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If theres one movie genre that audiences keep coming back to time and time again, its the casino movie genre. Movies about gaming, whether set in a high stakes casino or following grassroots players as they bluff their way to the top, are relentlessly engaging. Theres something about the inherent drama of watching high-risk real-money gaming play out alongside a compelling storyline that just keeps you hooked.

The casino has featured in movies for as long as there have been talkies, but it was the period between the 1960s and late 1990s when casino movies reached their peak. While Hollywood moved on to other things at the turn of the Millennium, thanks to theglobal boom of free online pokerand pro tournaments that emerged following Chris Moneymakers legendary WSOP win, by the 2010s poker and blackjack made their way back into co-star position.

More recently, A-listers Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba have led us into the shadowy world of celebrity poker in Mollys Game. And just last year,Paul Schrader released The Card Counterto critical acclaim.

All things considered, the past 50 years have provided quite the list of casino and poker themed movies. But which amongst them have emerged ahead of the pack? Lets take a look at the definitive movies every casino fan needs to watch.

Oceans Eleven (2001)

Back in 2001, Steven Soderbergh upped the casino cool factor when he unleashed his glamourous reworking of this Rat Pack caper. Casting George Clooney and Brad Pitt in the lead roles was no small accident, and with its supporting cast made up of Hollywoods finest character actors, Oceans Eleven is, well, irresistible.

Make no mistake, this is not a movie concerned with the intricacies or moral code of casino gaming or even realism. It is, however, a rip-roaring ride through a Las Vegas fantasy that we all wish we could be part of.

Casino (1995)

Lets face it, no list of the definitive casino movies would be complete without mention of this eponymous release. As if the electric combination of Robert DeNiro, Sharon Stone and Joe Pesci wasnt enough, Scorseses intricate drama takes us on a ride through the evolution of Las Vegas from a mobbed-up town to the entertainment capital of the world. Youd be hard-pressed to find a casino fan who hasnt watched this gem at least twice.

21 (2008)

Featuring a crop of fresh-faced young actors (Kate Bosworth, Jacob Pitts and Jim Sturgess in the lead role) alongside heavyweights Laurence Fishburn and Kevin Spacey, 21 tells a somewhat-embellished story of the MIT Blackjack Team. Remember those pesky US students who toured the finest casinos in the world with their card counting antics?

Ok, so Robert Luketics effort to take us into the world of blackjack and card counting may not be quite as compelling asMartin Scorsesesaward-winner, but nevertheless, 21 deserves its place amongst the best casino movies of the 21st century. And, for all its faults, this is the perfect blackjack movie to chill out in front of on a Sunday afternoon.

California Split (1974)

As a director, Robert Altman has amassed a truly meaningful body of work. While California Split wont rank alongside 3 Women or The Long Goodbye anytime soon, it still remains an underrated classic and a prime example of the hangout cinema produced during the 1970s.

Exploring bromance before it was a thing, California Split is a buddy movie that happens to feature a fair amount of casino gaming. Starring George Segal and Elliot Gould, the film does earn props for its detailed presentation of games like poker, roulette and blackjack.

Mollys Game (2017)

Based onthe memoir of Molly Bloom, aka Hollywoods Poker Princess, this 2017 release marked the directorial debut of Aaron Sorkin. Starring Jessica Chastain as the titular character, this is a fast-paced, slick thriller that is also immensely watchable. Although it may be littered here and there with Sorkinisms that are far too clever for their own good, nevertheless, Mollys Game delivers an adept, adrenaline-fuelled ride through the underground high-stakes poker games of LA and New York.

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The Movies Every Casino Fan Needs to Watch - MovieViral

