The state of Goa in India is exploring the idea of becoming a mini vegas, I exaggerate of course, but it looks like there is some movement there in the gambling direction. Since the online casino scene is light years away from becoming a national craze (because seriously, you can’t get a decent internet connection there), it looks like this is the right move. Actually the Indian congress is leading a move that invites proposals to set up ten offshore casinos.
There is a lot of opposition to the governments plan; they are saying that Goa will change into a dangerous place and would promote a ‘prostitution and gambling centric tourism’. Goa, I hear, is a beautiful place - haven’t been there, but as it happens, some of my best friends are Indians, and they believe that Goa will just get stronger from a move like this.
Showing posts with label gambling online. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gambling online. Show all posts
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Thursday, July 12, 2007
A Great Place to Gamble Online
Monaco Gold Casino is one of the best online casino sites that I’ve ever visited and I highly recommend you to try it out. There are many online casino sites out there, as you all know, but there are only a few that deliver such an intense online casino gambling experience – I mean it! I think that the best feature at an online casino is the number and diversity of games, and Monaco Gold Casino has plenty of both.
I guess everyone has it’s own favorite things about their online casino gambling, but his site is one that you simply have to try out. The promotions are great, they update their selection often, and there are many bonuses to choose from (which is always great). But you know, the best thing about online casino gambling is the people you play against, and in this department, Monaco Gold Casino has no competition.
I’ve played in several online casino rooms at Monaco Gold Casino and the experience was lovely. There were nice people playing and the game went by pleasantly and with no interruption. Just give the site a go and you’ll see how nice it is. Have fun!
I guess everyone has it’s own favorite things about their online casino gambling, but his site is one that you simply have to try out. The promotions are great, they update their selection often, and there are many bonuses to choose from (which is always great). But you know, the best thing about online casino gambling is the people you play against, and in this department, Monaco Gold Casino has no competition.
I’ve played in several online casino rooms at Monaco Gold Casino and the experience was lovely. There were nice people playing and the game went by pleasantly and with no interruption. Just give the site a go and you’ll see how nice it is. Have fun!
Sunday, July 1, 2007
Gambling Tips
Before starting or better saying continuing with war online casino I had a request to publish some online casino and gambling tips so here is it:
The next tips will help you have a more enjoyable and rewarding experience when gaming at web-based casinos.
Know your casino
Choose the casino you are going to play in carefully. Always play at casinos with quality customer service in case problems arise. Try asking a question before making a deposit to estimate response time. For more information about choosing a casino, click here.
Know your game
Not all games are created equally. There is almost endless information both on the web and in print to help you know and understand the odds you face in any given game and the strategies that will help reduce the house edge to a minimum.
By researching the games you like to play, you can give yourself a significant advantage when playing the casinos. For example, if Blackjack is your preferred game, find online blackjack strategies and learn the best ways to beat the dealer. All casinos make their profits from players making the wrong decisions. Although you cannot guarantee your win, you can give yourself a much better chance. There are even strategy guides for games such as Roulette so have a look around before you bet on big money.
Most reputable casinos have a link to an audit of their games odds. These third party audits list the average player return on the various games, and are a great way to see what pays out the most and what games to avoid.
Take advantage of special offers.
Special offers are there to attract new players to the casinos. You might as well take advantage of these until you find your perfect casino. Some are as high as £200 free. This will help you to place larger bets and win BIG! If redeeming a bonus, be sure to check the terms on cashing out beforehand. Certain bonuses at online casinos require you wager certain amounts before cashing out.
For more information about online casino bonuses, click here. Another advantage of gambling online is the free games. Try playing for free at new casinos before playing with real money. This will allow you to try all their games out risk-free.
Play to a budget
What exactly does that mean? Let's say you've got $500 and you expect to gamble twice a week for the next couple weeks. That's $125 per session and that's your budget for any given session. Put the rest away, forget about it and enjoy the money you've got in front of you. DO NOT under any circumstances touch another day's bankroll. If you lose all your money, walk away and come back another day. This is how you remain a happy and successful gambler and not an ongoing loser. You can find more information in our money management article.
