Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Probability of Gain in Craps

Chances and probability of gain in craps are bigger than those of other casino games of chance as roulette, what makes it more interesting. Even if no precise technique allows lightening the possibility of gain in craps every time we want it, knowledge of the probability of every choice allows opting for the best selections as possible. To win in craps, it is advised to you to get used to this game, to practice it often in order to be able to understand it, whether it is in terrestrial or online casinos. In this way, you will notice rapidly that the problem is around the bet you make. Good bets give you more chances and make you win and naturally, they reduce the house edges to 1.41 % for Pass, 1.36 % for Don’t pass, 1.41 % in Come and in 1.36 % for Don’t come. With such edges of the house, you can gain much money or at least manage to keep yours. Should the opposite occur, if you make bad bets, it will increase the edges of the house of 5.6 % in Field, 9.1 % in Big 6 / Big 8, 12.5 % if Horn, 13.9 % in Craps 2 / Craps 12 or the same 16.7 % if Any 7. These are all edges which result from simple bets.

Online casinos take care of the satisfaction of players but also they take care of their turnovers and for it, they have to keep their small secret somewhere: the Odds Bet. It is the bet which is to be combined with simple bets but which pays only two or three times more your original stake. This bet does not appear on the gaming table and seen that it makes the edge of the house weaker, sometimes near to zero, it is rarely proposed by employees of casinos to players.

Strategy of Backgammon

Backgammon is a online casino game which requires at the same time intelligence and intuition. In fact, to become unbeatable in backgammon, there are tips and tricks important to be known. At first, in the casino game strictly speaking, during the movements of your pawns, it is necessary to be sure that the compartment of arrival is not blocked by at least 2 opposite pawns. Do not forget that you can strike an opposite pawn if this one is alone in a compartment and if you arrive at this compartment. Then, you have to try everything to avoid being struck.

What it is necessary to be remembered is that in backgammon, it is necessary to know how to manage simultaneously speed and confrontation. On the way towards the internal JAN, you have to lean on relay points established by your pawns while striking the opposite pawn to slow down its progress. However, it is necessary to remain watchful because if there are too many struck pawns, these can become a bridgehead which is going to block your actions.

An important advice for beginners: operating in the classic shots.
What is the locking?
The actions of encirclement and harassment are called locking. We use it to make striking more effective. In case of bad dice thrown, it is necessary to leave pawns isolated by waiting for the favourable turns.

Five craftiness to remember:
  • Always place two pawns for you to be able to protect yourself from opposite pawns and to block them.
  • At the beginning of the game, bring out so many pawns as possible instead of moving them rashly to avoid the opposite striking.
  • Try to place two of your pawns in the opposite internal jan to block release of the opposite pawns while being able to free yours.
  • Do not rush in the grip of an opposite pawn because it could put your pawn in bad situation and is not systematically favourable to win the set.
  • opponent from managing to put many pawns in his internal jan to not block yours to go out.

Monday, September 28, 2009

Dice control in craps: Sharpshooter method

If most of players assert that craps is a casino game of chance and that it is impossible to beat the bank, Sharpshooter who is an expert of craps demonstrates the opposite. Mostly, players win in craps by basing themselves on the principles of good and bad bets, the probability which exist around the 36 possible combinations in craps. But according to this expert, it is also possible for player who rolls dice or "the shooter" to manage it very well in order to determine in advance resulting numbers, what allows him to have more chances to win. He just has thus to take a certain position towards the gaming table and to proceed to the throw in a way that dices touch the border of the table and quickly succeed in giving winning numbers or a redoubtable 7. At this moment, dice run at the same speed and land at the same time. So, the player manages to develop an advantage on the house as long as he wants it.

Sharpshooter demonstrates this method which is based on physics principles called the "the perfect rolling on table " in some of his books co-written with his friend Jerry Patterson, in particular in the volume entitled "Get the Edge at Craps-How to Control the Dice" a casino game published in 2002. He has already explained his point of view during seminars, through videos and he even gave courses about dice control in craps "Sharpshooter / PARR" in Nevada. But according to this professional player of craps, even if employees of casinos are convinced of the existence and the truthfulness of this method, some details are still missing which don’t allow demonstrating its efficiency. What is sure is that this method requires much more precision and a more frequent training from the player’s side.

