How does a casino make money from a poker game? Every other game is played against the casino – with the odds stacked in the casino’s favour. But in poker players complete against other players.

Question

Do you pay to sit at a table?

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Answer 1

Casino Pit Boss here,

Cash games are either raked (X% capped at $X taken from each pot) or time charge (X$ per player per hour)
Tournaments have a portion of the buy in going to the house so a $220 buy in would be $200 to the prize pool and $20 to the casino.