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Dragon
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Tiger
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3:1 · HE 7.69%
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Dragon Tiger has no card-by-card decisions. There is exactly one skill: which bets you choose before the cards are turned. Every bet on the table draws from the same shoe, but the payouts are not priced evenly, so the house edge swings from 3.73% to nearly 33% depending on what you back. This is the full math behind every bet, the same numbers the trainer grades you against.
Every bet, ranked by house edge
| Dragon | 3.73% |
| Tiger | 3.73% |
| Big | 7.69% |
| Small | 7.69% |
| Suit | 7.69% |
| Suited Tie | 13.98% |
| Tie (8 to 1) | 32.77% |
Dragon and Tiger are the only bets within reach of a well-run table game. Everything below them costs real money over time, and the Tie bet is the worst regularly offered bet in the casino.
Why Dragon and Tiger are cheapest
- BestA tie only costs Dragon and Tiger bettors half their stake, not the full bet. That built-in insurance is why the edge sits at 3.73% instead of the roughly 7.5% a flat coin-flip bet would carry.
- AvoidEvery other bet pays a flat win or loses the full stake with no tie protection, so the casino's true cut shows up in full on every bet.
The words that matter
- Big / SmallA bet on whether the Dragon card lands above or below seven. A seven itself loses both bets.
- SuitA bet on the exact suit of the Dragon card. A seven loses automatically even if the suit matches.
- Suited TieWins only when Dragon and Tiger tie in both rank and suit, a 1 in 59 shot even before the vig.
- Ace lowAces are always the lowest card and Kings the highest. There is no ace-high option in Dragon Tiger.
Common mistakes
- Chasing the Tie payout. 8 to 1 looks generous next to a coin flip, but a tie only happens about 7.5% of the time. The true odds are closer to 12 to 1, which is where the 32.77% house edge comes from.
- Betting Big or Small because it feels like 50/50. It is not. The seven is a dead card that loses both sides, which alone accounts for most of the 7.69% house edge.
- Loading up on Suited Tie for the 50 to 1 number. The bet wins only 1.69% of the time. The big number on the felt is not the same as a fair number.
- Betting Dragon and Tiger at the same time to "hedge." On a non-tie hand the two bets cancel out to zero. On a tie, both lose half. Betting both sides does not lower your house edge, it just removes the swing and leaves the same 3.73% cost in place.
Strategy and pay tables from Michael Shackleford, Wizard of Odds — Dragon Tiger. All figures assume the standard 8-deck shoe and the 8 to 1 Tie payout used in this trainer.