Craftiness to play online craps

Most of players are aware that dice rolling in craps are unpredictable events, that this game is really a game of chance. No technique is sure at 100 % and it is impossible to determine everything in advance or to beat the house. But having recourse to strategies and techniques which exist to make it more profitable game in order to increase player’s chance to gain is possible. And even if it is impossible to beat the house, it is possible to win much more than the usual gains.

First of all, it is indispensable for a player to learn to observe the game on his PC. Often, sites of online casino games propose in their homepage articles intended to players who want to know everything about various games and mostly they give to readers basic rules. To pay more attention to these articles is a way for a player to have an idea on the bet which is the most convenient for him. When he is ready to launch into the game, it is advised to him to begin with the easy and low bets as Pass Line or Don’t Pass Line, Come or Don’t Come without betting too much money at the beginning of the game.

In craps, a player is required to patient. A patient player manages to play for a long time on a table of craps. The most important in craps are to know how to manage money. It is thus necessary to let some time pass by before betting more important sum. But a good player is a player who knows accepting defeat and remaining calm in case of gain. It is completely normal for a novice player to be frustrated in the first time he loses but this never let this situation to stop you playing. If you notice that you lose too much, it is better to leave the table with wisdom.

Sunday, August 30, 2009

The Technique of Value-Bet

A value-bet is a bet based on a mathematical formula which consists in betting on a match the probability of which to pass is superior to the rating proposed by the bookmaker. In poker, it is the stake which, on average, is profitable if your opponent follows. It is different with bluff because a bluff will work only if your opponent folds. The concept of value-bet is above all the capacity to feel well the value of an opposite hand and the size of stake which will be paid. In other words, Value-bet consists in knowing how much it is necessary to bet when we have the best hand in order to maximize gains and thus to not make the opponent run away. If Value-Bet is played in heads-up, it is necessary to know well your opponent’s psychology, before determining how and especially how much to bet. For a game played in heads-up, a value- bet works when we have the highest hand and the opponent have also an important hand, then he paid. The technique consists in raising without awakening suspicions whereas we play in second position.

If we have a small combination (high card or even card), a small insignificant raise but with bluff, or a low hand but which can win, to check will be the best solution. If we have a strong game (high hand), an average raising to give him the opportunity to call is enough. And if the game is very strong, a significant raising, but not too much to let him not going to fold. Value-bet is easier when we are the first to play. If we have a low hand but which can casino game winner, we can check or put a bet at a blind level. If the game is average, we have to raise at the level of the last bets. If we have a strong game, an average raising to let opponents the occasion to call is enough and if the game is very strong, a significant raising, but not too much to not make him fold is also interesting.

Friday, August 28, 2009

Counting Cards in Team in Blackjack

Those who know well black jack know that in almost of time, it is impossible to beat the bank and to take the advantage of the house. But it remains possible. Certainly, physical or online gaming rooms have already established strict rules in order to make practically impossible to count cards, however, certain publications as the book Bringing Down the House, of Ben Mezrich give an interesting enough outline to face it. Because to count 24 Ace (4 per game x 6 mixed games) is already rather difficult, but to count them while they pass by a continuous automatic mixer becomes practically impossible. A pile of 312 cards which is mixed in each becomes indeed difficult to be counted by a single person. Henceforth, to beat the house, groups of several persons join to count cards in Blackjack together.

To make it, a team of four persons is so necessary. Indeed, with cards in the hands of several persons, it is easier to know how many cards of the same kind are still in the box. Every person had a role specific and important to play. "Back Spotter" is the one in the wallflower, he is not there to play but to count cards. In constant visual communication, this person directed simply his team members in the right direction. Then, there is also a “Spotter”, who is on the table for the decoration and to place small stakes while sharing information and the instructions with “Gorilla”. This last one played in a style of guerrilla warfare, entering with enormous stakes and leaving when he can get a lot. He always follows the instructions given by his team-mates and rating is always in his favour with regard to the cards which was counted in an expert way. Finally, the “Big Player” counts cards, follows his team-mates’ instructions and played important hands.