This is the story of Wild Bill's last stand. A character crafted from the spirit of the open sky and wild plains, he met his match in the Mojave. (Wild Bill was an excuse for me to wear a cowboy hat and boots and act irrationally, It was fun while it lasted but not sustainable). In the days following Wild Bill's crossing of the continental U.S, He grew restless. (Iam going to talk about Wild Bill in the 3rd person). The road once again called. LA wasn't Bill's type of town. He had been invited to go clubbing with Bryce Hall's crew in LA but definitely made the right decision by not doing that. This wasn't a dig at these people, Wild Bill just likes roadside bars and the open sky. Dark clubs with no conversation wasn't Wild Bill's scene. Also, most of what happens at the Saddle Ranch (Tik Tokker bar Barstool was holding live shows) is every Tik Tokker (mid-tier as well as the big guys) would yell at every female fan who approached them for their ID to check their age. It was the weirdest experience of seeing a bunch of pretty nonimpressive people running around a bar acting like they all were hot shit. Like a lot of them were mid-tier Tik Tokkers, not Bryce Hall, Josh Richards, Or Addison Rae, but acted like they were just as much hot shit. Wild Bill found it interesting to sort of being a fly on the wall in that bar from an anthropological standpoint. This group of people all became famous in the most modern way within short clips of dancing. It was a phenomenon society had never seen, and there Wild Bill was watching the small group of people interacting, taking Tik Toks, and doing stuff that would look alien to someone from 2018. It was honestly fascinating, you could honestly do a novel just rolling with the Tik Tok crowd Hunter S. Thompson style (A lot less dangerous). But instead of staying the weekend and being part of the societal rot in LA, when the rest of the fellas headed to Lousiana, Wild Bill had to get out of town.

As soon as the opportunity arose, Wild Bill got back on the road (Did you know flights from LA to LV are legit like $30) and met up with some buddies in the City of Sin. After cruising around Vegas (This was when he actually got back into a car). Wild Bill had made enough friends at the $5 dollar blackjack tables with the Wheels Spins (Honestly playing BlackJack at the Horseshoe was awesome, you get blackjack you get to spin a wheel at a chance at the Jackpot). I think every politician should have to play blackjack at a bunch of the casinos in downtown Vegas. I met people from every walk of life, sat at tables with people of very different backgrounds, but all of them worked together to beat the dealer and high fiving and vibing the whole time. After a night or two in Vegas, it was time for wild Bill to head out.

With a wad of cash in his pocket (Hit black 17 on roulette) he once again hit the road and decided to drive to one of America's greatest destinations. The Grand Canyon. Wild Bill took the road more traveled on the way to the canyon.

The road there was uneventful besides a detour to a Culvers, which is Wild Bill's favorite fast-food restaurant that he thought could only be found in the midwest. Had to make a quick stop.

We got to the Grand Canyon at nightfall. There is nothing to do around the Grand Canyon, so our plan was to chill out and not waste money on a hotel and wait for the sunrise. The sunrise over the Canyon was amazing. A religious experience. The sun made the landscape look like an ancient temple.

That view is worth staying up all night for.

This Butte (No idea what the actual name for this rock formation is. Literally looks like an ancient temple to a Sun god. The way the light hit it was spectacular.

More photos.

This panorama was pretty awesome of the whole scene.

Before the sun rose for comparison below.

And then in the full light for full effect after breakfast.

inspiring. Imagine being the first people to see the Grand Canyon. Teddy Roosevelt once stated "Europe has its magnificent cathedrals and castles, while the U.S has its impressive Wildlife and Nature" (This is absolutely not a real quote but I think TR said it, and I can't find it online.)It was a once in the lifetime experience seeing how amazing the Grand Canyon is, I am also terrified of heights, But when you are holding onto a well-rooted tree it is much more enjoyable.

Wild Bill's Journey merely started at the Grand Canyon. Just as the road called, the Offroad Called as well.

You see Wild Bill had been driving for miles and was sick of the highway. Wild Bill wanted to cut through the paths less traveled and find a shortcut back to Vegas.

The plan was done with the consultation of a road map that showed a couple of old dirt roads that could take us to Peach Springs and then back over the Hoover dam to Vegas. You see the plan was to travel through ranger roads on National Parks, through hunting ranches, and Native Reservations. The plan was ambitious, the road was going to be hard. Armed with a couple of gallons of water and 5 gallons of extra gasoline. We turned off route 64 and went deep into the desert.

At first, though dirt, the roads were at least well built. The truck we were in handled it well and even though it was pretty deep in the wild. There was still service and our GPS still worked. We followed a road for about 20 miles and at first, it was going exactly to plan.

Wild Horse, pretty amazing how these horses are descended from horses that were ridden by the first pioneers, Chief Sitting Bull, or Spanish conquistadors. These horses have lived off the land for hundreds of years.

