Casino Strategy

When online casinos first emerged in the 1990's they were considered rogue, cheated winners and did not pay affiliate commissions. These days much of that has changed. 99% of online casinos are legitimate businesses with an occasional bad apple, which is usually a result of poor management rather than anything else.

Today, the online casino gaming industry is booming, topping $6 billion in gross revenue in 2005 and is expected to grow to more than $16 billion by 2009. In comparison, state operated land-based casinos topped $29 billion in 2005.

If you've never played online casino games but have played the free … Continue Reading

All that glitters certainly looks to be Gold in the 2006 World Series of Poker’s $10,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em event at Harrah’s off-Strip Rio Hotel and Casino.

Jamie Gold, a California TV producer and talent agent, kept a tight grip on first Tuesday as the record field was sliced from 27 to Thursday’s Final Table of nine, more than doubling the chip count of his closest competitor, well-known pro and two-two-time gold bracelet winner Allen Cunningham, at one point.

Gold had more than 35 million chips at the time, but saw his stack dwindle as play proceded.

Action began at noon and progressed … Continue Reading

The new James Bond film, Casino Royale, staring Daniel Craig, is by far the best James Bond film ever made. The best?

Not necessarily in terms of special effects, spectacular climax scenes at the end of the film, or even action segments. It is the best, as it’s most believable, both in terms of the character himself, and the story.

Casino Royale is an action film for sure, but with some reality twists that almost let you believe it could have really happened.

The earlier Bond films were somehow too Hollywood, too fixed for convenient solutions, and left the viewer without any need … Continue Reading

Casino Gambling – The Inside Track

Hello! My name is John Batya and I am a professional Roulette and Black Jack player. I spend my working days in the casino and it strikes me how many people have absolutely no idea of what they are doing when risking their hard-earned money. Consequently, I see people losing their money unnecessarily.

I hate to see this happen so often and I have decided to publish some successful Betting Strategies that I use. Mind you, the Casinos are in business to take your money in a pain-free way: They give you free drinks, free shows … Continue Reading

Prior to delving into the world of sports betting online, many people stop to wonder if they are breaking any state or local laws. In most states, and even the federal government, have legislation about whether its legal or not to gamble online.

Who Regulates Sports Betting?

The regulations of gambling in the US were entirely discretionary per state until recently. The start of online gambling created confusion about jurisdiction. Who runs the laws of cyberspace? Most current gambling laws were meant to apply to general gambling laws, long before the internet existed. Thus the application of those laws to online gambling … Continue Reading

John Kelly grew up in south suburban Chicago with an eye on gambling, even as a youngster.

Consequently, he never developed a loyalty toward the Cubs or White Sox.

″I guess it was the gambling thing,″ he said.

″I learned early I couldn’t be for either one of them.″

Kelly, the voice of Las Vegas sports gambling now that Larry Grossman has retired, was around for the last breaths of old Las Vegas and to see the birth of a new one.

Over the past 16 years, coinciding with his 1990 Sin City arrival, Kelly has watched as the city has grown, step-by-step, into a … Continue Reading

Sports betting is a general activity to predict sports results by making a wager on the outcome of a particular sporting event. The general acceptance and legality of sports betting tips varies from one country to another, more so than the other forms of gambling. For example, in North America sports gambling is generally forbidden, while in several European countries, the profession of accepting sports wagers (bookmaking) is highly regulated, but not criminalized. Legalized sports betting proponents regard this betting as a hobby for sports fans that increases their interest for a particular sporting event, thus benefiting the teams, leagues, … Continue Reading

Information empowers. And, its power rings true in every aspect of life. As we ride what Alvin Toffler calls the Third Wave, the power of information has been unleashed like never before.

Living, Learning, and Playing. The order may possibly change in terms of priorities, but these three are essentially the maximum impact areas of information revolution. The age of the Internet has single-handedly changed the rules of almost every kind of activity within human realm.

At the end of the day, people love to play. It comes as no surprise to find that gaming has been one of the most popular … Continue Reading

Texas, the Lone Star State, is famous for a number of things, all of which are important to the average Texas native. Texas is the home of The Alamo, U.S. President George W. Bush, and cycling champion Lance Armstrong. Texas is the second most populous state in the union, with 22,490,022 inhabiting people its vast, open spaces. The capital of Texas, Austin, has become a cultural Mecca for artists, musicians and more, with infamous South by Southwest Music Festival held in Austin annually. This large state covers at least 268,581 sq. miles.

With a state this big, it is believable then, … Continue Reading

Sic Bo originated in ancient China and means literally "dice pair", although the game is actually played with three dice! The game is played throughout Southeast Asia, Korea, China and increasingly in Western casinos. Sic Bo is an easy game to play, the object being to bet on the outcome of a role of the three dice, to include combinations of any two or three of the dice, single numbers, two of a kind or three of a kind.

The game is played on a table that illustrates the 50 permissible bets in pictorial form and with their associated payout. Sic … Continue Reading