The Biggest Casino In The World

The biggest casino in the world is in Macau, the ancient Portuguese colony known actually as the Chinese gamble capital. It opened its doors on August the 28th, 2004 and is called Venetian. Having the same name as another casino in the USA, it is affiliated to the Las Vegas Sands, the American giant of games industry. Built on the stretch of Cotai, Venetian is a retort of the eponym key casino of Las Vegas with for theme Venice. The firm includes 850 gaming tables and 4,100 gambling machines distributed on a surface equivalent to three soccer fields. It has also 350 shops, a stadium equipped with 15,000 seats, around thirty gastronomic restaurants. More than a million meters square are reserved for trade shows. And with its 3,000 suites, Venetian of Macao is also the biggest luxury hotel of Asia. After the construction of the Venetian, Macao knew an exceptional growth and exceeded last year Las Vegas in terms of receipts obtained from the game, so that its owners could get back the total of his investment only in five years. The new complex will also have to be settled to hold, with secondary activities, a customer which comes generally only for day and remains mostly cloistered in gaming rooms.

Now, Macao becomes the Chinese capital of the game. Its ambition: compete with Las Vegas and become the first world destination for tourism, business tourism and leisure. Its owners consider that until 2010, up to $24 billions dollars should be spent in this new temple of game. The firm has walls skated with ochre, lampposts having ancient characteristics and shaded arches. All the elements are combined to dive into the Venetian atmosphere. Gondolas suggest even making a tour in the Venetian’s canals. In Budapest, a same project having a similar size as the Venetian is in the way to be realized by another American firm.

Scratch Game

Every time that Friday the 13th comes, superstitious persons run to buy tickets to scratch to know if luck is with them or not. For those who really believe in it, if they win during this day, it is because their day will be also fruitful and the opposite for those who had nothing. But it is not the same case for passionate of scratch games who buy it periodically. Scratch game is a game having a form of ticket to be scratched. Then, it is not necessary to be equipped neither with good strategies nor with skills because if you win at it, it is purely by chance. The principle is simple; player just needs to scratch a part of a ticket to try to discover in it symbols, images, words… which can go together if they appear at the same time. It allows fortunate to win presents or sometimes money and to spend good times.

Websites of online casinos propose scratch games also called scratch off, scratch ticket, scratcher, scratchie, scratch-it, scratch-and-win or instant game. Exclusively on internet, online gamblers can consult results of drawing lots after having sign in a registration to become member. The principle is the same, to scratch a ticket but free of charge. The players have just to accumulate their points in order to transform them into presents. These scratch games are often in flash version. By playing free games on these websites, player can win credits with what he can command codes and presents in a shop. A wide variety of scratch games could be discovered on online games portals the most specialized in casino game. A player has the possibility to join several games at the same time for his biggest pleasure even repeatedly. For those who had never played this kind of online game, we make you know that a scratch game is accessible to everybody and is within the reach of new players.


Arcade games

You certainly heard about Space invaders, Galaxian, Pac-Man, Battlezone, Donkey Kong and other games of the same kind played on a game room or online ? They are all arcade games which can be played in coin-operated entertainment machine. Even adults know them. But do you know that the first arcade games were made in the 20s and were installed in the park of Midway? At that period, some arcade games claimed predicting people’s future, or played with mechanical music. Since that time, these games did not stop evolving until the appearance of pinball machine also called “flipper” or “billard électrique” in French in the 30s. To amuse yourself with this last one, player has just to mark points by steering one or several metallic balls on a tray used for game separated from the player by a window with the aim of realizing the highest score, playing as long as possible by avoiding that the ball goes out of the tray of game and gaining free sets.

At the beginning of the years 2000, with the innovation of technology, game on network which are played by means of console and computers, and especially through Internet become more and more numerous and limit afterward the attendance rate of arcade game rooms. Nowadays, arcade games are generally conceived in language Flash / Java / DHTML and executed directly through web browsers. But the principles of the games remain the same. The games which were available in cafes, video gaming rooms and in other public places can be played via PC. But the most amusing in it is even old persons can remember themselves good old memories because certain sites of online games which offer several various games still propose to them games identical to the old games of the 80s, online, having the arcade version.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Best way of betting on CRAPS

Craps is a casino game which consists in rolling simultaneously two dices and bet on the result. If the player rolling the dice or the “shooter” makes one 7 or one 11, he gains his stake. If he makes a 2, 3 or 12, he loses his stake. We say that he made a craps. If he makes 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10, we say that the player or shooter rolled point then the dealers mark the rolled number on the layout to indicate the value. Once the point marked, the player rolls dices until he gets again either the point or 7. If he rolls point, he gains his stake. If he makes 7 before having re-rolled point, he loses his stake.

