The Basics of Roulette Unlike other online casino games, Roulette is a game of pure chance and luck with the outcome being decided by where a ball lands on the spinning wheel. The spinning wheel has 37 or 38 pockets, which are numbered and are either black or red in colour: arranged in rows and […]
Did you know that fruit machines have been a part of British culture since the late 19th century.? What started as a basic machine with a a simple automatic mechanism has since evolved into a huge industry, with contemporary games offering big cash jackpots and a wide range of interactive features and bonuses. Here are […]
If you want to be a winning player at craps then you need to know the odds. The most favourable odds in Craps are the pass line bet and don’t pass line bet. With these bets the house has only a 1.41% advantage. To make these bets you must have already placed a minimum bet […]
It may sound like a cliché but the first step in dealing with a gambling addiction is admitting that you have a problem. While people who become addicted to drugs or alcohol are often easy to spot, problem gamblers routinely go unnoticed until their addiction has reached an advanced stage. If you are having trouble […]
Dice is an old game that involves a small object being thrown. Typically, this will be a cube, which will have six faces bearing different numbers from one to six. The numbers are traditionally represented by dots. The numbers on a die are used to determine the outcome of a variety of games. When a […]
A standard deck of playing cards is made up of fifty two cards. All of these cards are individually identified by three different characteristics. Suit, number and colour. Initially the cards can be categorised by number. Starting at 2 and working up sequentially to 10, the cards are then given a royal position instead of […]
For some, luck resides in a rabbit’s paw, a certain shirt or a ritual blow on the dice. Others find luck in numbers themselves. What makes a number ‘lucky’ depends on many influences, some personal, some cultural. In China, the number eight is particularly revered because, when spoken, it rhymes with the word for ‘wealth’. […]
Do you remember the first time you went into a casino? It all seemed so confusing, and everyone else seemed to know exactly what was going on. A little bit of research ahead of time can you save you from potential embarrassment. The colour of a casino chip, for example, is quite specific, and, while […]
Gambling is widely thought of as a form of gaming in which everything is down to pure chance. This is certainly true of some games, but there are others in which skill and strategy can make all the difference. A prime example of this is the game of blackjack. With blackjack, points are key, and […]