Coyote (Gotta look closely, whoever finds it first dm me the screenshot and I will retweet) (Lil find the coyote game). Coyotes are much larger out here than the ones in the east. This one was about husky-sized.

The trip was going great.

It was all going good, till we hit this sign.

After taking the wrong turn at this fork we started to realize that the roads started to thin out. We realized the map we had was way outdated, and many of the roads were either washed away or nonexistent. We had no cell service and we had 2 options either track our way back or keep on pushing. Wild Bill doesn't turn back.

In this 360 panorama from on top of the truck, you can truly realize just how desolate the place we were was. There was 0 infrastructure anywhere you looked. nor a decent dirt path that looked like it had anywhere to go. At that point, Wild Bill truly started to feel not only the panic set in, but understand how tricky this situation could actually result.

The reality was, even though we were in the middle of nowhere with a good amount of gas, it was possible for us to encounter terrain it would be very possible to get stuck. Risking it to truly go off-roading and leave any semblance of a trail was a huge gamble. One popped tire and we would have to try to trek to the highway to hopefully get there before nightfall. It was about a 25-mile walk to the highway but it was an endeavor Wild Bill did not want to take. (It will be very funny if one of you guys actually knows where the hell I was. it's very possible there was a good road right by us that we just couldn't find and we just ended up going deeper into the country). You see, due to having absolutely zero cell service, figuring out that the map didn't know jack shit about whether many of these roads even existed. That is when you had to call on your own knowledge of handling the situation. It was time to take small sips, rationing water.

With no GPS the best navigation to be down was to climb to the tallest hill and try to find any sort of landmark. We had also not seen any sort of person, car, house, sign of any human life, in about 15 miles. But in the distance, you could make out one landmark. A white and red pole. At the time, I had no idea what that pole could possibly be but I guessed it was either an antenna or radio tower. Wild Bill deduced that there had to be some sort of road there that helped service that installation.

When we got there you could conclude it was measuring wind speed for potential wind turbines to be put in like all the ones along the side of I-40. (Also could be totally wrong on this). The thing is you only put those in literally the middle of nowhere where no one for miles could hear them, see them, or be bothered by them. This once again magnified how far from anything we were. Thankfully it brought us to an actual road, and by that, I mean a pretty shitty dirt road that hopefully might lead us to better roads.

I wish I took more pictures of the actual roads because ones like this above would sometimes teeter out into nothing, and you would have to refigure out where the road was, and sometimes, like before we saw the big pole, they would just disappear.

Even though this one didn't look too promising but at the time you are kind of panicking and looking for any semblance of a way out. There was 0 service, 0 road signs, 0 anything. I didn't even know the area, in retrospect what we did was extremely stupid. The only thing we could deduce was our GPS coordinates that would register into a not loading google maps even then it was impossible to map out where the hell we were. (Again we may have been in a totally civilized spot but from my vantage point we were lost AF). We somehow made it through the flatland and through a pass near what the map called Trinity Mountain. After following this road after many miles We finally got back to the blacktop. (We did have to trespass through a ranch and there was a high probability we could have been shot) The trip took about 6ish hours from 9 am to 4ish, we were lost for about 4 hours of that time.

You can really understand how you could easily hide bodies out in that terrain. It might have been centuries since the last person stood on the land you were standing.

It was quite the adventure, one that was scary in the beginning but makes you oh so much more thankful for blacktop. Because at least with blacktop roads, you know that they might actually lead somewhere. We were going down roads I actually had no idea if they were going to lead anywhere. We would take certain roads and just end up at dead ends. It was a wild ride, but it's a damn sweet to get back to the road. The most lost I have ever been in my life. Really teaches one about getting to high ground to figure out your surroundings. Got back just in time for the Superbowl.

Being a Road Dog is easy, being an Offroad Dog is a different beast.

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Wild Bill Gets Lost In the Desert - Barstool Sports

by Frank Cotolo

Part 1 is here.

In part one we were with me in the 1980s when I carefully balanced two careers one as a writer and the other as a serious pari-mutuels bettor at Southern California thoroughbred and harness meets. Armed with a $10,000 bankroll I contributed greatly to the volume of each programs takeout. Along with the handful of full-time horseplayers who in those days had to go to the track to do their business we were responsible for the majority of cash going into the tracks coffers; until one season when along came a player who made the tracks expand their coffers to contain the churn.