The question is now to know how to bet in craps? Here are some types of interesting bets

- "Pass line bet": betting, for the first throw, it is if the shooter makes 7 or 11 or establishes the point. This bet pays once stake.

- "Don’t pass line bet ": bet, for the first throw, that if the shooter will make a craps (2, 3 or 12). If 7 or 11 are rolled, this bet loses. If the player establishes the point, the bet will be winning if it 7 comes out before the point is re-rolled. This bet pays once stake.

- "Come bet": played in two rounds and is played similar to a pass line bet. It is intended for a gambler playing after the first rolling

- "Don’t come bet" is the opposite of "Come bet". This bet is winning if shooter makes 2 or 3 at the first round, losing if he makes 7 or 11. If he rolls and gets 12, he has to revoke their bet. If the player makes 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10, the "Come bet" point is then established and the "Don’t come bet" wins if 7 come out before the "Come" point is established. This bet pays once stake.

It is up to the players to choose its type of bet, knowing that craps is above all a game of chance. Here are the most lucrative bets: the bet "7": winning if 7 is rolled in the next dice rolling. This bet pays 4 times stake. The bet "11": winning if 11 comes out in the next gamble. This bet pays 15 times stake. The bet "Craps": winning if a craps comes out in the next gamble (that is 2, 3 or 12). This bet pays 7 times its stake

Are online casinos reliable?

The first online casino was introduced in the middle of the 90s, well before that Internet wins its popularity. Already in that time, players asked question about the reliability of online casinos as far as some of them are implanted outside the United States. Laws of this country pronounced operation of casino as illegal. Then, how to know to whom to rely and which is not reliable? This question always arises every time player connects onto on-line game. For some times, online casinos are subjected to regulations and strict controls to verify the respect of announcement and advertisements made by casinos. The Certificate ECOGRA thus exists for some time. It means that an online casino was inspected by an investigator to make sure that they pay customers, they protect the information in a security way and they do not cheat. It is thus a first indicator to estimate that an online casino is serious.

Today, independent websites give evaluations of various online casinos. It is the phenomenon which increased since some years and which is going to develop more and more. These sites establish their evaluation by participating directly in online games and by basing itself on several criteria as the speed of payment of the gains. This point allows having a rather precise opinion on the reliability of a casino. That's why many online sites put among their selling point the sentence "guaranteed payments". But a casino will never be reliable at 100 %. At first, it is because many are implanted neither in Europe nor in United States. The reliability of the controls is not thus guaranteed or it is simply complicated for legal reasons. The caution thus stays of stake. Generally, a serious online casino is affiliated directly or indirectly to another casino which operates in a "reliable" country.


Craftiness to win at Black-Jack

Black-Jack is a game of skill, so the quality of the strategy of game adopted by every player and the way he uses it widely contribute to make him winning bets. However, there are also several other factors which can increase chances of winning. As point of reference, select a board of Black-Jack where the maximal limit of bet is not above 5 % of your budget. In this way, you can also increase your chances to win. The basic strategy is very important and you always have to have it in your mind according to cards dealt by casinos and apply it during the match. Do not trust on strategies based on "presentiments" because it turned out and it is not always right.

When you play Black-Jack, your target is to obtain a total value of cards equal to 21 or to approach it as much as possible. Never try to imitate or to beat the dealer because you consider that he already had a good training; in this way you will realize that you bust (exceed 21) more often than you win. At blackjack, you have to understand the rules as well as the best moments to read a card and to stop, to double the stake or to separate two equal cards. You strictly need to observe too the values of hands as far as they will determine your strategies. If the dealer has a hand of 7 +, play until 17 +. When the dealer has 4, 5 or 6, double with 9 and play flexible hands of 13-17. Double your 10 when the dealer has 9 or less and double any hand of 11.

