Gambling 2009 » Gambling http://www.onlinegambling2009.com online Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:13:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Sport betting real life examples http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/sport-betting-real-life-examples.html http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/sport-betting-real-life-examples.html#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:09:55 +0000 admin http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/?p=1109 Weíve all heard a handicapper or sports gambler boast of their ability to win at a 60% or better clip. Is it possible to win at that percentage over a short period of time? Absolutely. If someone is able to maintain that winning percentage over the course of years ñ enjoy your riches, and I wish you all the luck in the world. Now the truth. Itís not going to happen – forget it, 60% is nearly impossible over any substantial length of time. 55%, maybe, but anyone who claims a 60% win rate over multiple sports and seasons is simply lying ñ or they are betting a very small number of games. Donít give up yet however. Below I will show that winning 54 out of every 100 games (54%) can turn a nice profit.

The example below will examine the attainable profits from different amounts a games wagered and different winning percentages of those games. For the sake of argument
someone could claim that they have hit 60% winners betting on sports the past three years, for example. But if they only bet 10 games a year ñ 30 total over the three year span ñ and they win 18 of those, I guess they have the right to claim they can handicap sports at a 60% win rate. Technically correct, but a very weak claim.

Wager size $110

Betting $110 to win $100

60% winning percentage over 30 games

18 winners = $1800

12 losers = $1320

Profit = $480

For someone who claims to pick 60% winners over the past three years, and is betting roughly $100 a game ñ a $480 profit does not look all that impressive. So much for that impressive 60% winning percentage.
Let us now look at a different example. A guy claims that he has hit a conservative 54% of his games over the past 3 years (52.38% is the break even point). However, over the course of that time he bets roughly 3 games per day on all major sports. His total games bet would be 3285 over that time span. Letís examine his numbers using the same bet size as the so called 60% bettor.

Wager size $110

Betting $110 to win $100

54% winning percentage over 3285 games

1774 winners = $177400

1511 losers = $166210

Profit = $11,190
You can see from these simple examples that it is important to not only look at winning percentages, but also the number of games wagered and the bet size to realistically analyze potential profits. Be sure to take this into account when analyzing your bets, or when you hear outrageous claims of 60% or better winning percentage over a long period of time.

Good luck with your wagers, and I wish you the best of luck this year!

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]]> http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/sport-betting-real-life-examples.html/feed 0 Roulette rules and tricks for beginners for online roulette http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/1104.html http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/1104.html#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:21:22 +0000 admin http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/?p=1104 Roulette has become one of the most popular casino games. In playing the Roulette game, your objective is to pick the winning number that will appear on the Roulette wheel. Other than the individual numbers, you can also bet on the combination of numbers or choose the color, odd or even. For many newbie, it is not as easy as it seems. Hence, let go back to the basic to learn how to play Roulette and understand what your chances to win in Roulette game are.

Two Types of Wheels

If you have been to casino before or visited an online casino, you may notice that there are actually two types of Roulette wheels, one has 37 slots, numbered from 0 to 36 and another type has 38 numbers, range from 0 to 36 with added extra number “00″.

The 37 slot’s wheel is the original wheel since the game invented; the 37 slot’s wheel is known as “European Wheel”. The house edge / casino advantage for this 37 slot’s wheel is 2.63%. The 38 slot’s wheel is known as “American Wheel”, it has an added double zero (“00″) which has increase the house edge from 2.63% to 5.26%. In other word, you chances to win in “American Wheel” are less than the “European Wheel.

Roulette Table Layout

Roulette layouts have two betting areas: the inside betting area and outside betting area. The inside betting area contains the individual numbers on the layout; the outside betting area has boxes for the columns, red/black and odd/even and different groups of numbers.

The individual numbers at the inside betting area are arranged in 3 columns times 12 rows and the zero and double zero (if it is American Wheel) are arrange at the top of the columns. There are 18 numbers colored with “Black”/”Yellow” and the other 18 numbers are colored with “Red”; you can making the betting based on these two colors at the outside betting area. Beside the colors, there are three other types of betting at outside betting area: 1-18 (small), 19-36 (big); Old or Even; column bets: 1 to 12, 13 to 24, and 25 to 36.

Buying In

In order to avoid disputes, each player will receives a different color chip and these color chips can only be used for that table only; you much cash them in once you are done playing to exchange these chip with the cash chips where you can cash them at the cashier cage later.

