ONLINE GAMBLING AND CASINO GUIDE

Everyone knows what a jackpot is, but what about progressive jackpots? It simply means that the jackpot payout increases little by little with each placed bet until it reaches ridiculous amounts and/or someone finally wins it. You can see the size of the current jackpot on a “jackpot meter.” (more…)

I don’t think I’ve seen such a generous online casino bonus ever in my life! Or in my previous lives for that matter. A mind-blowing $2400 bonus – that must be some kind of world record. Can it be true? (more…)

While individual players are not targeted by the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, online casinos and poker rooms most certainly are. Some of the biggest names in the online gambling industry have pulled out of the US market, with huge losses in short-term revenue as a direct result. (more…)

Let’s be honest with each other: isn’t there a clandestine charm in checking the poker sites’ lists to see the previous day’s biggest winners – and biggest losers? (more…)

Did that get your attention? Sorry, but sadly the betting system that gives you an edge over the house is not invented yet, and it never will be. That doesn’t stop people from claiming otherwise, though, especially on the web, where you’ll occasionally run into websites trying to sell you get-rich-quick schemes in the form of previously unheard-of betting systems. In short: if you stumble upon a website trying to sell you a “secret” betting system that promises huge winnings in no time – avoid it like the plague.

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Entering a big tournament by winning a satellite is great – you get to play an expensive tournament for a very small buy-in. Or – do you? (more…)

Certainly, online gambling has its downside. No one tries to deny that. But what’s all the fuss about?

The heap of groups fighting over the issue is growing like a pot in aggressive big-bet poker. (more…)

I was playing slots in a Nevada casino. At my side sat a man from Michigan who was in love with Alison Stokke and needed to collect a quick fortune. He had a huge coin bucket which was almost empty. (more…)

In a very interesting article, the “Poker Shrink” Dr. Tim Lavalli talks about thresholds in our sensory perception of external stimuli. For example, the point where you start feeling that the stove is getting warm, or noticing that daylight is starting to fade. (more…)

Dear reader, have you ever sneaked through the underworld as Agent 47, heavily armed and very, very deadly? (more…)

A lot of us have loved online casino games since the day they appeared on the internet. For the flair and excitement that they offer – at a convenient distance from our favorite couch. Now they are going through a revolution. (more…)

As pointed out by one of our blog neighbors, there are other forms of online blackjack tournaments available beside the Elimination Blackjack at Ultimate Bet that we have talked about in a couple of blogs at Gambling-Win. Several online casinos have realized the great thrill that the tournament format adds to the blackjack game. (more…)

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Sometimes, web site staffs get the feeling they’re working for no one; that all the strategy tips and online casino reviews and blogs go straight into cyberspace without being noticed by anyone, less still coming to good use and maybe even being appreciated. (more…)

These two games go hand in hand, and can be played simultaneously to great advantage. In online slots, you concentrate on reading the reels, looking up your combinations in the payout table and investing the record breaking jackpot. (more…)

Asians are said to prefer video poker before online slots. Online gamblers from other nations have other local preferences and a few games have even attained global popularity. That’s all fine and well, but I don’t really care. In my local corner of the world, the local preference was always with the Machine and you all know what I mean by that. (more…)

There’s a new conversation piece you need to be updated on next time you go to a fancy dinner party. You may have heard the buzz in the street, or seen it happen in front of your eyes on CBS. A select group of people have even tried it out, and your faithful Spinner is one of those. Elimination Blackjack – it certainly has something to be said for it. (more…)

I woke up one morning in Vegas wearing a ring on my finger. Fragments of the day before were hidden in a merciful haze, others were lost completely. In a pocket I found a folded paper containing a blackjack strategy that I could have rattled off in my sleep. (more…)

Have you seen those pictures of people swimming in a pool while playing chess? The board is put up on a narrow table just above the water surface. The players and their audience (mostly older men) hang around with just their heads sticking up from the water. (more…)

A few years ago, poker on TV was rare and frankly not very amusing in the long run, given that the players’ hole cards were hidden. As much fun as watching paint dry, as the saying goes. Then the hole card cameras were introduced and everything changed.

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