- Never place the insurance on the stakes.
- Develop a model and vary your values of stakes according to your current results. If you win, increase the stakes and decrease them as soon as you begin to lose.



Chips: The money in casino

Currency having multiple functions, chips known now in gaming rooms and which replace bank-notes was not especially created for casinos at the beginning. The origin of chips indeed goes back up to the Antiquity, period in the course of which it served as chips of account. During the Middle Ages, the use of chips had increased in business. But it was especially during the XIXth century, because of the insufficiency of the active money, that storekeepers, restaurant owners and barkeepers proposed to change this substitute of real money. Given their acceptance by the only company which emitted it, it became an advertising support and a way to develop customers’ loyalty. Then, various sectors and activities resorted to chips for more convenience as chips of transport, phone chips, commemorative chips …

In casinos, chips are especially used for table games (roulette, craps, black jack…). For the case of gambling machines, it is coins especially adjusted to these machines which are proposed. Given that any banque-notes or real metal currency weren’t used in these gaming rooms, chips are exchanged at the room entrance.

Each casino chip, mostly made with plastic, has so a cash value well précised and fixed by the firms according to real money, its form (round, square) or according to its colour (red, green, blue…). These chips were used since a long time ago by card players in the whole Europe for staking. Once on the table, the whole chips of a player is called “stake”. Regular customers of casinos and game tables can easily value the quantity of the chips on a player; it means that, his potential by looking at his stake. Even in big tournaments as the World Series of Poker (WSOP), chips are still used during all tournaments.


Craps: Two dice to designate the right point

Game originating from the United States, Craps is common in American casinos but little played in Europe. Compared with other games as roulette, bingo and poker, craps remains however unknown. Nevertheless, this game which can be played by 2 players (called also “shooter”) and which consists in rolling simultaneously two dice on a table with vertical wall of 40 cm height is an interesting game. Two six-faced dice, numbered from 1 to 6 are used in the craps. Each point recorded on the die, on the 2 opposite faces always gives a total of 7 (1+6 or 2+5 or 3+3). In craps, the point is the total of the numbers which appear after rolling the dice. Some points have very familiar names like "craps": when the shooter's come-out roll is a (2 = 1+1), (3 = 1+2) or (12 = 6+6). There are also "hard ways" with two double numbers at once like (2+2), (3+3), (4+4), (5+5). But the double of 1 and 6 are called “craps” too. 11 is called “pass” because it is only the 6 and the 5 which can form it. Finally, 7 called “natural” is the total the easiest to form.

The aim of craps is rolling dice. Point is OFF before the first roll and player wins when 7 or 11 come out but he loses if dice indicate 2,3,12. If the point numbers 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 are rolled on the come-out, this number becomes the "point" and the come-out roll is over. The shooter has to continue rolling for either the point number or a seven. If he is successful in rolling the point number, the result is a win for the pass line. If the shooter rolls a seven (called a "seven-out"), the pass line loses.



Bingo: The game where you have to check off the winning grids!

Bingo is a very old game. Its origin is not well defined. Some historians think that it has a Roman origin but Italian source for others. However, a game called "Beano", having characteristics quite similar to those of the current Bingo was very popular in some Italian villages in the XVIth century. Arrived in France, this game was played by the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie. When the Bingo came to the United States in 1929, Edwin S. Lowe, a toy seller in New York having heard somebody shouting mistakenly "bingo" instead of “beano” had perfected the game. He asked a professor of mathematics of the University of Columbia, Mr. Carl Lefflerto do the work. Leffler then increased the number of combinations on the grids in each Bingo card. And thanks to him, the Bingo counted more than 6,000 grids, in 1930.

In casinos, there are two kinds of Bingo: the one which is played with 75 numbers and the other one with 90 numbers. With the first kind which starts with a machine including 75 numbers, numbered from 1 to 75, the player has just need to pay attention on the outgoing numbers and to tick with a lot of precision the maximum of rows on cardboards marked out in squares which have 5 rows and 5 columns. Then he has to cross off outgoing numbers corresponding to the winning symbol. The last kind which is complicated enough requires filling a full row, either two filled rows or all the rows of a ticket filled on cards having each six tickets, including each three rows and nine columns. Once rows filled as needed, the player has to call out the word "Bingo!" which alerts other players and caller to stop the game. All wins are checked before the win is officially confirmed.