That is where we left Part 1, after introducing a bettor I call Delaney (for privacys sake we call the writer Delaney and all racetracks involved Palmtree Park). He was one of the most successful TV writers of the period and a part-time pari-mutuels investor. He played with a bankroll that put all of the other pro gamblers bankrolls put together to shame.

Then came an unrelentless losing streak that sensationalized on Delaneys lack of any money-management system. He came undone, betting huge amounts on every race wildly. It was bountiful for Palmtree Park but crushing for the multi-millionaire, who dipped into his personal fortune in an attempt to bet his way back a sure-fire tactic that paves the way to the Poor House.

There is a classic joke about the tactic that explains its futility: A person arrives to pick up a friend and go to the track. The friend is on a losing streak and says, Im not going to the track.

Youre not going to bet? says his friend.

Naw. Ill mail them a check.

Delaney lost an estimated $13 million along with a tax bill of $17 million. Palmtree Park stock went up. The last anyone heard about Delaney was that he got $40-a-week pocket money from accountants (finally utilizing the talents of a money manager) that handled his debt.

A decade or so later and 8,017 miles away from the fall of Delaney, a Tasmanian man we call Ollie was crowned the leader of the worlds biggest gambling syndicate by Australasian newspapers.

Ollies efforts leading to the title are the stuff on which fables are built. A kid from the poor side of a town Down Under, Ollies father was a struggling greyhound trainer, a single parent with three children, the youngest, Ollie, an introvert living in his own mind. He studied mathematics at university where he took a shining to blackjack and applied his math studies to wagering on it. He began to win a lot and caught the eye of an innovative blackjack player known as one of the worlds biggest gamblers (for the fun of it, lets call him Stan).

Stan and Ollie became partners and traveled, wagering with a mathematical edge. In a year they turned a $200 bankroll into $14,000.

They went to Las Vegas. Ollie buried himself in the University of Nevadas wealth of gambling books about betting psychology and systems and money management and playing a bankroll as a business. Ollie used what he learned to write a computer program for betting on thoroughbred races. They returned to Australia and horse racing became the center of their new gambling business.

While Ollie honed the computer system, Stan kept the bankroll strong playing and winning at blackjack. He did so well he was banned from all casinos Down Under, as well as ones in Korea, Sri Lanka, Macau and South Africa. The bankroll stronger, the duo put the blackjack-based winnings to work at horse and dog tracks.

Ollies computer program, based on his personal mathematical methodology, inspired making large wagers to earn small profits. It did that with a passion that resulted in major earnings and produced profits enough to expand the operation into a global enterprise. Stan and Ollie hired a staff of computer programmers, statisticians to crunch numbers, enhanced mathematical systems and began to swarm the pools of tracks around the world with billions (that is not a typo) worth of bets.

No bettors were more prepared for the digital platform. Armed with math and management and the machines to reach any track where they found a wager, Stan and Ollies company poured cash into racetrack coffers and still had money to bet on sports and, where legal, who could be the next Pope.

Ollie spun philosophical as his business grew. He said gambling is just a game that causes money to change hands and winning gamblers end up with money but have achieved nothing else because win or lose, gambling doesnt produce anything.

But racetracks take a salary from each bettor, big or small, and keep the pari-mutuels industry filled with delirious hope.

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The player, the play and the thresholds that bind them Part 2 - Harness Racing Update

Its impossible to live in the world without seeing an advertisement for gambling at this point. The legalization of sports betting is a booming business right now, and it seems like every week theres a new sportsbook opening up with an enticing sign-up offer. We have our own gambling site here at DK Nation, and it doesnt seem like the industry is going to slow down anytime soon.

But just because almost anyone can gamble legally doesnt mean that everyone should. Case in point: this Philadelphia 76ers fan who embarrassed himself and his city by totally botching a hand of blackjack at the game.

This dude must have never played blackjack in his life, because his decision-making process here is uniquely terrible. I wont spoil it for you, just watch the video here:

Philly sports fans are notoriously ruthless, yet they didnt boo this man out of the building? Im sorry, but he deserved it.

