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Worst Casino Games – 5 Online Casino Games With Terrible Odds!
Jun 18th
Casinos, both live and online, make their money in three main ways. Their core games are set up so that they are ‘mathematically un-exploitable ‘meaning that even someone playing perfectly will lose over time. Secondly, they make money by offering an enticing range of side-bets and games which have huge house-edges, these appeal to many casual and fun gamblers. Third they reply on players to make mistakes with their strategy, giving an extra edge away with each error.
While experience can help you avoid making mistakes and dodge the bankroll sucking side-games, a little knowledge can go a long way in avoiding those games which seem to be fine – but actually offer worse odds than you might expect. Below we have listed 5 games which the savvy casino gambler should try and avoid when playing online!
1 – American Roulette
There are actually two different roulette wheels, one is the American Wheel and the other is known as the European Wheel. While both essentially play the same, smart casino gamblers should always choose the European Wheel when available. This one has only one zero instead of two, increasing your odds of hitting a particular number and halving the house edge when betting on a color or odd / even outcome.
2 – Progressive Jackpot Slots
Big jackpot numbers often attract players to progressive slots, where hitting 5 of a kind (for example) can trigger a payout in the hundreds of thousands or even more. Players need to be aware that the payout percentages when you exclude the jackpot rake are far lower than for the non-jackpot equivalents!
3 – Multi-Coin Slots
Old-school 3 reel slots usually let you choose the number of coins per spin, up to 5 are allowed and the payouts can jump for the last coin. Our warning is for playing these slots with less than the maximum coins. The headline percentage includes the larger jackpot for the last coin, once you exclude this then the average payout goes way down – making these machines bad bets.
4 – Blackjack Side-Bets
Played correctly Blackjack is a game with a comparatively low house-edge. Casinos make up for these by taking advantage of players mistakes and also by offering some seemingly alluring side bets. We recommend that you avoid side bets such as ‘prefect pairs’ or ‘aces only’, these are heavily weighted in favor of the house and make a reasonably good return into a bad one very fast.
5 – Scratch Cards
Online scratch cards are becoming more popular as technology gets better. These are entertaining games if played with money you can afford to lose. However they do suffer from the ‘jackpot’ issue – that is that the occasional big payout means that, on average, you will lose more quickly. Each card taking a few cents to add to the big one makes this a game which can eat through your cash surprisingly fast – even when the headline reads that 1 in 3 are winners.
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What is Martingale Technique in Casino Betting Strategy?
Jun 12th
There are many betting strategies used by players try to win money from casinos. Among the most popular and simplest strategy is called Martingale technique. Although it is the simplest strategy use by most gamblers, it is one of the most dangerous methods that may causes you lose all you money fast if the game’s draw results are not the outcomes you projected. Let find look into the details of Martingale technique and see how it will help in your betting as well as risking your money.
Martingale technique is a betting strategy that asks you to double your bet every time you lose. The theory goes in this way: In any casino game, it is very common to have runs of 5, 6 or even 20 consecutive outcomes of high or low, even or odd, black or red; but it will finally result in the other side of outcome, so if you continue double your bet, you will eventually recoup your loses and win at least one chip extra when the outcome result in the field you bet on. For example, you are playing on Roulette and bet on Black with $10, it turns out to be Red, you lose, you continue to bet on Black but this time the betting amount is $20. It turns out to be Red again, you bet again on Black with $40. And, the games go on if you continue to lose, you double up with $80, $160, $320, $640…until the outcome turns to be Black, you win. Once you win you will cover you loses and win $10.
Theoretically Martingale technique is a perfect betting strategy that ensure you will win if you have sufficient money to double up the betting amount until you win. But, in true life this is the case because casinos have implemented a few game rules to protect themselves from rich players who have money to play using Martingale technique. One of the rules is maximum limit that you can bet on a field. If a player using Martingale technique to place his/her bet and if he/she continue lose and double up the betting amount, eventually maximum limit will be reached and the player can double his/her bet amount anymore. This is how casinos stopped players to continue winning with Martingale technique.
Playing with Martingale technique can be very dangerous because it was wipe you out very fast if the outcomes of the draw result always put you in the lose side and cause you hit the maximum limit where you can’t double up your betting anymore. For example you bet on Roulette table which has minimum limit of $1 and maximum limit of $300. You start bet on Red with $1 and double up to $2, $4, $8, $16, $32, $64, $128…today you have a very bad luck, the Black continue to come out consecutively for 8 times, but you believe this round (the 9th round) should be Red so you bet with $256 on Red. You are praying and hoping the outcome to be Red because you know that if this round still results in Black, you can’t double up your betting any more because of the table limit. Unless you are lucky this round else you will lose. Here is where the Martingale technique broken because you can’t bet with $512 on Red even you have money.
You will face a high risk of losing money using Martingale technique if you solely play with your luck. But it can work well if you use it with a few good betting strategies that you may learn from e-books or articles published by casino pros.
Chris Wiseman is an author from http://www.onlinecasinos-review.com You can visit his website for more Betting Strategies, Online Casino Review and other online casino resources.
Greening The Casino Industry – One Table At A Time
Jun 7th
The casino industry is viewed by many Americans as one of the most gluttonous around. What if they could clean up their image and at the same time become a model for sustainability. As more and more green technologies are adopted, there is a need for the industry to become leaders in the corporate push towards sustainability. This must be balanced with what made the industry as popular as it is, Gaming.