Baccarat: The game which means « Zéro » in Italian

James Bond, a famous cinema player with characters, created by Ian Lancaster Fleming was seen playing baccarat in some of his films, especially in “Dr. No” where he plays with Sylvia Trench. Effectively, this game is one of the most appreciated and the oldest of all casino games. Baccarat means "Zero" in Italian that’s why it is said that it has an Italian origin. He was recovered by French players under the name of "Chemin de Fer" or Railway during the reign of Charles VIII of France. Once, it arrived in England, it take again the name "baccarat". Baccarat depends strictly on fate or chance. Therefore, it does not require either a strategy or a particular personal capacity of the player. There are three variants of baccarat: the baccarat Chemin de Fer (railway), the baccarat Banque (with two boards) and the Punto banco (North American baccarat).

Generally, baccarat is a game played with 6 to 8 card games, arranged in a clog. At first, one of the players has to hold the role of the player which will face the banker. Every player has to hold one of these roles and it, alternately, with a turn beginning from the right of the banker. To start, the banker and the player receive each two cards alternately with a possibility for the player to draw a third card if he has an initial total equal or less than 5 points in his hand. For a player of baccarat, the best way to win is to bet on the hand of the Player, on that of the Bank or on the equality and to aim at reaching the value the closest to 9. The way to calculate score is by taking the sum of all cards. The first digit is dropped when the total is higher than 9. All cards apart from Ace until 9 as 10 and face cards (J, Q and K) are worth zero.

Progressive jackpot: Unlimited pool

It is usual for online casinos to propose to players progressive Jackpot for their marketing campaign, and it, in order to entice most possible customers. The progressive jackpot is a sum which increases in the course of time as long as it is not won by a player yet, what allows it to reach enormous amounts. We find mainly progressive jackpot in games such slots, video poker as well as blackjack and roulette. But some casinos offer this possibility with other games as Stud Poker where jackpot can be obtained only with a royal flush. Contrary to the gain which is already fixed in advance and which remains unchanged in the Simple or Classic Jackpot that of the progressive Jackpot becomes considerable according to the stakes played by the player on a machine which presents a more important pool. Then, it continues increasing more and more until a lucky player achieves one of the winning combination.

Most of the players wonder how they can increase their own chances to win a progressive jackpot. Nevertheless, there are no fixed strategies for it, players have to prepare themselves and adopt their own strategies. But some of them admit that one of the best solutions to become millionaire is to bet the maximal credit in order to be able to qualify for the jackpot. But it is not still so easy and not so evident. By following the logic, it is also likely as if a player moves into another machine only rarely, he increases his chances to win at the progressive jackpot. It is thus a question of fidelity and patience. Among the games offering progressive jackpot, up to here, only slot machines have the most incredible success for players. Some of them want to go up to the end because the jackpots which are presented to it don’t have any limits.


How to play Thirty and Forty?

Purpose of the game:
Bet on the color of the row which is going to have a total lower than the other one, knowing that this total must be always included between 30 and 40.
Previously, the croupier has to mix again six packs of fifty-two cards and asks one of the players by to cut them. He pushes aside the last five cards of the pack with a red card and places them in a bowl. When the red card goes out, it is the end of the "size", the croupier again has to mix cards. When the croupier announces "Faites vos jeux", the round begins. The player then has to make his bets among four possibilities, quite paid equally: "Rouge", “Noir", "Couleur "and" Inverse ".

The game :
The Thirty and Forty is played with six packs of fifty-two cards.

To play
Players have to bet at one the following chances:
1. Rouge or Noir (Red or Black)
2. Couleur or Inverse (Colour or Opposite)

Then, the croupier displays cards in front of him, from the left to the right, by two rows called respectively “couleur noire” (black colour) and “couleur rouge” (red colour). He loudly announces the total of points represented by cards he shows.
Points are counted for each of the two rows “couleur noire” and “couleur rouge”.
The Ace is worth 1 point. J, Q and K are worth 10 points and the other cards are counted according to their value.
The total of points the closest to 30 wins and determines winning chance “Rouge ou Noir”. The winning chance "couleur ou inverse" is determined by the first card of the first row. If this first card is has the same colour as the winning row, “couleur” wins and “inverse” loses. If it is not of the same colour, “inverse” wins and “couleur” loses.

