75%! For the meter to have no house edge it would need to reach $180,209.81. On January 5, 2014, at the Lincoln Casino it was at $52,119.
Craps
 Craps |
The player may not bet more than his original wager either buying or laying the odds. The combined house edge on the pass side is 0.85% and on the don't pass side is 0.82%. Total winnings always get rounded down to the next dollar so be sure to bet in correct increments.
There are win bets, which work and pay the same way as place bets. To bet against a place number the player can make a "lose bet." These pay 2-5 on the 4 and 10, 4-7 on the 5 and 9, and 4-5 on the 6 and 8. The house on these bets is 6.67%, 5.71%, and 1.82% respectively.
The proposition bets pay the same bad odds as conventional craps.
Dazzling Dice
 Dazzling Dice |
This is a unique game to Vegas Technologies that pays based on the roll of 25 poker dice in a 5 by 5 matrix. The odds on each hand are the same. The following table shows the expected return is 93.36%.
Dazzling Dice
| Hand | Combinations | Probability | Pays | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Five of a kind | 6 | 0.000772 | 100 for 1 | 0.07716 |
| High straight | 120 | 0.015432 | 10 for 1 | 0.154321 |
| Low straight | 120 | 0.015432 | 8 for 1 | 0.123457 |
| Four of a kind | 150 | 0.01929 | 6 for 1 | 0.115741 |
| Full house | 300 | 0.03858 | 4 for 1 | 0.154321 |
| Three of a kind | 1200 | 0.154321 | 2 for 1 | 0.308642 |
| Two pair | 1800 | 0.231481 | Loss | 0 |
| Pair | 3600 | 0.462963 | Loss | 0 |
| Nothing | 480 | 0.061728 | Loss | 0 |
| Total | 7776 | 1 | 0.933642 |
Keno
 Keno |
Vegas Technologies uses the same pay table as Microgaming, which offers very competitive returns. Following is the expected return according to the number of picks. The best bet is the pick 13.
Keno
| Picks | Return |
|---|---|
| 1 | 75.00% |
| 2 | 92.09% |
| 3 | 93.04% |
| 4 | 93.79% |
| 5 | 93.87% |
| 6 | 93.79% |
| 7 | 96.35% |
| 8 | 92.90% |
| 9 | 92.86% |
| 10 | 94.54% |
| 11 | 93.10% |
| 12 | 94.22% |
| 13 | 96.54% |
| 14 | 95.42% |
| 15 | 95.19% |
Mulligan Poker
 Mulligan Poker |
This five-card variation was developed by myself and is played only at Vegas Technologies casinos. For all the information please visit my section on Mulligan Poker.
Poker Dice
 Poker Dice |
This is a unique game to Vegas Technologies that pays based on a single throw of five poker dice. The table below shows an expected return of 91.82%.
Poker Dice
| Hand | Combinations | Probability | Pays | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Five of a kind | 6 | 0.000772 | 20 for 1 | 0.015432 |
| High straight | 120 | 0.015432 | 6 for 1 | 0.092593 |
| Low straight | 120 | 0.015432 | 5 for 1 | 0.07716 |
| Four of a kind | 150 | 0.01929 | 4 for 1 | 0.07716 |
| Full house | 300 | 0.03858 | 3 for 1 | 0.115741 |
| Three of a kind | 1200 | 0.154321 | 2 for 1 | 0.308642 |
| Two pair | 1800 | 0.231481 | 1 for 1 | 0.231481 |
| Pair | 3600 | 0.462963 | 0 for 1 | 0 |
| Nothing | 480 | 0.061728 | 0 for 1 | 0 |
| Total | 7776 | 1 | 0.91821 |
Poker Slots
This is a unique game to Odds On in which 25 cards are chosen with replacement into a 5 by 5 matrix. The player is paid according to the poker value of each row, column, and diagonal. The following table shows the odds for any given line. The bottom right cell shows a return of 93.42%.
