But this was the first time I’d spent much time at the tables paying that ante on every hand of blackjack and every spin of the roulette wheel.īeing a gambling writer who’s especially interested in the math behind the games, I started thinking about how to quantify what this ante does to the house edge. I knew in a vague way that the Winstar ( like other Oklahoma casinos) charges an ante when you place a bet. We started with roulette and went on to play blackjack. We didn’t have much fun at the slots, which seemed tight, so we decided to try the table games. I’ve never really done much gambling there besides playing poker. On Sunday night, I took a date to the Winstar Casino in Oklahoma to do some gambling.
