James Okafor
Guides & Explainers · odds.guru
James Okafor publishes educational guides and clear explainers for odds.guru.
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Video Poker: Rules, Odds and How to Play
Video poker is five-card draw against a paytable, and the paytable tells you the return before you bet. Here are the rules, the hand probabilities, the paytable maths and a hold order that gets a beginner close to optimal.
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Online Slots: Rules, Odds and How to Play
How online slot software decides a result, what paylines and symbols actually pay, what a 96% RTP costs per hour, and how to play your first spin without guessing.
21 Aug 2026
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Baccarat Odds: What Every Bet Really Costs
Banker wins 45.86% of hands in an eight-deck baccarat game, player 44.62%, tie 9.52%. Here is the house edge those probabilities produce, how each figure is derived, and which table rules change it.
18 Aug 2026
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Keno Odds and the Math Behind the Paytable
The 80/20 draw fixes every keno probability, from 1 in 4 on a single spot to 1 in 8,911,711 on a full 10-spot ticket. What varies between operators is the paytable — and that alone sets the house edge.
12 Aug 2026
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Keno: Rules, Odds and How to Play
Keno takes a minute to learn and charges more than almost anything else on a casino floor. Here are the rules, the real probability of every catch, a worked payout example, and the two decisions that actually change what you get back.
10 Aug 2026
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Sportsbook Licence Verification: A Five-Step Check
How to confirm a sportsbook licence on an official register: entity names, licence numbers, active-or-suspended status and domain coverage explained.
28 Jul 2026
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Tennis Futures Betting Explained: Outrights, Year-End #1, and How to Size Them
How tennis futures and outright markets work — slam winners, year-end #1, tour finals — and how to size them without locking up six months of bankroll.
5 May 2026
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The Tennis Stats That Actually Predict Match Outcomes
Rankings tell you who won six months ago. First-serve percentage, break-point save rate, and surface-specific form tell you what happens next week.
5 May 2026
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Live Tennis Betting: The Book Is Always One Point Ahead
Live tennis reprices on every point. Here's what the book knows at a break point that you don't — and when an in-play position is actually worth taking.
4 May 2026
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Tennis Prop Bets, Totals, Sets, and Games: Where the Real Edge Hides
A sharp breakdown of tennis prop markets — aces, double faults, tiebreaks, total games, and why live prop limits compress so fast.
4 May 2026
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Live Dealer Casinos Explained: The Closest Thing to Vegas Online
How live dealer casinos work, the best platforms for live blackjack, roulette, and baccarat, and tips for the best experience.
12 Apr 2026
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Best Casino and Sportsbook Combos in 2026
Which platforms run a sportsbook and a casino on one login in 2026, what a shared wallet actually shares, and why the casino side of the same account costs more per hour than the sports side.
5 Apr 2026