If you tried to hit on 20 at a casino, the rest of the table might try to tackle you. This dude barely hesitated before doing it.

Dont be like this guy: For good gambling advice, read DK Nation. Theyll never tell you to hit on 20.

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This Sixers fan played one of the worst hands of blackjack weve ever seen - SB Nation

Bob and I both know soft 18 against 10 isnt a winning hand, but average losses decrease if you hit rather than stand. In a common six-deck game where the dealer hits soft 17, youll lose an average of 17.96 cents per dollar wagered if you stand, but only 14.29 if you hit.

My refusal to take even money on blackjacks was a sore point, too. It came up three times. I declined even money three times. The dealer never had a blackjack and I collected my full 3-2 payoffs. Nevertheless, I got the old insurance is the only sure way to earn money in the casino lecture. And I got it in stereo.

Ive had the impression more players had learned to steer clear of insurance, which includes even-money, since Bob and I started playing in the 1980s. It would be a break-even bet if a third of the cards were 10-values, but they make up only 30.8 percent of the deck.

But the one that really got them is when I split 8s against a 10. The first time, the kid started chanting, No, no, no, no, no, and the dealer said, Honey, I rarely see that play work. I got a 10 on one 8 for 18, but drew a 7 and a 6 on the second for 21. The dealer had a 10 down for 20.

I hadnt answered the critics to that point. My plays are mine, and others dont bother me. But I finally said, Now youve seen it work. I push. If Id hit or stood, Id have lost.

The dealer said, This time, I guess, but the kid said, You take ridiculous risks. I had to laugh. I said, Thats me, living on the edge.

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Blackjack Bob draws fire for making the right plays - Atlantic City Weekly

What has been your favorite part of working on NHL production in its first season back on ESPN, ESPN+, and Hulu? For me, its my first-ever opportunity to work on NHL, but I grew up in Boston where hockey rules. I have bragging rights now with my home crowd! Plus, Im working with veterans on the sport who could not be more passionate about the sports return to our network and streaming platform. And you know whats really great? Its not just us ESPNers that are thrilled to have it back on our air that excitement were helping to create feels amazing.

What are some of the bigger challenges youve faced this season? How we cover sports has changed a lot since we covered the NHL 17 years ago. What that means is we are really had to start from scratch when we created our coverage plan for this season. Thats hard, but it is also an incredible opportunity. In the more than 25 years Ive been working with ESPN, its rare to get the chance to build from scratch. As I said, thats hard, but its really, really cool.

How is hockey different from some of the other sports youve produced?Ive worked on everything from X Games to auto racing to all kinds of college sports. When it comes down to it, sports are about the drive, passion, competition, and stories of the athletes and how to deliver those emotions to the fan. Whats different to me with NHL is that its a team sport that is driven by players who refuse to see themselves as individuals and insist on being a team through and through. In terms of television coverage, hockey is by far the fastest and hardest sport to document while sharing the stories of the teams. But if anyone can handle that challenge, its us.

Hockey Hall Of Famer and six-time Stanley Cup winner Mark Messier on his first season as an ESPN NHL analyst

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Ah, blackjack insurance. The bane of many abreak-in dealers existence.

You know they shouldnt be betting it; all theexperienced blackjack players at the table know they shouldnt be betting it.

Still, theres always going to be that one guyat the table insisting to everyone that will listen that you have to insureyour 20 against the dealers ace. Or that even money is a good bet.

While I suffered in silence all those yearsago in Las Vegas, Im going to do my best now to explain to you why insuranceis never a good bet no matter what your new friend throwing back mojitos atthe other end of the table is telling you.

First off, lets talk about what insurance is.

Insurance in blackjack is a side bet you can make if the dealer has an ace up, which allows you to bet on the dealer actually having blackjack. If youre right, you get paid 2 to 1.

But of course, you will lose your main bet. Soby betting insurance, you are insuring your hand against the dealer having thatdreaded blackjack.

Its only offered when the dealer has an aceup, and importantly, you can only take insurance for up to half of your mainbet.

This is because its a simple matter to keeptrack of the 10s in the deck, and any knowledgeable player would crush theinsurance bet if they were allowed to bet more.

The math here is straightforward.

