Published at 12. 6. 2009 in category
MainYou can bet every individual number, between 0-36, and this is the highest payout bet if you win, paying 35:1, meaning if you have 1$, bet and win, you will have 1$+35$=36$ total. On roulette you have many options to bet. You can also make a bet for 2 numbers in the same time, placing the bet on the border line of this 2 neighbor numbers, for example 8 and 9. If either 8 or 9 is the winning number, you bet pays off 17:1 to you. All these bets are on numbers, or inside the box. You can also bet for 4 numbers, doing ‘corners’, with a payout of 8:1. For corners an example: numbers 1-2-4-5; a 2 by 2 number square. You can choose to bet 3 numbers in a raw, called ‘street’ such like 13-14-15, for a 11:1 payout, or can choose with one bet to cover the double of it 6 numbers, or ‘double street’ for 6:1 odds.
They have the 36 numbers ( exclude 0, 00) divided up to 12 number groups, or called the ‘dozens’. The low is 1-12, mid 13-24, and the high 25-36. Can bet any of this dozens with a payout of 2:1.
The colors, red or black was already mentioned, they carry a 1:1 odd. Should you see, neither this include the number 0, and 00, both green, a place where casino has the edge in the game.
In similar way you can bet on high or low numbers, low is 1-18, and high 19-36, with 1:1 odd.
And finally there is a bet for Even, or Odd numbers, self explanatory, another 1:1 odd.
And last there is chance to bet for any of the 3 vertical columns, for a 2:1 payout as well.
The Neighbors to Zero consist of numbers between 22 and 25 on the roulette wheel including also 22 and 25 themselves. One a single zero will the numbers are: 22, 18, 29, 7, 28, 12, 35, 3, 26, 0, 32, 15, 19, 4, 21, 2 and 25. To play this combination you need 9 tokens.
Sorry, but just almost done, as roulette offer even more then this though it is usually in the online casinos, I don´t remember seeing it every brick and mortar casino this. You can also make bets about what section of the roulette wheel the ball will land. Such named like Neighbors of Zero or the big series, The third or small series, and Orphans, the numbers left out from the prior two.
The Orpheans consist of the numbers 17, 34, 6 and 1, 20, 14, 31, 9; you need 5 token to bet on these.
The Thrids or ‘small series’ consist of the numbers 27, 13, 36, 11, 30, 8, 23, 10, 5, 24, 16, 33, and to play this combination you need 6 tokens.
This numbers do not have a set betting odd, they pay out according the previously mentioned rules, all depend on your luck which number in the series won.
Published at 18. 5. 2009 in category
MainOtherwise, roulette is my favorite gambling, whenever I feel to gamble some. Martingale says that if you bet to red color 1$, and if you not win, then in the next round double up on your bet, and keep doing so until you win…and then start again/switch color. So, your bets will look like: 1$ - 2$ - 4$ - 8$ - 16$ - 32$……. But with an extended streak of black numbers, your bets can run up high real fast, also, in mind with Martingale system, casinos impose most case a upper table limit not only a betting minimum. They hope time to time players engage into Martingale, and run out of the money to keep doubling up, or hit the table’s limit and not able to double up. Also most people get carried out with the ‘sure thing’ of this doubling up, and don’t realise that when they just in the 5th doubling of the bet place 32$, they already wagered a total of 63$, and still if they win they get to have only the 64$, a measly 1$ profit with a rather huge risk in case if it is a longer period of black/red numbers.
On roulette there is also different options to bet on group of numbers by pre-set criterias, each offering different options
Published at 21. 4. 2009 in category
MainThe game has two main version, the French or European roulette, and the American roulette. Roulette is one of the most popular game in casinos, named after the French word, meaning ‘Small Wheel’. With a bit of a math, it is easy to figure that on the American roulette your chances of winning actually lower a bit then on the European version. The difference is that the European roulette wheel divided to 37 segments, with numbers between 0-37, where the American has 38 segment, with an additional 00 number on it. The numbers each has a color, there is 18 black and 18 red number, and the 0 or 00 is green. This is important part, as one of the basic gambling is to bet for the color of the number they spin. I think me as many others got also meet with the Martingale system, which is one of gambling basic theory, with a tiny flow in the thinking. I personally had some bad experience with this 00, so, I swored not to play American roulette ever, if I can have a choice there.
Published at 27. 3. 2009 in category
MainBlackjack is one of the most popular casino game, also the one where they ban the most ‘skilled’ players. There are real life card counters, and the casinos are really try to catch and ban these players. Not as they actually doing anything illegal, only that the casinos don’t like someone beating them in their own game. A recent Hollywood movie “21” was about a group of students who learned the art of ‘card counting’ and along with that they used some other technics to gain a little edge on the casino. It was based on a real life story. On the other hand casinos try everything to spot out these players, as they can damage their profit. Since the 90-s there are lots of security cameras in casinos, the so-called ‘eye in the sky’, where they can watch every table to spot out cheaters, as well as employees, who misbehave. It is said that the casino has around 2% edge on blackjack, one of the smallest in any game, whereas a skiller card counter can gain an approximate 8% edge on the house, betting high only when there is a high density of 10s and face cards in the shoe. Card counters are usually not work alone, but form a group, where some is counting cards while betting small at a table, and signal the other, called the big player to join the game when the odds are higher for good cards.