You can make several types of betting at inside betting area; you can bet a number straight up or straddle the line between numbers to select a combination of numbers. The payouts for each type of betting are as follow:

  • a. Single Number : Pays 35 to 1
  • b. Split bet between two numbers: Pays 17 to 1
  • c. Quad bet between 4 numbers (place your chip at the center of 4 adjacent numbers): Pays 8 to 1.
  • d. Line bet / street bet (you bet on 1 row with 3 numbers): Pays 11 to 1.
  • e. Double street bet (you bet on 2 rows with 6 numbers): Pays 5 to 1.

At outside betting area, the payouts for any winning are as follow:

  • a. Even/odd, big/small and color black/red are all pay 1 to 1.
  • b. Column bets (1 to 12, 13 t o24, 25 to 36) are paying 2 to 1.

After the roulette ball drop into the wheel’s slot, the dealer will mark the winning number with a marker. He/she will pick up all the losing chips first before paying out the winning chips. You are not allowed to place your bet until the dealer removes the marker.

In summary

This article is giving you some basics on how to play the famous Roulette casino game. Roulette has a high house edge and you cannot overcome this edge in the long run. But if you put some strategies in place, you can increase you chance to win in this game. I will discuss a few roulette strategies in my next few articles. Good luck!

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]]> http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/1104.html/feed 0 The history of Keno http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/the-history-of-keno.html http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/the-history-of-keno.html#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:51:17 +0000 patrick http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/?p=998 Keno is a popular gambling game mostly played in casinos, but the online activity of keno players is on the rise. The origins of keno are a bit of a mystery, but there are a few stories floating around out there.  Nobody knows the true nature and origin of this game.

Sadly, as with all history, the truth is a matter of opinion. Apparently ancient Chinese scrolls indicate that Cheung Leung of the Han Dynasty introduced a game similar to keno around 200 BC. Cheung’s city was at war for several years and was beginning to run out of supplies. Rumor has it that the citizens of his city refused to contribute any more to the war fund, so Cheung created a game of chance to produce revenue for his army. This game, a numbers game not unlike keno, was an instant success and played a great part in saving the city. Quickly spreading throughout China, keno was also used to help fund the building of the Great Wall. The game also became known as the White Pigeon Game because carrier pigeons were used to send the winning numbers from the keno games in the larger cities to small villages and hamlets.

The heritage produced by this keno history is a Chinese poem of a thousand numbers. The ‘thousand character classic’ as it is known is a set of independent characters placed in a rhymed form. Originally a new way for children to learn, the poem is so well known the characters are often used as a romantic numbering system. So instead of having a board of just numbers on the original keno boards, they used these characters. Originally as many as 120 characters were used in the game, only after it left china would the number drop to a more familiar 80.

However, the history of keno picks up the pace in the beginning of the twentieth century. San Francisco has always been a magnet for deviates, gamblers and other people who were not welcomed in the more proper mainland. It is no surprise; therefore, that it was here that keno was first accepted and played. Brought to the shores of the United States by Chinese sailors, keno was an instant success, albeit an underground one. At the time, gambling in all forms, including lotteries and raffles were prohibited by law; the authorities seeing that corruption was rampant in the raffle industry. However, keno was played avidly, with the Chinese characters changed to number in order to facilitate the needs of American players and from that point on is on the verge.

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]]> http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/the-history-of-keno.html/feed 0 Keno game strategy http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/keno-game-strategy.html http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/keno-game-strategy.html#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:28:39 +0000 patrick http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/?p=986 Most online keno players will say the best way to implement a keno strategy, if there ever was such a thing, would be to manage one’s bankroll wisely. However, the truth of the matter depends on how extensive a player will be making their keno ventures. Keno is alike to lottery, all the players need to do is to mark numbers on your ticket, if you get few numbers right you win. Just like a lottery ticket, the keno ticket gives you a chance to win big prizes for a small wage. The following guide apply both for base-land and online casinos as well.Unlike in lottery in you can fill only few numbers – from one number up to the ticket’s maximum allowed. Today, many online casinos offer keno games that allow you to mark more than ten numbers, which is the maximun amount of numbers allowed in many land based casinos. There are many tips in keno – tips that really work, at least, is difficult to say the least. Because of its heavy reliance on chance, most tips in keno are more of myths, rather than reality, most drummed up by hardcore players who think they have the game down on pat. However, top better understand the game and be able to sift through all the information about and eventually find some tips in keno – or maybe develop some by yourself, it’s best to understand the entirety of the game first.