Advices to win in Roulette

Roulette is essentially based on chance, but there are some strategies and craftiness in which we can resort to maximize the potential of gain in every bet in this exciting and, sometimes, profitable game. Here are the main tips to help you making the best possible game in Roulette.

- You have to study in advance the budget you want to spend in playing Roulette.
- You have to study the payment rates of the casino as regards to roulette and compare them to those of the others before playing in casino. Always choose the casino which has the higher rate of payment to maximize your potential of gain.
- Always play European Roulette if possible; with this one the house edge is considerably lower than with the American Roulette (2.63 % against 5.26%).
- Track down a board of European Roulette which offers rules “ In prison " or " The sharing", it reduces even more house edge.
- Choose board having limits of bet which suits your pockets.
- Inspect the previous numbers coming out from the former rotations; they would help you to determine the course of your bets.
- Bet on a constant amount or on outside bets, in particular Red or Black, Odd or Even, Columns or Dozens. Certainly, these options pay less, but the ratings of your gains increase and this can generate more important long-term profits.
- Never stake only at what you consider as the numbers bringing you luck, distribute your bets to important numbers giving you higher rating of gain.
- Don’t be greedy; never stake your gain on the board, it is the most rapid way and the most current to make gamblers losing.


Croupiers: The presenters of game at casino

So that a casino runs, the owner cannot manage it himself, he needs employees who animate the games, serve the players and launch the games. Moreover, the word casino always keeps pace with "croupier". As soon as a player enters a gaming room, he can already perceive employees dressed mostly in uniforms of the same kind, in the same color and standing up permanently: they are the croupiers. Because their role is to manage a table, make running the game, incite the players to continue to play, a croupier thus has to have a minimum of knowledge of the rules of every games. A good control of cards dealing and various craftiness of every game are also essential.

Because in a casino, everything is played very fast, as well good players as cheaters can always seat around the same table, a croupier thus has to have a very steady attention with an important speed and a good intellectual capacity because he plays with numbers and he have not the right to make a mistake. Because of this rather complex character of the different games, a croupier always begins animating the easiest games as roulette, before passing in black jack, poker, craps, … On online casinos, croupiers are replaced by automatic dealers, software or complex IT program which deals cards or dices at random. This software is regularly audited and verified in order to respect the equity of games. In certain tables, it is possible that there are two or several staffs of the casino animating it. In craps for example, a leader of table who controls the game, two croupiers and the "stickman", the one who runs the game and collects dices with the "stick" are all presents on a single table.



Monday, August 24, 2009

Casino: Three millenniums of history transform it into real palace

Gambling, card games and bets were pastimes which had fascinated Man for a long time. With the development of society and urban cities, these different games were regrouped in a single place and gave birth to casinos. Actually, a casino can be defined as a place proposing gambles as roulette, slot machines, baccarat, black jack, poker … According to discoveries done, the oldest casino known in the humanity’s history was found in China in 2.300 before J.C. And almost all the big civilizations of the world, whether it is Roman or Greek, had all known the existence of this place of meeting and amusement.

But it was only in Venice, in the XVIIth century, precisely in the year 1638 that the first real casino games online answering its current definition was built. Progressively, this concept was extended in all Europe country and these gaming rooms began their real success. In the United States, "saloons", these small popular cafes and hotel in the West of the country in the XIXth century were among the first places which popularized casino on this continent discovered by Christopher Columbus. The Mississipi’s boats, the origin of Las Vegas in the Nevada, Atlantic City in New Jersey…and some cities where the creation of casinos was authorized also shaped all the past of these gaming rooms.

In this XXIth century, Online casino gaming rooms (for gambles) took a completely different scale. Well organized, these places were downright transformed into a "Palace": festive bright animation, euphoric music, games with attractive design, halls made with marble, restaurants, hotels and parks also were regrouped in these places … In order to propose games which become interesting from day to day, casino’s managers downright transformed these places into centre of leisure activities and luxury hotel for everybody.

