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To simplify things and also to be conservative I will assume you lose 50% of hands, win 40% and have a stand off in 10%. Firstly let’s assume there are no bonuses and you are playing with all your own money. You have $300 and you want to wager a total of $1200. Also let’s assume you will gamble the $300 each hand. The most hands you would play are 4. The possible outcomes for each hand are:



S = Stand off (Probability = 0.1)

W = Win (Probability = 0.4)

L = Lose (Probability = 0.5)



The possible outcomes over 4 hands, and their probabilities are:

 


Outcomes

Probability (Pr)

Return (R)

Expected Return  (Pr X R)

L

0.5

-$300

-$150.00

WLL

(0.4x0.5x0.5) = 0.1

-$300

-$30.00

WLWL

(0.4x0.5x0.4x0.5) = 0.04

$0

$0.00

WLWW

(0.4x0.5x0.4x0.4) = 0.032

$600

$19.20

WLWS

(0.4x0.5x0.4x0.1) = 0.008

$300

$2.40

WLSL

(0.4x0.5x0.1x0.5) = 0.01

-$300

-$3.00

WLSW

(0.4x0.5x0.1x0.4) = 0.008

$300

$2.40

WLSS

(0.4x0.5x0.1x0.1) = 0.002

$0

$0.00

WWLL

(0.4x0.4x0.5x0.5) = 0.04

$0

$0.00

WWLW

(0.4x0.4x0.5x0.4) = 0.032

$600

$19.20

WWLS

(0.4x0.4x0.5x0.1) = 0.008

$300

$2.40

WWWL

(0.4x0.4x0.4x0.5) = 0.032

$600

$19.20

WWWW

(0.4x0.4x0.4x0.4) = 0.0256

$1200

$30.72

WWWS

(0.4x0.4x0.4x0.1) = 0.0064

$900

$5.76

WWSL

(0.4x0.4x0.1x0.5) = 0.008

$300

$2.40

WWSW

(0.4x0.4x0.1x0.4) = 0.0064

$900

$5.76

WWSS

(0.4x0.4x0.1x0.1) = 0.0016

$600

$0.96

WSLL

(0.4x0.1x0.5x0.5) = 0.01

-$300

-$3.00

WSLW

(0.4x0.1x0.5x0.4) = 0.008

$300

$2.40

WSLS

(0.4x0.1x0.5x0.1) = 0.002

$0

$0.00

WSWL

(0.4x0.1x0.4x0.5) = 0.008

$300

$2.40

WSWW

(0.4x0.1x0.4x0.4) = 0.0064

$900

$5.76

WSWS

(0.4x0.1x0.4x0.1) = 0.0016

$600

$0.96

WSSL

(0.4x0.1x0.1x0.5) = 0.002

$0

$0.00

WSSW

(0.4x0.1x0.1x0.4) = 0.0016

$600

$0.96

WSSS

(0.4x0.1x0.1x0.1) = 0.0004

$300

$0.12

SL

(0.1x0.5) = 0.05

-$300

-$15.00

SWLL

(0.1x0.4x0.5x0.5) = 0.01

-$300

-$3.00

SWLW

(0.1x0.4x0.5x0.4) = 0.008

$300

$2.40

SWLS

(0.1x0.4x0.5x0.1) = 0.002

$0

$0.00

SWWL

(0.1x0.4x0.4x0.5) = 0.008

$300

$2.40

SWWW

(0.1x0.4x0.4x0.4) = 0.0064

$900

$5.76

SWWS

(0.1x0.4x0.4x0.1) = 0.0016

$600

$0.96

SWSL

(0.1x0.4x0.1x0.5) = 0.002

$0

$0.00

SWSW

(0.1x0.4x0.1x0.4) = 0.0016

$600

$0.96

SWSS

(0.1x0.4x0.1x0.1) = 0.0004

$300

$0.12

SSL

(0.1x0.1x0.5) = 0.005

-$300

-$1.50

SSWL

(0.1x0.1x0.4x0.5) = 0.002

$0

$0.00

SSWW

(0.1x0.1x0.4x0.4) = 0.0016

$600

$0.96

SSWS

(0.1x0.1x0.4x0.1) = 0.0004

$300

$0.12

SSSL

(0.1x0.1x0.1x0.5) = 0.0005

-$300

-$0.15

SSSW

(0.1x0.1x0.1x0.4) = 0.0004

$300

$0.12

SSSS

(0.1x0.1x0.1x0.1) = 0.0001

$0

$0.00

Total

1

 

-$17.85

 

What the table above shows is that (assuming Pr(W) = 0.4, Pr(L) = 0.5 and Pr(S) = 0.1) if you gambled at an online casino with your own money and you made 4 bets of $300, on average you would expect to lose $17.85 or 5.95% of your money.



Using the bonus money instead of your own, the winnings will not change however whenever you lose you only lose $100 not $300. The table below shows the expected results for 4 hands.

 

Outcomes

Probability (Pr)

Return (R)

Expected Return (Pr X R)

L

0.5

-$100

-$50.00

WLL

(0.4x0.5x0.5) = 0.1

-$100

-$10.00

WLWL

(0.4x0.5x0.4x0.5) = 0.04

$0

$0.00

WLWW

(0.4x0.5x0.4x0.4) = 0.032

$600

$19.20

WLWS

(0.4x0.5x0.4x0.1) = 0.008

$300

$2.40

WLSL

(0.4x0.5x0.1x0.5) = 0.01

-$100

-$1.00

WLSW

(0.4x0.5x0.1x0.4) = 0.008

$300

$2.40

WLSS

(0.4x0.5x0.1x0.1) = 0.002

$0

$0.00

WWLL

(0.4x0.4x0.5x0.5) = 0.04

$0