Players then choose – from a numbered and consecutive set of one to eighty – 10 – 15 different numbers called “spots”. Eighty lightweight balls are then jumbled in an chamber using compressed air from which twenty balls are then chosen, making the winning combination. The more spots you hit from the combination, the more you win. One of the tips in keno is to remember that while the supposed wagers are small and the promised returns are really big, the chances of winning are very small. Which is why it is best to engage yourself in another form of gambling to finance your keno game. Playing straight keno is bound to be tiring and boring, so best occupy oneself with games like poker or blackjack, using the winnings to fund your keno tickets and wait for the draws. Tips in keno also include looking out for winning streaks.  After all, betting is not too expensive, and it is not unheard of for people with lucky streaks to win at keno. It is not enough to know what not to do when you play. You need to know what steps you should follow in order to be eligible for the big internet casino bonus that the casinos use to lure you. Many people swear that the most important step to winning is doing whatever feels comfortable.

By this, they mean that playing well is the result of confidence and confidence is the result of feeling good about your game. It is actually a scientific fact that athletes, businessman and pretty much all human beings perform their best when they are relaxed and confident. To achieve this, many people swear by lucky totems like key chains or rabbit’s feet or their special game day socks. Of course, none of these will actually improve your odds of winning, but they might improve your mental state. Keno strategy is one of the hot button issues in the gambling world because everyone is convinced that their particular system is the best. The truth is that there is no one Keno strategy that is guaranteed to work for everyone.

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]]> http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/keno-game-strategy.html/feed 0 Keno ground rules for players http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/keno-ground-rules-for-players.html http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/keno-ground-rules-for-players.html#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:03:11 +0000 patrick http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/?p=980 The Chinese game of Keno is a game that was employed to teach kids. Keno a thousand characters that were a part of the learning process of kids and is dated back to 200 BC. Learning was done with the help of a poem titled The Thousand Characters Classic, which is made from a thousand non-repeating rhymes. This was at first known as the Chinese Lottery, invented by the Chinese General Cheung Leung.  He used the initial 120 characters to work out a wagering system. The profit from wagering was used to meet the costs of facing the barbarians, who attacked China. Books are available to prove, that the emperor played the game on a daily basis, a practice which is followed up to this day.  A curious fact is that pigeons were used to carry the results of the lottery. Keno was brought to the United States of America by the Chinese prospectors, who were a part of the gold rush in California and settled there. The game never took a back seat since then.

The renown of the keno game has reached great heights that it is an easy activity that does not rely on luck alone. Players can win prizes as huge as $1500 to $7500 with little wagers like $1 to $5. Although one needs to be careful when playing this game, because it has a big house edge of 25%. It is needless to alarm the keno players, that careless play is a certain recipe for disaster. Keno is a simple number game that is highly popular among casino goers. This is because just for a dollar it gives you the chance to win a million dollars. The first type of bet is the straight up bet where you select six numbers. The machine them selects any twenty numbers and you get your prize depending on the payoffs. You get back your bet only if you get three out of six numbers, three times the bet for four numbers, more than eighty times for five numbers and hit the jackpot of three thousand dollars for getting all six numbers.

Before you learn the tips and tricks to win at keno, familiarize yourself with the basic rules and terms associated with it. The first type of bet is the straight up bet where you select six numbers. The machine them selects any twenty numbers and you get your prize depending on the payoffs. You get back your bet only if you get three out of six numbers, three times the bet for four numbers, more than eighty times for five numbers and hit the jackpot of three thousand dollars for getting all six numbers. Your payoffs increase if you bet larger amounts. The smallest permissible bet is of two dollars and the largest one is of seventy dollars. You can select up to fifteen numbers with some casinos permitting even twenty numbers for this bet. However, your chances of winning reduce when you choose more numbers. For variety, you can play with a pair of numbers on a ticket, but this has no effect on your chances of winning.

Keno games are heavily biased in the casino’s favor; however, the chance of hitting the jackpot is what lures players to the game. Hence, the idea is to play fewer numbers and never more than six or seven at the maximum. First, choose your six numbers and write them in the provided space on the keno ticket. The idea is to choose more numbers and then shorten your list to the chosen six numbers.  Although Keno is a game of luck, and the odds are stacked against the player there is still a chance that you may hit a huge jackpot.

 

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]]> http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/keno-ground-rules-for-players.html/feed 0 Types of Baccarat tables in gambling http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/types-of-baccarat-tables-in-gambling.html http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/types-of-baccarat-tables-in-gambling.html#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:16:53 +0000 patrick http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/?p=977 Baccarat (also known as baccarat or baccarat), is a game you can always find the best casinos.  And of course, has been one of the first to have its own online version because it is one of the most popular. Baccarat games online are becoming increasingly popular now that we can find this game in almost all online casinos. If you’ve never played this game before, now has a golden opportunity for what it’s all this game.