Slot machine: An invention aged of more than one century

From play online casinos games in the most deprived countries of the world to Las Vegas, everybody knows slot machines. Enthusiastic about automatic roulette, Charles August created the first sample of slot machine in 1894. At that time, it was called “Horseshoe”, then perfected into machines with 3 concentric roulettes baptized "4-11-44", in 1895. Then he invented too the first slot machine with rollers, the “Card Bell” in 1898, transformed into a more compact machine made with metal in 1899, known under the name of “Liberty Bell”. Since this time, machines do not stop developing in basic material, in design and in feature.

Nowadays, the most used are electronic slot machines as video slot machines, classic slot machines, video poker machines... In some casinos, players can even perceive machines with classic rollers integrated in a LCD screen. But whatever difference there are, the features always remain more or less the same : the player online casino games has just to insert coins, cash, or in newer Ticket-In, Ticket-Out machines, a bar-coded paper ticket, into a designated slot on the machine and launch the game by means of buttons, or with a control lever (one-armed bandit) or with a touch-sensitive screen. Then he can choose among the combinations which are displayed but when all the combinations are completed, the cycle stops there. The object of the game is to win money from the machine matching symbols.

Mostly, the rate of redistribution of a slot machine which includes between 85 to 99% or the equivalent in quantity of money staked and put back to the player who gains varies from a machine to another one and the balance goes to online casino. games In most of countries, the right to put an upper limit on gain paid back to player belongs to the government but not to the casino operators.


Roulette: From the French variety to American and the Mexican version

Among the various online casino games proposed by casinos, whether it is casinos live or online casinos, roulette is one of the most appreciated. It is played around a numbered table with a roulette and a ball. When players take place around the gaming table, the croupier announces: « make your online casino games", it means that players have to bet on a number, a color or parity without knowing which one would win. It is thus necessary to them to put their chips on the compartments corresponding to colors and to numbers of the roulette before the croupier says "The games are made, nothing can be changed anymore". Then, he begins to throw the ball on a fixed cylindrical tray made with massive brass purely manufactured, inserted into a wooden inlaid washbasin and including 1, 2 or 3 crowns of 9 numbers each, from 1 to 9. On this tray are placed 37 compartments numbered from 0 to 36 with colours alternately red and black. After the croupier announced the gain, he collects all the losing stakes and distributes the gains.

As most of casinos games, roulette also presents variants but the reports (connections) of payment of the winning chances are the same. There is at first the one which is known under the name of « French » or « European roulette » which uses cylinder containing 37 numbers. The «English» roulette has about the same characteristics as those quoted above but it distinguishes itself only by the number of players which is limited and the colour of chips used by each participant which are not the same. The "American roulette" is played on a cylinder having an extra number: the double zero. And finally, the "Mexican roulette” differs from the American roulette by a triple 0 in extra.


Black Jack: A real French game

Even though "BlackJack" is an English name, this game had a French origine. According to historians and researchers, this game arises from the French card game« Vingt-et-un » (twenty one), called also « La Ferme Française » (French fairm). Beside poker, roulette, baccarat and gambling machines, this card game is currently one of the most famous Online casino games. As principle, Black jack suggests to all players to face the dealer or the bank by trying more or less 21 without busting. However, if the player reaches 21 points in 3 cards or more than it, only the 21 count. Blackjack is a combination of an Ace with a card having for value 10, thus 10, J, Q or K.

In this game, there is a basic strategy which can reduce the online casino’s advantage less than 1 %. A good player of Black Jack knows how to read cards, when to stop, when it's better to double the stake or to separate two equal cards. Edward O. Thorp, mathematician and author of the volume "Beat the Dealer" and a well-known all over the world professional player distinguished himself by the publication of a work talking about the invention of new rules of Black jack: "The Hi-Lo system". In this book, the player is leaded to the counting of cards which consists in the calculation of points. This technique is nowadays the most used. However, the used rules and the number of used card vary from a casino to another one. American casinos as Las Vegas apply common rules containing 6 to 8 card games. Apart from this basic strategy which offers a big possibility to win, the technique of cards counting also guarantees to him an advantage of 0,5 to 1,5 % against the online casino gaming room.