Play only with money you can afford to lose
Gambling on The Internet is much the same as gambling in a land based casino and the same rules apply. Upon entering the casino you should only deposit money, (ideally from a credit card) which you can afford to lose. This way you guarantee you are not going to gamble away your car or your clothes.
We've all heard and said it before: only gamble with money that you can afford to lose. Anything you can't afford to lose - like the rent money - is called "scared money" because that's what you'll be if you even get close to betting with it. And scared gamblers are losers-in-training. If you play this way you may well need professional counseling. Gamblers Anonymous and The Internet Gaming Council's Helping Hands are ready, willing and able to assist troubled gamblers.
Don't play while under influence
The casinos know way it goes: you booze - you lose.
A stoned/drunk/coked-up gambler is, and this is a big under statement, a lesser player than they would be straight. Why do you think the brick-and-mortar casinos give the drinks away?
Remember that nothing beats a game of chance
If you want to find out how useless the fancy betting systems are, try them out on a "Free" game for a while and you'll see how far they get you. Guaranteed way to beat Roulette, or Craps, or the Lottery, or Keno? Martingale, Fibonacci, whatever grand name they have, they all spell "lose faster" not "win more". The only possible way to guarantee that you'll walk away a winner from these chance games is if they are fixed.
Play by the numbers not by hunches and gimmicks
If you're playing to win, know the odds of your game and play accordingly. The numbers may be less thrilling, but they are your roadmap to avoiding the losing plays. Hunches, ESP, clairvoyance, tealeaves, remote viewing and divination are all sorry secondary choices to the mathematics of your game.
That "insurance" bet in Blackjack: house edge around 6%. The so-called "crapless craps": again, about 6%. The side bet in Caribbean Stud: over 25% house edge. What's the moral of this story? Aside from knowing your game and being highly familiar with the odds you face, the moral is "forget the gimmicks". Sure there's the occasional exception but in general the "add-ons" to the basic games are sucker bets, remember, the casino knows its business.
Start out small and work up.
If you start with a $25 deposit, gamble small $2 stakes to begin with. This will give you the ability to get a good feel for the game and the casino. This will also allow you to double your bet when there is the opportunity without risking too much. If you win a couple of hands in a row and you are comfortable with the casino, you should increase the bet, preferably after putting some of it aside. There's only one way to win big money and that is risk big money, but again only what you can afford.
Take the winnings and run
Before you start playing have a plan for when to stop. This certain time varies between players. Some decide to quit when they're up by 50%. Others bail when the tide turns and they lose 20% of their winnings. Some when they've doubled their session bankroll. Whatever your decision is, it's important to have one (only one) and stick to it. Otherwise you'll just keep playing until you can't and by then you'll have lost all the money you won. Forget getting even, forget the big cash, enjoy what you have won. Greedy players make big losers.
Expect to lose
On practically every bet you make in whatever game you play, the house's win is designed right into the rules of the game. Casinos do not depend on luck to stay in business. That edge generally means they'll be the winner a lot more often than you will be. You can find and play games where the house edge is 1.5% or less but you'll have to do your homework to find them. Sites like ours are a good place to start your education, but never forget that the casinos know their work and are in business to take your money.
Have fun
After reading all these tips there is one important thing to remember. Unless you're a professional player with a proven track record, you're playing for the pleasure of it. For 98% of players casino gambling is fun pastime - you're spending money to be entertained. If the fun stops, so should you.
The next tips will help you have a more enjoyable and rewarding experience when gaming at web-based casinos.
Know your casino
Choose the casino you are going to play in carefully. Always play at casinos with quality customer service in case problems arise. Try asking a question before making a deposit to estimate response time. For more information about choosing a casino, click here.
