The progressive jackpot is one of the worse bets at the casinos. Depending on the size of the jackpot, I've seen sites that say the EV of playing the progressive is -26% or so. The lady is pretty lucky that the dealer even qualified for that hand, because she would have only won the ante if the dealer didn't even hit AK or better. Everyone knows the lottery is a suckers bet, but all those big numbers make people want to take the chance to hit the jackpot
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