In its earliest days, Sic-bo became popular in pre-medieval China. Back then, organizing a gambling house was a much more difficult affair. Understandably, the rules of sic-bo are very simple. Nearly everything you know about it will be right there on the sic-bo table. In a game of sic-bo, the dealer rolls the dice and you bet on what numbers they will roll. In craps, you can throw the dice yourself, but there are no such provisions here. So your […]

Even though the general idea about Poker is that it is a game based on luck, it is completely untrue. People usually think that Poker is like every other casino game and is a great lot of luck is involved in it. But the truth is, unlike Blackjack, slots, and other games in the casino, Poker takes a lot of skill to master. It does not only depend on what hand you get but also on how you play them […]

Roulette is one of the most played games in casinos. Whenever we imagine a Vegas casino, the table with a spinning wheel and a ball comes to mind. Roulette is a simple enough game to play and even the uninitiated can participate in it. Roulette is one of the games in the casino that is run by luck. You do not know where the ball is going to land. One day maybe your lucky day and you will win a […]

No matter how customer-friendly they want to be, casinos are out there to make money. And the average casino game will therefore by design favor the casino. But by how much? This is the dreaded house edge that is so crucial for your bankroll management. Needless to say, different casino games have different house edges. Generally speaking, ‘easy’ games like slots that attract customers by the dozens will have a very high house edge. Craps and slot games, for example, […]

Blackjack is a very popular game around casinos, whether live or online. The game is not very hard to play and anyone can learn it. Even the beginners. The best part about Blackjack is that the house edge in this game is very low. For instance, on an average Blackjack game, the house edge for a good player is about 0.5%. Even for a beginner, it never crosses 2%. To make the game more interesting or to raise the house […]

Today, when we think of casino games, the poster boys are probably poker or blackjack. When you leave out card games, it is something like roulette or just slot games. But the roots of gambling actually began with dice. Cards only came around the 9th century in China, and even later in other countries. In comparison, dice have been around for much longer. In fact, they come from a time before recorded history. If you are a gambler in the […]

Every casino, both online and offline, are ultimately out there to make money. And while there are some casino games like poker that you can beat frequently enough to turn a profit, others are more difficult to win. Roulette in particular is infamously difficult to win. Whether or not ‘winnable’ in the long run, roulette can be extremely fun to play at times. And mega roulette is probably one of the best ways to try it out online. It still […]

The many gambling commissions across the world have one common sutra when they size up games. They make one key distinction: is it a game of luck or a game of skill? Casino games are notorious for being heavily about luck. You could make the case that there is poker. And when there is poker, there is WSOP, and then there are people like Chris Moneymaker who overnight became a millionaire from an ordinary cashier. Poker is actually one of […]

Baccarat once used to be quite the exclusive VIP game reserved only for the high rollers. Meaning you would  need to meet the requirement quota of fancy attire and thousands of dollars on hand to buy the chips. But needless to say, that is very far from the truth now. The shadow of that past elegance still remains in the VIP baccarat lounges. But now there are mini-bac tables where you can bet as little as $10 to chip in. […]

Thanks to online casinos, we have a bigger variety of casino gaming than ever before. Even a tame games library on any online casino can present hundreds of gambling games on cue. Granted, most of them are really slot games with different themes and gimmicks. But even so, it is no secret that one can play an uncountable number of different games with just a deck of cards. Some of these – like baccarat or poker – are more popular […]