Casino "scam" [Guaranteed to make money]

[Dendra]

Maths is wonderful, right? Unfortunately (fortunately for you!) most of the population have fail maths abilities. I call this a "scam" because you can never lose money, only ever win it. Perfectly legal and the players will appear to be betting against each other, but you're actually raking in a fortune.

This is (imo) better than systems such as:
1-60 lose money
60-99 2x money
99-100 3x money

If you get some guy betting large amounts (and then fluking a 100) you could well have to pay out quite a lot. And if you keep the money then Blizzard might action you for scamming.

In any case, here's my version (this won't cover HOW to advertise and use macros to keep things moving, read another guide for that)

A good advertising line is "6 player casino, win up to 4x your money! Bet against your friends!"
Ask the 6 people interested to each pick a different number between 1-6 (basically they just each need a different number) and to decide an amount they want to bet (each person bets the same amount). You then (use a macro)

/random 6
/random 6
/random 6

If their number comes up ONCE, they get 2x their money
If their number comes up TWICE, they get 3x their money
If their number comes up THREE TIMES, they get 4x their money

Explain that you pay them based on the money you get from the others and out of your own pocket (don't worry, that's a lie, you'll never have to pay anything. It's just to make them feel more comfortable).

Below I outline the three possibilities and potential earnings for each. These numbers are based on a bet of 50g with Player 1 picking the number 1, Player 2 picking the number 2, etc.

Possibility One

All three numbers different. Probability of this happening is 56% (roughly) so it should happen about half the time.
Amount traded to you before rolls: 300g
What you do: (if numbers rolled are 1,3,5)
Player 1: Give 100g
Player 2: Nothing
Player 3: Give 100g
Player 4: Nothing
Player 5: Give 100g
Player 6: Nothing

Your profit: Nothing

Possibility Two

Two numbers the same, one different.
Amount traded to you before rolls: 300g
What you do: (if numbers rolled are 2,2,4)
Player 1: Nothing
Player 2: Give 150g
Player 3: Nothing
Player 4: Give 100g
Player 5: Nothing
Player 6: Nothing

Your profit: 50g

Possibility Three

All three numbers the same
Amount traded to you before rolls: 300g
What you do: (if numbers rolled are 3,3,3)
Player 1: Nothing
Player 2: Nothing
Player 3: Give 200g
Player 4: Nothing
Player 5: Nothing
Player 6: Nothing

Your profit: 100g

So there you have it. You can NEVER lose money with this, only make it. You make money slightly less than half the time. And there's nothing anyone can do. I just ran my ingame macro 10 times and I got:

3 different: 6
2 same, 1 different: 4
3 same: 0

If people were betting with 50g stakes, I'd have made 200g.

[Deadly Tomato]

Again, repost. Please would you search? There is one of these on every page now!

[Eski]

Casino's are against tos or w/e its called.

[MooChan]

casino's are against tos or w/e its called.

wrong.....

[Teryon]

Gambling has been banned in WoW since 2005. Do your research.

It is bannable, and a slower way to make gold than normal grinding.

[FearMeDear]

Casino's are against tos or w/e its called.

Not anymore in the US, though still in EU.

[[Revelation]]

yea blizz changed the tos to allow ingame casinos

[Overaggro]

But is it allowed in EU WOW ? I just made around 370 gold in 20 minutes using anothe system
You roll and I roll and your roll has to be higher than my roll + 10 and you get 2x money otherwise nothing

[Dankone]

World of Warcraft - English (NA) Forums -> Casinos Are No Longer Allowed - 2/22/2005
illegal since 2005

[Dendra]

Again, repost. Please would you search? There is one of these on every page now!

Not with this specific angle unless I'm very much mistaken. That's why i said go to another guide to find out how to run one. The whole point of this was to create a risk free casino in which you'll only make money.

And to whoever posted a 2005 link, go read the CSF forums. On US WoW (don't know about EU) casinos are legal as long as they:

Don't spam advertising
Pay out as promised

[skiierx131]

World of Warcraft - English (NA) Forums -> Casinos Are No Longer Allowed - 2/22/2005
illegal since 2005

You sir, fail.

World of Warcraft - English (NA) Forums -> Gambling ... Bannable?

World of Warcraft - English (NA) Forums -> On the lift on casino bans....

Stating Casinos are allowed.

[Thrill12]

Nice twist.

[Xeya]

Flukin Nubs and their "CASIN0S IS R 4 BANN3D NOW!?!??!?!"

Please learn to do some research.

[anouxa]

It's not bannable if your doing it with friends, but some people try to take it on a much larger scale where they get a bunch of people they don't know, who in turn ticket gm's when they lose. Personally i prefer the raid boss drop, you do an old raid and kill a boss, have about 25 g a person to get in on the action, (did i forget to mention this stays in guild) and you all bet on whats going to drop, winner keeps half of the gold, the rest goes to gv to help it progress, for say supplies for raids and free enchants as well as repairs after raids. At least thats what my guild does. No way you can really cheat.

[Dendra]

It's not bannable full stop. Running a casino is not bannable. End of story.
Spamming advertising is bannable.
Scamming people by not paying is bannable.
Charging some form of "entry fee" is bannable.
etc.