House Edge in Casino Games: Full Table

The house edge in casino games is the share of every bet a game keeps on average, and it equals 100% minus the game's RTP. Across the 29 bets in our table it runs from 0.35% on blackjack with the best common rules to 16.67% on the craps Any Seven bet, and up to 50% on one provincial keno pick. We computed every table-game figure in code on 6 November 2026. Amounts are in Canadian dollars, and the page belongs to our casino payout guides.

What Is the House Edge in Gambling and How It Relates to RTP

The house edge is the casino's average profit on a bet, measured against the original stake. RTP, or return to player, is the same number seen from your side: a game with a 0.57% edge returns 99.43%. eCOGRA, a testing lab, describes RTP as an average that is not achieved each time a game is played. Three rules connect every figure on this page:

• The house edge equals 100% minus the RTP.
• Expected loss equals the total amount wagered times the house edge.
• Each figure holds only for the rules and strategy listed with it.

Take Gates of Olympus: Pragmatic Play publishes an RTP of 96.50%, so its house edge is 3.50% and C$1,000 of spins costs C$35 on average. The question of what is RTP in slots has its own explainer, which shows how far one session drifts from that figure.

House Edge by Casino Game: The Full Table

The table sorts 29 bets from the lowest house edge to the highest. The last column is the average loss per C$100 wagered, which counts total bets, not your deposit. Blackjack and video poker figures assume correct strategy.

Our guide to the best odds casino games uses the same figures game by game. The 3-4-5x row spreads the Pass Line edge over the line bet plus the odds bet, which pays true odds and carries no edge. The last row is a provincial lottery draw game, and its prizes include your stake.

How We Calculated the House Edge for Each Game

Each figure comes from one of four methods, and each can be checked on the game screen:

• Baccarat, roulette, craps and Sic Bo use exact probabilities from the payouts.
• Video poker covers all 2,598,960 deals with the best hold on each.
• Blackjack uses an infinite-deck basic strategy model.
• Slots, online keno and game shows use the studio's published RTP.

Our blackjack model treats the shoe as infinite, so its figures are close estimates for six- and eight-deck games. NetEnt lists 98.94% for its eight-deck baccarat, our Banker figure, and Betsoft lists 98.64% for craps without naming the bet, the same as our Don't Pass figure. Our keno odds reproduce PlayNow's own, down to 1 in 8,911,712 for ten out of ten.

How Rules Change the House Edge Within One Game

One rule line often moves the house edge more than a switch to another game:

On Jacks or Better the difference is two pay table lines: a full house paying 9 instead of 8 and a flush paying 6 instead of 5. That costs C$27.02 per C$1,000 wagered instead of C$4.56. Four lines on the rules screen decide most of the edge:

• The blackjack payout and the dealer's soft 17 rule.
• The full house and flush pays on Jacks or Better.
• The number of zeros on the roulette wheel.
• The commission on the baccarat Banker bet.

What the House Edge Means for Your Payouts per Hour

The house edge works on turnover, not on your deposit, because every dollar you bet again counts again. We assume C$10 a round and 100 rounds an hour, which puts C$1,000 through the game every hour:

Your pace depends on the table and on autoplay, so scale the figure to your own bet and speed. The payout side is a separate question: in our October 2026 test withdrawals, Bitcoin payouts arrived in 25 minutes to 1 hour and Visa took 2 to 3 days, whatever game the money came from.

Why the House Edge Is Not What You Lose in One Session

The house edge is an average over a very large number of rounds, and one session is short. Our exact model: C$10 on red at a European roulette table, where red wins 18 times in 37:

After 100 spins about one session in three ends ahead, and 7.7% end exactly even, although every spin carries a 2.70% edge. The swing grows more slowly than the average loss, so the edge takes over the longer you play. On slots the version matters as well: Hacksaw Gaming lists five RTP versions for Le Vampire, from 97% down to 86%, and the casino picks which one it runs.

House Edge Information in Canada: Provincial Sites, Ontario and Alberta

In Canada, provinces conduct and manage legal gambling under section 207 of the Criminal Code, so provincial lottery corporations run their own online sites. Offshore casinos hold no provincial licence, and no Canadian regulator sets what their game screens show:

Note that in Ontario, the AGCO's Registrar's Standards for Internet Gaming require that before a bet the player gets enough information to make informed decisions, including the odds of winning, payout odds or returns to players (Standard 4.06). Ontario's regulated market has run since 4 April 2022. In Manitoba, PlayNow's GameSense pages state plainly that over time the house always wins.

Checking the House Edge at an Online Casino Before You Play

A low house edge only helps if your table uses the good rules and the casino pays out:

1. Open the game rules or info screen before the first bet.
2. Find the RTP line, the pay table or the table rules.
3. Compare those rules with the better versions in our tables.
4. Skip side bets whose edge is several times the main bet.
5. Check withdrawal methods and times before you deposit.

Our list of top paying casino sites compares casinos on 60% tested payout speed, 20% withdrawal limits and 20% bonus terms, and the median across our 17 test withdrawals in October 2026 was 8 hours. Gambling age is 18 in Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec and 19 in the other provinces. Terms apply; see our page on responsible gambling for help lines in all ten provinces.

Which Casino Games Have the Lowest House Edge

On main bets, 9/6 Jacks or Better at 0.46% and 3:2 blackjack at 0.57% keep the least of your money, with baccarat Banker at 1.06% close behind. At the other end, the Tie at 8:1, Any Seven and provincial draw keno keep 14% to 50% of every stake. Casino games are paid entertainment, and no house edge, however small, turns them into a source of income.