Archive for February, 2009
Saturday, February 28th, 2009
The online casino gambling industry is emerging as bit of an untouchable industry. Internet gambling sites from all over the world are preparing their full year financial reports and have now published all of their quarterly earnings. 
The global economic slowing has really hit the United States hard.
In the US, the online casinos are still going strong. There were reports at the beginning of the US financial crises that a couple of new gaming sites in the US market were forced to shut their doors.
New markets are more closely analyzed before the sites make moves into a new market.
The global internet gambling market has also thrived quite a bit in the past couple of years as more markets begin to legalize online gambling and more players want to win at online casino.
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
National Problem Awareness Week is upon us and many states are stepping up to try and combat gambling addiction. Will be different activities around the country to raise awareness to this problem. 
In Arizona, Governor Janice Brewer said that the state will be holding a day long symposium for counseling and medical professionals. A variety of speakers will be featured throughout the day and will spend time on different aspects of problem gambling.
For anyone interested in attending the day long event, reservations are necessary. The price of admission is USD75. Six hours of continuing education credits are available for participants. A certificate will be given at the end.
Other states will also be participating in Problem Gambling Awareness Week.
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
In 90 or 75 ball bingo games there are of course 9/75Â balls, which only have numbers.
During the game, the balls are mixed and released for the caller to announce. Once a ball has been used, it is withdrawn from the game. The game then continues until the player who has gotten all of their numbers shouts Bingo. This could be anything from 30 balls to 60 and above.
Portable machines are generally made of durable plastic. These machines include a number generator, number display, check board and jackpot functions.
Consoles are free-standing units made of good-quality wood. These machines are larger than the portable machines, and generally have more features.
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Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
The no deposit casino bonus is awarded to players before they make an initial casino deposit. Many online casinos will offer players a bonus percentage on their initial deposit. So if there’s a 100% bonus on your first deposit and if you deposit $100, the casino will give you $100 additional to play with.
In practice, there are certain restrictions that may apply to your no deposit bonus. You might only be allowed to use your casino bonus to play certain games.
Also you can play free casino games and still have the chance to win some money. Many online casinos offer free play casino bonuses to attract new players. When you sign up and make a account for a free casino bonus, you’ll get some chips to play with for free.
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Monday, February 23rd, 2009
A baccarat table can seat up to 14 players. There are also two dealers who hand the payouts to the winning players and collect losing bets from the losing players.
There’s a shoe where shuffled cards from 8 decks are placed and from where the croupier draws the cards for each deal. 
Also a mini-baccarat table is a mini version of the big one and normally seats 7 players. The conduct of the game is still the same, although there’s usually just one dealer for dealing the cards and paying and collecting bets.
Mini-baccarat tables also have lower minimum and maximum limits, and the pace is faster.
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Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
Baccarat is one of the simplest casino games around. 
Baccarat is a beatable game with a low house edge.
Both the American and European versions of baccarat are late developments of the Italian game called baccara, which means zero in Italian.
The origins of baccara go back to an old Etruscan myth.
The Italian game baccara was popular among French aristocracy during the end of the 15th century.
The American version of the game was introduced to Nevada casinos in the 1950.
In American casinos, baccarat is played in a separated area of the casino, hidden behind velvet curtains.
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Saturday, February 21st, 2009
The first think you decide how much you want to wager and what bet you want to play and then place your wager on the table. To place a wager on any of these bets simply left click on the table to increase the size of your bet and right click to decrease.
Then you start the game by clicking on the “deal” button.
The banker deals two cards to the player and two cards to the banker and then turns the cards face up.
If the value of the cards in either the player’s hand or the banker’s hand is an 8 or a 9, after receiving their initial two cards then no more cards shall be dealt to either hand.
If the value of the cards in the Banker’s hand on the first two cards it’s from 0-7 inclusive, the player’s hand shall draw in accordance with the third card rules.
Once the hand is complete, then the player hand is compared to the banker hand and he can lose,win or tie.
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Friday, February 20th, 2009
In baccarat the cards marked 2-9 are their relevant value while 10, Jacks, Queens and Kings are worth zero. An ace is valued at one point. T
The value of the hand is gained by adding the value of the cards together but it is impossible to get a score bigger than 9. 
The player places a bet and then two cards are dealt to both the player and the dealer.
If the player or the banker has 8 or 9 then no more cards will be dealt. The dealer must stand if his score is between 5 and 7. If the player has a 4 or a 5 the banker will be given another card should his initial hand be between 0 and 5 inclusive and he has to stand on a 6 or 7.
The highest score wins in baccarat.
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Thursday, February 19th, 2009
Busting cards are cards that the dealer shows, which may have the effect of bringing him over 21 on a hit. The idea is that if a dealer’s hole card is a 10-value, then busting cards have values of 4, 5 or 6. 7.
Busting cards make up a part of the basic blackjack strategy since the decision whether to hit or stand is front and center when looking at the dealer’s card.
If holding a hand that totals 13, look carefully at the dealer’s hand. If they’re holding any of the busting cards (4, 5, or 6) then there’s a very good mathematical chance of them busting on a hit, so rather than hit on your 13 hand, you take proper advantage of the odds and stand.
The dealer may well have a hole card that’s less than 10 in value, over the long run the odds are better that the dealer will bust and you’ll be left holding the pot.
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Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
Playing keno is a lot like playing at lottery. You pick numbers that sound good to you and the left is up to chance. 
When playing keno you should always bet the maximum number of coins allowed because this will increase your payout if you do win.
Also another good keno tip is to play with patterns.
You should keep the same numbers. All you have to do is win once and your sure to at least win your money back and a profit.
When you play keno, be aware of the amount of your winnings. You should try to keep you winnings below the amount that you would have to start paying taxes on. If you have a good keno day, stop before you lose all your money.
Keno is a fun gambling game to play.
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