Now there is a way for casinos to move towards sustainability while showing off their gaming. EGM Green is the first to offer Eco-Friendly gaming tables (poker, black jack..), the seating for those tables, as well as luxury lounge furniture all aimed at the casino industry. They also have a green consulting team, to help you figure out what is the best way for you and your team to Go Green! Applying sustainable design principles to poker tables and other casino products can significantly reduce volumes of waste and decrease use of natural resources and lower impacts on ecosystems
EGM Green helps its corporate/casino clients show their dedication to helping the environment. The company consultants, including Josh Dorfman, author and host of the Lazy Environmentalist from 11am -noon EST on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 114, take care of the entire process of making a gaming area Eco-friendly.
The environment thinks about the next seven generations. Las Vegas thinks about the next seven minutes. The trick, is for gaming operations to go green without forcing the fun element out of gaming. The gaming industry can either ignore the environmental movement and hope it goes away, or it can ride the wave, get on board and benefit from it. An easy way to do that is to purchase as many green products as possible, including Eco-Friendly Poker Tables.
Eric Hansel is the President of EGM Green, The 1st Green Casino Table manufacturer. They also design and consult on green jobs for the casino, luxury, and hospitality industries. You can contact Eric at 201-927-3526 to discuss Greening your Property.
Casino Poker Chip Specifications
Jun 6th
Poker chips for a casino come in many varieties and makes. One of the most important specifications can be a design that is unique to the casino. In addition, a host of other security features can be added to a casino poker chip to prevent counterfeiting.
After some research, observation, and simply asking questions for a few years, some of the mysteries and technology behind casino chips have been revealed. Available in at least six sizes (39mm to 41, 43, 45, 48 and 50mm) and up to 64 colors, it is easy to create a custom chip for a new casino. Most large chip manufacturers will not sell to the public, thus increasing the security of their chip lines. In addition to the variety of sizes and colors available the chips also have the ability to accept custom inlays in the center of each chip. These inlays have a nearly infinite ability to accept custom graphics. Yet another chip appearance variant is the ability to incorporate edge spots. Edge spots can be varied by pattern, number of spots, sizes, and color. One manufacturer has 33 different patterns, the ability to vary the number from 2 to 16, four different size options, and the ability to offer the edge spots in as many different colors as the chip (64).
The range of security features for casino grade poker chips is simply amazing. New security features are always in development. However, some existing features are UV Pigment, Laser Lock Material, customized rim, Chipsoft, UV Ink, and Alpha Dot. UV Pigment is typically used in the edge spots and causes them to appear fluorescent under a UV light. Laser Lock Material is a patented product that is generally mixed with inks, and then the materials can be revealed as green by a special laser pen. Customized rims are created by making a custom chip mold for the casino. Chipsoft is a trademarked name of a technology that embeds RFID’s in value chips. This allows poker chip management to become a science with the proper software. UV ink is typically used on the inlays to create a logo that is invisible, except under a UV light. Alpha Dot is a very unique technology involving a microscopic dot which is embedded into the inlay on the poker chip. The tiny dot will have text written on it that can be viewed by a very special lens.
Weights for casino chips often vary between 8.3 grams and 12.3 grams. Some will even include metal inserts like many poker chips created for the home market. Some large chip manufacturers offer a variety of simpler roulette style chips and even solid color hot stamped chips. The solid color chips are generally used for the lower values in the casino.
Brian Yates is the owner of PokerGamingProducts.com. Find out how to make your home game similiar to a casino quality event or to find out more about quality poker chips.
Live Casino Games are Everywhere!
Jun 5th
Have you noticed lately that live casino games are popping up everywhere?
Most people have noticed the WSOP or WPT on television where they show live
clips of the players at the tournaments, but I’m talking about the live
casino games that you can play directly from your computer and watch on a
video stream with a live dealer.
Years back, Stanley Ho, the billionaire casino mogul from Macau launched a
live casino game suite where you could play blackjack, roulette, or baccarat
with live asian dealers over the Internet. At its first release, the software
was so big that most people had to request that a CD be mailed to them,
because it was way before most people had broadband. By the time that the CD
would arrive, the gambler would be out of the notion to gamble at the casino,
or they already played somewhere else.
A few tries later, Stanley released a slimmed down version of the casino
which brought in new depositing players but didn’t really seem to bring in
the players like so many other online casinos. A former employee of Stanley
Ho released his own live casino and it immediately became a big hit in the
online casino world. Casino WebCam offered live casino games with sexy Costa
Rican dealers. This casino continued to flourish and eventually developed
into several different live online casinos.
Later on, the Playtech casino software group integrated live games into their
casino software, so that players could play baccarat, roulette, or blackjack
with live dealers or play the standard casino games that are featured in
their suite. The live casino within their software has filipina dealers that
are live from somewhere in Manila.
Everywhere that I look, their seems to be live games. In the UK, you can play
live roulette on your TV. They have a special channel that streams a live
roulette table where you can place your bets. In the Philippines and some of
the other asian countries, they have some very unique live games in their
land-based casinos. In Manila, you will find live baccarat with lounge chairs
and a computer interface, so that dozens of people can play baccarat against
one live dealer, instead of having hundreds of different tables with only
seven players allowed to play per table.
As the gaming industry begins to mature and technology continues to advance,
you’ll begin seeing more and more live casino games being streamed over the
Internet.
Jerry Wallace is the WebMaster of Gambling and has over 5 years experience in the online gaming industry.