There are 13 types of cards. Four of them are 10-value cards that will give the dealer blackjack. So, the odds are 9/4 against you winning the bet. The casino will only pay you 2 to 1, so the house edge is almost 6 percent.

As mentioned, house advantage depends on howmany 10s have come out of the deck.

Insurance is far and away the most significant deviation from basic strategy for a card counter.

In fact, if I notice nothing else other thanthat you always take insurance with a large bet and never with a small one,Ill be on the phone with the eye in the sky before youre dealt your nexthand.

That being said, lets talk about our tipsynew blackjack instructor attempting to get you to insure your 20 because its agood hand.

If you have been dealt two 10-value cards, youknow that those are two fewer 10 cards that can make the dealers hand ablackjack. Taking insurance at this point is even less of a good idea.

The other hand that will have someone at thetable clamoring for you to take insurance is when you have a blackjack againsta dealers ace.

This version of insurance is often called evenmoney, as you will receive even money for your bet.

Its important to realize that even money isnot a separate bet.

Its just a term used for the short cut thatdealers use in paying insurance on a table that still pays a players blackjack3 to 2.

In this case, if you bet $10 and received ablackjack, you could ask for even money. The dealer will happily give you $10,pick up your cards, and proceed on their merry way.

But what has happened here?

In this special instance of taking insurance,the dealer knows that there are two outcomes.

If the dealer has a blackjack as well and hadyou placed the $5 bet on the insurance line, you would have pushed on yourblackjack but been paid $10 on your separate insurance bet.

If the dealer had not had blackjack, you wouldhave lost your $5 insurance bet, but you would have received 3 to 2 on yourblackjack.

Thats $15 minus the $5 for insurance, or anet of $10. Sadly, this neat little math trick only works on blackjack tablesthat still pay 3-2.

Casinos do not offer even money on tableswhere blackjack pays 6 to 5. In that case, you would put up your $5 insurance.

If the dealer has blackjack, you win $10 as inthe original even money scenario. But if the dealer doesnt have blackjack, youlose $5 in insurance and only pick up $12 for your blackjack.

Thats a net of only $7, not the $10 that madethe even-money trick work before.

Other than that, insurance works exactly thesame on tables that pay 3 to 2 or 6 to 5. Though obviously, the 3 to 2 game hasmuch better odds.

The argument here is that youre going to bepaid something. A win is a win.

But of course, youre playing many hands ofblackjack. Getting paid something isnt the same as getting paid the most overtime.

Lets review our $10 bet scenario. There are 13possible cards under the dealers hole card.

If you take even money on all 13 of thosecases, you have $130. If you dont, you push on the 4 occasions the dealer hasa 10-value card but get paid $15 on the other 9 non-10-value cards. Thats$135.

This is a little simplified in that it ignoresthe cards dealt to you and the dealer, but in the long run, you will be over3 percent better off if you dont take even money.

Despite the well-meant intentions of yourslightly boisterous new friends on the blackjack table, or even in some casesan ill-informed dealer, insurance is never a good idea for a casual blackjackplayer.

The surge in tables paying 6 to 5 on blackjackhas caused a lot of confusion about taking even money.

Casinos dont offer this shortcut because themath doesnt work the same as on a 3 to 2 table, but you can still takeinsurance on your blackjack.

Perhaps the only positive to come out of 6 to5 blackjack is reigniting the debate about eliminating insurance altogether.

Casinos make money on hands per hour. Spending10 or 15 seconds tracing the layout asking for insurance when almost no oneever takes it can seriously impact the bottom line over hundreds of thousandsof hands.

The saving grace on the old 3 to 2 tables wasthe ingrained (but bad) advice to take even money and walk away with something.This provided at least some player participation on the insurance side bet.

But now, with 6 to 5 games forcing folks toactually insure a blackjack, participation has fallen to all-time lows.

Dont be terribly surprised if in the not-too-distantfuture you walk into a casino and insurance is no longer on the layout in boldletters.

But not to worry, your garrulous friend downon spot 7 can probably opine for hours about 12s against a bust card.

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Why Taking Insurance In Blackjack Is Never A Good Bet - Casino.Org News

All online casino games can be separated into two broad categories. The first one is online slots, which features virtual versions of traditional fruit machines. The other category is reserved for table games, covering a number of different casino games including roulette, blackjack, baccarat, craps, and many, many others.