Know your game
Not all games are created equally. There is almost endless information both on the web and in print to help you know and understand the odds you face in any given game and the strategies that will help reduce the house edge to a minimum.
By researching the games you like to play, you can give yourself a significant advantage when playing the casinos. For example, if Blackjack is your preferred game, find online blackjack strategies and learn the best ways to beat the dealer. All casinos make their profits from players making the wrong decisions. Although you cannot guarantee your win, you can give yourself a much better chance. There are even strategy guides for games such as Roulette so have a look around before you bet on big money.
Most reputable casinos have a link to an audit of their games odds. These third party audits list the average player return on the various games, and are a great way to see what pays out the most and what games to avoid.
Take advantage of special offers.
Special offers are there to attract new players to the casinos. You might as well take advantage of these until you find your perfect casino. Some are as high as £200 free. This will help you to place larger bets and win BIG! If redeeming a bonus, be sure to check the terms on cashing out beforehand. Certain bonuses at online casinos require you wager certain amounts before cashing out.
For more information about online casino bonuses, click here. Another advantage of gambling online is the free games. Try playing for free at new casinos before playing with real money. This will allow you to try all their games out risk-free.
Play to a budget
What exactly does that mean? Let's say you've got $500 and you expect to gamble twice a week for the next couple weeks. That's $125 per session and that's your budget for any given session. Put the rest away, forget about it and enjoy the money you've got in front of you. DO NOT under any circumstances touch another day's bankroll. If you lose all your money, walk away and come back another day. This is how you remain a happy and successful gambler and not an ongoing loser. You can find more information in our money management article.
Play only with money you can afford to lose
Gambling on The Internet is much the same as gambling in a land based casino and the same rules apply. Upon entering the casino you should only deposit money, (ideally from a credit card) which you can afford to lose. This way you guarantee you are not going to gamble away your car or your clothes.
We've all heard and said it before: only gamble with money that you can afford to lose. Anything you can't afford to lose - like the rent money - is called "scared money" because that's what you'll be if you even get close to betting with it. And scared gamblers are losers-in-training. If you play this way you may well need professional counseling. Gamblers Anonymous and The Internet Gaming Council's Helping Hands are ready, willing and able to assist troubled gamblers.
Don't play while under influence
The casinos know way it goes: you booze - you lose.
A stoned/drunk/coked-up gambler is, and this is a big under statement, a lesser player than they would be straight. Why do you think the brick-and-mortar casinos give the drinks away?
Remember that nothing beats a game of chance
If you want to find out how useless the fancy betting systems are, try them out on a "Free" game for a while and you'll see how far they get you. Guaranteed way to beat Roulette, or Craps, or the Lottery, or Keno? Martingale, Fibonacci, whatever grand name they have, they all spell "lose faster" not "win more". The only possible way to guarantee that you'll walk away a winner from these chance games is if they are fixed.
Play by the numbers not by hunches and gimmicks
If you're playing to win, know the odds of your game and play accordingly. The numbers may be less thrilling, but they are your roadmap to avoiding the losing plays. Hunches, ESP, clairvoyance, tealeaves, remote viewing and divination are all sorry secondary choices to the mathematics of your game.
That "insurance" bet in Blackjack: house edge around 6%. The so-called "crapless craps": again, about 6%. The side bet in Caribbean Stud: over 25% house edge. What's the moral of this story? Aside from knowing your game and being highly familiar with the odds you face, the moral is "forget the gimmicks". Sure there's the occasional exception but in general the "add-ons" to the basic games are sucker bets, remember, the casino knows its business.
Start out small and work up.
If you start with a $25 deposit, gamble small $2 stakes to begin with. This will give you the ability to get a good feel for the game and the casino. This will also allow you to double your bet when there is the opportunity without risking too much. If you win a couple of hands in a row and you are comfortable with the casino, you should increase the bet, preferably after putting some of it aside. There's only one way to win big money and that is risk big money, but again only what you can afford.