Published at 19. 2. 2009 in category
MainProbably the most popular card game played in the casinos, and probably the one gives you the most chance to come out even in the end.
The plot: you play against the dealer’s card. Black Jack is a face card and an ace together. If you win, you get paid 2:1 to your bet, and for Blackjack usually, 2.5:1. This mean for a 100$ you bet, you can with +100$, or +150$ in case on Blackjack. Aim is to have 21, where value of the face cards 10, aces representing 11. The dealer has restricted choices, bellow 16, he still have to get another card, and once over 16 have to stop. The payer has more options, even can stop a lower number, and still win if the dealer has more then 21, or as they say go bust. If you get two similar cards, you can choose to slit them up to form another hand, for an additional bet.
Published at 20. 1. 2009 in category
MainCasinos try many ways to keep people entertained, happy enough to come back again and again, even if most gamblers go home as losers. They offer various restaurants, with international and local food, different themes, some even boosting restaurants with well-known celebrity chefs. You might also get offered free drinks and some finger food in some casinos, all is there too keep you relaxed, and thus make you bet more. Restaurant often offer the food for free, or at a reduced price.
I was myself first time in a casino in Sri Lanka, which is not known as a gambling paradise, but since we had some free time to pass, gave it a try. Have to mention that in Sri Lanka, and many other countries, locals are not allowed to gamble in casinos, they are for international visitors only. I was surprised to see, they were not only giving free drinks to players, but also had a free buffet set up, and they even gave free cigarettes out to the smokers! I think where the general population are majorly poor people, this is a sensible idea to go with.
Also, especially in Las Vegas, many casinos organize sport events; boxing galas and title matches aren’t rare to come by. Big casinos also set up their stages, offering those “Las Vegas style” shows, dancers, singers, magicians, comedians…many of them famous performers. This keep the casino experience for you more positive, and your face less sour after a losing streak.
Published at 22. 12. 2008 in category
MainBefore we get more into some of the games, I would like to mention the high rollers. They are those prized VIP players of the casinos, who tend to play high-stake games, and all bigger casinos provide them with a separate lounge and gaming room, to make them feel special, and keep them play more.
Published at 18. 11. 2008 in category
MainThere is two simple category to separate games: slots, and table games. Casinos offer different games to gamblers, everyone can find the one fit best to their personality and budget.
Table games:
The card games, like black jack, poker, also games like roulette, crap, baccarat are all table games. To put it simple, those games they need a table to play them. Another difference to slot that for the table games you have a dealer or croupier who conduct the game, deal cards, spin the roulette wheel, take and pay out the bets. Also table games tend to have higher stakes, usually start from 1$, and up.
Slots:
You drop a coin, pull a handle or push a button, and wait for the outcome. Slot machines are usually an entry to gambling, not only because they used to line the entrance corridors, but also as they are pretty simple to play. Doing this repeatedly. “Feeding the machine”. Many casinos link up slots to offer a jackpot, that can sweeten up this otherwise a bit mechanic play, though most can just dream about winning the jackpot. Most works with small coins, 5-25 cents, so the winnings usually small, but also the loss too, and you can still get the thrill of gambling.
Poker:
Poker is a game of skill, and probably the only where a casino won’t ban you for being a ‘skilled player’. Poker is a table game, but in many way it differs from the rest of the casino games. Poker got very popular, by now most casinos set up so called poker rooms, and organize tournaments for different skill-leveled players, they even have World Championship of it, and live TV coverage for the bigger events. The casino’s gain is a percentage of the fee the players pay to enter, covering the room, and the dealers cost, as well as profit. What makes poker different that players pay an entry fee to the game, and play against each other, not against the house.
Published at 12. 10. 2008 in category
MainWhen we talk about casinos, everyone’s first think of Las Vegas, the most famous gambling city of the World. These are usually refer to the land based hotel complexes where they have all sort of gambling for the visitors. But Las Vegas is not the only place, there is Aruba in the Caribbean, Monte Carlo in Monaco, or Macau in China just to mention a few other famous places.
As mentioned earlier, there was an evolution, what took casinos out of their most common forms, the hotels, and now you can find almost every cruise ship offering casinos for their passengers, as well as special gambling ships using international waters to avoid local anti-gambling regulations, where laws aren’t favorable to gambling.
The internet enable gamblers to play games without moving out of their homes, spending time to travel, having to dress nice, but giving them their favorite games and similar excitement that a real casino do. However the biggest change of all was the internet to the industry, and to gamblers as well. Matter of fact, many of the ‘traditional’ casinos set up their own internet casinos to keep their slice of the gambling pie, also to benefit from the low operating cost of the internet casino versus the brick and mortar versions. Since both side can greatly benefit, internet gambling is growing fast.
Published at 18. 9. 2008 in category
MainCasinos originate to Italy, the first casinos documented to the 17th century. The excitement of gambling, and the promise of easy money was, is, and always will serve like a magnet to pull all kind of people into the game, to the casinos. Although there was big evolution since, but the basics are unchanged: excitement and money. And why to change those? Today gaming is multibillion dollar industry, most casinos evolving from being gaming rooms to being mega hotels, resorts, that offer not only casino and gambling, but also high-class accommodations, restaurants, shopping, entertainment shows, sport events, and such.