If youre new to the world of online gaming, you might be wondering which game to pick to kick off your gambling adventure. If so, youre at the right place, as were now going to present you with the easiest and most interesting casino games for beginners.

There are 37 numbers to choose from, going from 0 to 36. Just pick a number (or numbers) and hope the ball will land on it. Thats pretty much how the game of roulette works.

Of course, it wouldnt be one of the worlds most popular casino games if it didnt offer more options. You can bet on colors, odd/even, thirds, and so on. As there are plenty of options to choose from, maybe it wouldnt be a bad idea to start your roulette journey with free-to-play games. This way, you cant win any money, but you also cant lose anything.

Another, perhaps an even better solution is to play online roulette with bonus credits. If youre a newcomer, you have the luxury to claim some really lucrative welcome bonuses. Sure, not all online casinos give away bonuses that are worth claiming, but there are plenty that do. Thats why its of crucial importance to stick to legit casinos only, like the ones approved by Myonlinecasino.ph.

If you have experience with playing cards in real life, you should have no problems getting the hang of playing online cards games. Texas holdem poker, baccarat, pai gow, and all the other games are pretty much the same whether you play them online or in a land-based casino.

However, if youre an absolute beginner, maybe blackjack is a good way to start. The rules of the game are very simple the sum of the cards you draw needs to be closer to 21 than the sum of the dealer.

The game is very fast-paced, which is another thing that players love about it. Still, the biggest advantage of this game is that the chance of winning money is better than with most other casino games. Your chance of winning a hand in blackjack is about 42.22%.

Before we wrap up, we have a special tip for casino beginners. Instead of playing virtual games, why not head to the live-dealer section. Thats where you can play all sorts of table games against real humans via live stream.

Apart from providing you with a real casino feel, it comes with another major advantage if you get confused, you can ask the dealer to help you solve your problem.

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Which Is the Best Casino Table Game for Beginners? - Tech Gaming Report

Its no secret that the online casino industry is going from strength to strength right now. Already valued at around USD $54 billion in 2019, the sector is projected to enjoy compound annual growth of 11.5 per cent until the year 2027.

Thats no small chunk of change and attests to the widespread popularity that placing bets and laying wagers online holds at the present time.

Of course, not all online casino games are as lucrative or as widely played as others. Many people prefer simple rules and engaging graphics over other elements, while for some its more about strategy and outsmarting their opponents. With that in mind, heres a rundown of the most popular casino games and what makes them so irresistible to players.

Slots

Theres no doubt that online slot machines are the most popular form of internet gambling. With no complex rules to get your head around, themed offerings which riff on popular culture, bright, bouncy colours and stimulating sound effects, slots are simply a joy to play. Whats more, they offer some of the highest RTP (return to player) ratios of any online casino games and, if youre lucky enough to align the reels correctly, you can walk away with a substantial windfall.

Roulette

Another game of chance which attracts punters in their droves, the roulette wheel is invariably a hotbed of action and activity in a brick-and-mortar casino. The thrill of the spinning wheel and the thrum of the ball as it dances between segments is enough to set the heart racing, while the spirit of community and camaraderie that is shared between patrons is second to none. Thankfully, all of those elements translate into the cyberspace version of roulette, which is why its one of the most popular casino games out there.

Poker

Often considered an exquisite blend of luck and skill, poker gives you the opportunity to pit your wits against other players and try to best them using guile, strategy and subterfuge. Its one of the few facets of everyday life where deception is actively encouraged, which gives people an opportunity to exercise their darker arts. Whats more, its far more difficult for artificial intelligence to master poker than it is in chess or Go, for example, which is testament to the complexity of a game that seems so simple at first glance. Those nuanced layers of difficulty make it all the more enjoyable.

Blackjack

Given that both the dealer and the player rely on luck for a large part of the outcome of a blackjack hand, theres relatively little house edge in comparison to some other casino games. These favourable odds, alongside the straightforward nature of the games rules and the quickfire pace of its gameplay, make blackjack a firm favourite in the word of online gambling. Indeed, its popular with both courageous and cautious gamblers alike, since there are playing strategies which lend themselves well to both personalities.

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