ScottH said:
I do not think you could find a game that pays out over 100% online. At least not a significant amount, like .77%.
There are a few that pay over 100%. For example 5 Dimes has full pay Dueces Wild. Grand Virtual Joker Poker is slightly over 100%, assuming I did the math right. However, typical online bonuses make a 0.77% edge seem insignificant, including bonuses that are given with each deposit at some casinos.
The original poster asked about video poker variance. I wrote a video poker variance calc awhile back at
http://www.beatingbonuses.com/vpcalc.htm , which is useful for crude estimates (crude because approximates return as normal curve and uses MG paytables for DW, rather than full pay). Variance is huge compared to BJ... ~20x larger for single hand DW. If you search around, you should be able to find some risk of ruin calcs or similar
Variance of Full Pay DW -- ~25.8
Variance of BJ -- ~1.3