Poker Dice
| Hand | Combinations | Probability | Pays | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal flush | 480 | 0.000001 | 1000 for 1 | 0.001262 |
| Straight flush | 4320 | 0.000011 | 250 for 1 | 0.002841 |
| Five of a kind | 13312 | 0.000035 | 100 for 1 | 0.003501 |
| Four of a kind | 798720 | 0.002101 | 45 for 1 | 0.094535 |
| Straight | 1224000 | 0.003219 | 20 for 1 | 0.064386 |
| Flush | 1477200 | 0.003885 | 15 for 1 | 0.058279 |
| Full house | 1591200 | 0.004185 | 10 for 1 | 0.041851 |
| Three of a kind | 17503200 | 0.046036 | 7 for 1 | 0.322254 |
| Two pair | 26254800 | 0.069055 | 5 for 1 | 0.345273 |
| Pair | 175032000 | 0.460363 | Loss | 0 |
| Nothing | 156304800 | 0.411108 | Loss | 0 |
| Total | 380204032 | 0 | 0.934183 |
Red Dog
 Red Dog |
A single deck is used for a house edge of 3.16%, using basic strategy. For more information on Red Dog please visit my Red Dog section.
Roulette
 American Roulette |
 European Roulette |
There are both double-zero American and single-zero European wheels. The house edge is 5.26% in American roulette and 2.70% in European.
Slots
 Bangkok Nights |
 Butterflies |
 Crazy Cherry |
 Farming Futures |
 Luxury Liners |
 Mermaids Quest |
 Naughty Ninjas |
 Red White and Win |
 Vampire Vixen |
There are about 130 slot machines to choose from. I do not know any information about the expected returns so you're on your own with those.
Video Poker
 Deuces & Joker -- 4 Line |
 Jacks or Better -- 10 Line |
 Joker Poker -- 10 Line |
 Joker Poker -- Bump it Up |
 Deuces Wild -- 4 Line |
 Aces & Faces -- 1 Line |
The player can play video poker one of four ways:
- Single line
- Four line
- Ten line
- Bump it Up
The games are pretty traditional and the pay table range from pretty competitive to pretty insulting. So pick your game carefully.
Bump it Up is the same thing as Multi-Strike Poker. It is available in Jacks or Better and Joker Poker only. They don't indicate the Free Ride probabilities, so the returns for that game are not quantifiable.
The following table shows the Video Poker games available in alphabetical order.
WGS Technology Video Poker Alphabetic Order
| Game | Power Poker | Pay Table | Return | Live Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aces & Faces | Yes | 800-50-40-25-8-5-4-3-2-1 | 99.26% | No |
| Bonus Poker | Yes | 800-50-40-25-8-5-4-3-2-1 | 99.17% | No |
| Deuces Wild | Yes | 800-200-25-16-13-4-3-2-2-1 | 96.77% | No |
| Deuces and Joker Wild | Yes | 2000-800-25-12-9-6-3-3-3-2-1 | 99.07% | No |
| Double Joker | Yes | 800-100-50-25-8-5-4-3-2-1 | 98.10% | No |
| Jacks or Better | Yes | 800-50-25-9-6-4-3-2-1 | 99.54% | No |
| Joker Poker (kings or better) | Yes | 1000-200-50-17-7-5-3-2-1-1 | 98.60% | No |
| Tens or Better | Yes | 800-50-25-6-5-4-3-2-1 | 99.14% | No |
Here is the same list in returns range, choose your game wisely.
WGS Technology Video Poker Return Order
| Game | Power Poker | Pay Table | Return | Live Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacks or Better | Yes | 800-50-25-9-6-4-3-2-1 | 99.54% | No |
| Aces & Faces | Yes | 800-50-40-25-8-5-4-3-2-1 | 99.26% | No |
| Bonus Poker | Yes | 800-50-40-25-8-5-4-3-2-1 | 99.17% | No |
| Tens or Better | Yes | 800-50-25-6-5-4-3-2-1 | 99.14% | No |
| Deuces and Joker Wild | Yes | 2000-800-25-12-9-6-3-3-3-2-1 | 99.07% | No |
| Joker Poker (kings or better) | Yes | 1000-200-50-17-7-5-3-2-1-1 | 98.60% | No |
| Double Joker | Yes | 800-100-50-25-8-5-4-3-2-1 | 98.10% | No |
| Deuces Wild | Yes | 800-200-25-16-13-4-3-2-2-1 | 96.77% | No |