Take the winnings and run
Before you start playing have a plan for when to stop. This certain time varies between players. Some decide to quit when they're up by 50%. Others bail when the tide turns and they lose 20% of their winnings. Some when they've doubled their session bankroll. Whatever your decision is, it's important to have one (only one) and stick to it. Otherwise you'll just keep playing until you can't and by then you'll have lost all the money you won. Forget getting even, forget the big cash, enjoy what you have won. Greedy players make big losers.
Expect to lose
On practically every bet you make in whatever game you play, the house's win is designed right into the rules of the game. Casinos do not depend on luck to stay in business. That edge generally means they'll be the winner a lot more often than you will be. You can find and play games where the house edge is 1.5% or less but you'll have to do your homework to find them. Sites like ours are a good place to start your education, but never forget that the casinos know their work and are in business to take your money.
Have fun
After reading all these tips there is one important thing to remember. Unless you're a professional player with a proven track record, you're playing for the pleasure of it. For 98% of players casino gambling is fun pastime - you're spending money to be entertained. If the fun stops, so should you.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
How to Win Sic Bo
The best chance you have of winning at Sic Bo is to stick only to the Big (Large) or Small bets as these bets have a much lower house advantage (around 2.8%) than any other in the game.
All the other bet options in sic bo have an enormous house advantage and are not advisable for any gambler who wants to make money.
All the other bet options in sic bo have an enormous house advantage and are not advisable for any gambler who wants to make money.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Sic Bo History
In Chinese, sic bo means "dice pairs". It is a classical game that is popular in Asia for a long time, though relatively new in the casinos of Las Vegas and Atlantic City.
Legends are told of great gamblers who are able to 'hear' the way the dice fall in the cup, and are able to control the numbers they throw when they are shaking them.
Legends are told of great gamblers who are able to 'hear' the way the dice fall in the cup, and are able to control the numbers they throw when they are shaking them.
Monday, June 18, 2007
Did you ever gamble
If your answer to this question is no, then you most likely don't know what gambling is. That's great! It means you came to the right place.
We all gamble, all the time. We make decisions based on the facts we have. What car should I buy, what deal will be most successful... These are bets we have to make - hoping they could save us some money. But what if we could make money by gambling?
Do you like gambling? If so, you probably aren't very successful at it. Most of the professional gamblers extremely dislike what they do. No rush of adrenalin like in the films, far from feeling excited and overwhelmed when in the casino, usually they find their work tiresome and repetitive, surprisingly very close to what most of us feel just before facing another long day at work. If anything paid as well they would jump at the offer (nothing really does). That's why most professional gamblers lecture at conventions, write books and find different ways to share their techniques with others. Not because they're broke but because they find those things more satisfying than gambling itself. So be careful to avoid enjoying your gambling too much.
If you find gambling very enjoyable and full of excitement, the probability is that you aren't on the right track to becoming a successful one. As for those who have never gambled yet, don't worry, it's not all hard work, online gambling is definitely the best way to combine work and pleasure...
Can you expect to make money at these games? YES. With the proper skill and understanding you can have a mathematically proven edge over the casino. That means that, over a period of time, if you know how to play skillfully you will make money. These games are called positive expectation games. (Have you ever seen a negative winner?)
We will be giving specific tips about the way to beat these games in future. Remember that to be long-standing winners at these games you need to be skilled players who have learned the proper techniques completely. And don't forget -practice makes perfect.
Blackjack: Talking about beatable games - Blackjack is one of the first games established to be so. Using the card-counting technique, expert players can foresee times when the deck is in their favor and they have high chances of winning. This technique can give the skilled player an edge of .5 to 1.5 percent over the casino. Here are a few more games that have been mathematically shown to give the skilled player an edge over the house.