Something that is unique to play online Baccarat, or any traditional casino, is that, unlike other card games like blackjack bet done after receiving a few letters in a Baccarat bet even before receiving his letters .

There are many types of baccarat tables:

Big Table Baccarat is played in a snooty roped off area to separate itself from the other games. The players are usually very well dressed and the table minimums are often high. The regular baccarat table is about the size of a craps table with 3 casino dealers and up to 12 or 14 players. Each player, including the player dealing, may still bet on either the player or the banker but it is customary for the dealer to bet on the banker.

The deal will rotate around the table, much like the dice rotate around the craps table. If a player does not want to deal they may pass the shoe to the next player. The same person will keep dealing as long as the banker keeps winning. The person dealing will put two cards, face down, tucked under the shoe, and give the player with the greatest bet on the player the other two cards, face down. This player then looks at the cards and then gives them back to the player who is dealing.

Afterwards the player who is dealing will turn over the cards and one of the casino dealers will announce the totals. Depending on the totals, the dealer may then instruct the person dealing the cards to deal a third card. Finally the dealers will pay winning wagers and collect losing ones out of the dealer’s tray. The player who actually deals is not assuming any financial responsibility of the other players bets, unlike pai gow, and is just turning over cards.

Mini baccarat has the same rules are big table baccarat. But unlike the game at the big table, the dealer turns over all the cards, making for a much faster game. The odds are exactly the same as those of the big table, assuming the same number of decks. Mini baccarat is sometimes dealt from a six-deck shoe, changing the odds slightly. It can usually be found in the main casino areas. Midi baccarat is the same as mini baccarat, except the size of the table is larger, and it is usually found in the high-limit rooms, as opposed to the main casino floor.

Baccarat comes closer than most other casino games to offering the customer an even break, with house edges of just 1.17 percent for a bet on the banker hand and 1.36 percent for a bet on the player hand. Blackjack players who use basic strategy do better; as do video poker players with refined skills. But baccarat is a game with no playing strategies to master. The average baccarat player is at less of a disadvantage than average blackjack or video poker players.

Nevertheless, the game is familiar to only a relative handful of customers. For decades it was kept under wraps, played in lavish high-roller pits for the amusement of millionaires.

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]]> http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/types-of-baccarat-tables-in-gambling.html/feed 0 Employing Efficient Gambling Strategies http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/employing-efficient-gambling-strategies.html http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/employing-efficient-gambling-strategies.html#comments Mon, 27 Dec 2010 00:03:31 +0000 admin http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/?p=957 Though you had the perfect set of gambling strategies with your bingo strategy or keno strategy in hand but just ended up disappointed later on. It is possible that your strategies have flaws within them or you simply just have no idea or limited knowledge about the game you are playing. Whatever you think you have, the best gambling strategies include an adequate knowledge and interest for the game that is being played. You can beat the house advantage if you had the proper bingo strategy. Whatever your choice of game may be, a proper keno strategy for example will work best with these precautions that the article will be discussing. Basically, design your gambling strategies to avoid the following circumstances.

Double betting is a common mistake most people rely on in their bingo strategy or any other strategies for that matter. The logic behind is to double the bets to overcome losses. Yes, you will overcome losses considering that you win each game. What if the odds are stacked against you and a losing streak is what you get? At first, the idea may work for most gambling strategies, but in the long run, double betting may work against you. You may incur more losses than that which you can bear.

Proper gambling strategies are possessed by players who know when it is already time to call it a day. You must not be greedy when you gamble as this will only contribute to losers’ strategies. When one becomes greedy, he chases risks instead of avoiding them. Taking risks is necessary for any game of chance but the need is only minimal. If you can avoid it a hundred percent that would be better but not realistic. So take minimal risks.

Successful gambling strategies involve betting on high odd gambles. This means a player should not bet on single values (like in roulette) but a combination of numbers at a time. It is also important that your strategies involve the necessary patience within a game. Do not give up after a first or second loss. You might strike it big later on. But do not also bet too big. You set it up to use only forty dollars for a given night, if your losses have reaches that amount, stop playing.