Casino poker: Since this game is played against other players and not against the house, your skill is compared with the other players at the table. The differences will determine how much you can win (The best man does). It is not unheard of for a professional poker player to make $100,000 per year in casinos and legal card rooms.
Video poker: Learning the proper playing strategy, on certain machines, can give the experienced player an edge of up to .8 percent over the house. On certain sophisticated video poker machines this edge can be even higher. Remember that only skilled players can expect to master this edge, and use it to their advantage.
PARIMUTUEL WAGERING: If your skill at picking winners in horse races, dog races or jai alai matches (called handicapping) is better than the other gamblers betting on the race, you can expect to be a winner. As the casino poker, this is another gambling occasion where you are confronting your skill against that of the other gamblers.
SPORTS GAMBLING: In this field, to see good results, you must really know the sport you are betting. Professional gamblers who bet on sporting events have a very deep knowledge of the sport they are betting. Other games that have a positive edge over the house include Pai Gow Poker and, under very unusual circumstances, Caribbean poker and Progressive slot machines:.
Just before we plunge more deeply into this fascinating world of web based gambling there are a few guidelines that are accentual for those who want to become winners.
We all gamble, all the time. We make decisions based on the facts we have. What car should I buy, what deal will be most successful... These are bets we have to make - hoping they could save us some money. But what if we could make money by gambling?
Do you like gambling? If so, you probably aren't very successful at it. Most of the professional gamblers extremely dislike what they do. No rush of adrenalin like in the films, far from feeling excited and overwhelmed when in the casino, usually they find their work tiresome and repetitive, surprisingly very close to what most of us feel just before facing another long day at work. If anything paid as well they would jump at the offer (nothing really does). That's why most professional gamblers lecture at conventions, write books and find different ways to share their techniques with others. Not because they're broke but because they find those things more satisfying than gambling itself. So be careful to avoid enjoying your gambling too much.
If you find gambling very enjoyable and full of excitement, the probability is that you aren't on the right track to becoming a successful one. As for those who have never gambled yet, don't worry, it's not all hard work, online gambling is definitely the best way to combine work and pleasure...
Can you expect to make money at these games? YES. With the proper skill and understanding you can have a mathematically proven edge over the casino. That means that, over a period of time, if you know how to play skillfully you will make money. These games are called positive expectation games. (Have you ever seen a negative winner?)
We will be giving specific tips about the way to beat these games in future. Remember that to be long-standing winners at these games you need to be skilled players who have learned the proper techniques completely. And don't forget -practice makes perfect.
Blackjack: Talking about beatable games - Blackjack is one of the first games established to be so. Using the card-counting technique, expert players can foresee times when the deck is in their favor and they have high chances of winning. This technique can give the skilled player an edge of .5 to 1.5 percent over the casino. Here are a few more games that have been mathematically shown to give the skilled player an edge over the house.
Casino poker: Since this game is played against other players and not against the house, your skill is compared with the other players at the table. The differences will determine how much you can win (The best man does). It is not unheard of for a professional poker player to make $100,000 per year in casinos and legal card rooms.
Video poker: Learning the proper playing strategy, on certain machines, can give the experienced player an edge of up to .8 percent over the house. On certain sophisticated video poker machines this edge can be even higher. Remember that only skilled players can expect to master this edge, and use it to their advantage.
PARIMUTUEL WAGERING: If your skill at picking winners in horse races, dog races or jai alai matches (called handicapping) is better than the other gamblers betting on the race, you can expect to be a winner. As the casino poker, this is another gambling occasion where you are confronting your skill against that of the other gamblers.
SPORTS GAMBLING: In this field, to see good results, you must really know the sport you are betting. Professional gamblers who bet on sporting events have a very deep knowledge of the sport they are betting. Other games that have a positive edge over the house include Pai Gow Poker and, under very unusual circumstances, Caribbean poker and Progressive slot machines:.
Just before we plunge more deeply into this fascinating world of web based gambling there are a few guidelines that are accentual for those who want to become winners.
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