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]]> http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/employing-efficient-gambling-strategies.html/feed 0 How to Become an Online Gambling Affiliate http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/how-to-become-an-online-gambling-affiliate.html http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/how-to-become-an-online-gambling-affiliate.html#comments Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:29:43 +0000 admin http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/?p=961 A good way to start is to become an online affiliate of an online company or program. You would then market their product or service online via your website or blog using their affiliate tracking program. Then when one of your visitors clicks on an affiliate banner or text link that appears on your site and they end up making a purchase you would get a percentage of that transaction. It all seems pretty simple, doesn’t it? Well yes, it is pretty simple, but it does require a lot of hard work and long hours at your computer to get visitors to view your website or blog in the first place.

Decide what you would like to promote.

I would recommend you consider promoting online gambling. Online gambling covers a wide variety of products – there are online casinos, online poker rooms, online sports books and online bingo halls. Online gambling is a multibillion dollar a year industry and successful affiliates can earn a very decent income from it. The key is to select a niche market, you may fancy bingo, and start from there.

You need a website or blog

Setting up your own website or blog can be daunting task if you are not a technically minded person. A lot of blog hosting platforms don’t allow gambling related blogs so you would need to find a blog hosting site that does. One such blog hosting site that is dedicated to hosting gambling related blogs is Gamblingplex.com, they offer the latest in sophisticated blogging software, along with incredible plug-ins and features like Google Analytics, sitemaps and domain mapping being just the tip of the ice-berg.

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]]> http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/how-to-become-an-online-gambling-affiliate.html/feed 0 Successful Roulette Gambling http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/successful-roulette-gambling.html http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/successful-roulette-gambling.html#comments Sat, 06 Nov 2010 22:52:50 +0000 admin http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/?p=954 Roulette techniques vary from player to player, some use only their favorite number and cling to the hope that it will be a lucky number also, continuously betting on just the single preferred digit in the hopes of a 35-1 win. It may happen that you will win in this way with success in the first roll, but it is exceedingly unlikely. Casino roulette exists as a profit to the banker because many people play in this manner, thinking that maybe the next bet will come for their special number until their money runs out.

If you are serious in finding out how to win roulette, you will need to put down your faith in a favorite or lucky number and consider using a roulette techniques system. Various systems have been created to help increase the winning percentage and therefore lead to a gain rather than loss. Some roulette betting systems rely on the statistics, whilst other have specific mathematical structures. Methods for how to win roulette may involve placing a few heavy bets using a specific selection, or placing only low bets, which will grow your winnings gradually but run less risk of loss.

Roulette gambling is putting money on a risk, but it does not necessarily have to rely purely on luck. Anybody might have a lucky or unlucky day, but using a roulette betting method will generally pay out far more than simply opting to place you bets only on favorite numbers. If you want to be successful and earn more money out of your roulette games than you had in the start, you really need to operate by the rules of a system on how to win roulette.

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]]> http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/successful-roulette-gambling.html/feed 0 A Beginners Guide to Slots http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/a-beginners-guide-to-slots.html http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/a-beginners-guide-to-slots.html#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:50:23 +0000 admin http://www.onlinegambling2009.com/?p=952 This game has found its way on the internet as well. Online casinos offer several varieties of the game to make it more enticing and fun. For a slots beginner, there is nothing more exciting than the first loud ringing of the jackpot bell. So for those aiming to take home the top prize, it would be most helpful to learn the common types of slot machine games to be able to formulate some strategies. Let’s get started.

1) Free slot games – Free slots are commonly referred to as practice games as it is specifically created for that purpose. These games are simulations of the actual slots and are helpful in giving the players an idea and experience on how the game goes. You can hit the jackpot but of course you gain nothing monetary.

2) Traditional slot games – These games are typically played using a machine containing three reels, reminiscent of the original slot machines that were invented during the 19th century. To hit the jackpot, you must get the sole winning line. Single and multiple coin options are available for the players. Playing multiple coins increase the payout. Examples of traditional slots are Wow Pot and Cash Splash.

3) Five-Reel slot games – As the name implies, a five-reel machine is used in the games instead of three-reel machines. The additional reels can often enhance the thrill of the game. The extra symbols allow the creation of new winning combinations. Genie’s Gem is an example of this type of games.

4) Multi-line slot games – Unlike traditional slot games, multi-line slot machine games have several pay lines. These pay lines can be slanted, crooked or crossed aside from the typical straight-line orientations. Flower Power is an example of multi-line slots.

5) Progressive slot games – When playing progressive slots, the jackpot increases as more games are played. And since lots of people do play slots, the prize can reach up to millions of dollars.

6) Bonus slot games – In some slot games, particularly online slot games, a round of additional games offer the chance to increase (double, triple) your prize. Bonus games are opportunities to do just that.

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