Tricks and Tips for those Games of Chance and Rare Skill – Poker, Blackjack, etc.

Today’s Internet games include everything from text-based multi-user dungeons to massively multiplayer games with sophisticated 3D graphics. There is a trend toward including online multiplayer capabilities with high-end retail games, and casual browser-based games have also become extremely popular in recent years. This is an overview of the types of games available and what you [...]

Less than a month ago the US put laws in place to ban Americans from using credit cards and many other means of funding their online casino and other gambling accounts. Now Ontario is putting a ban in place to stop websites from advertising in hopes of stopping young teens of gambling.
 

A bill is in the works that would highlight the fact that internet gambling is illegal. Yes illegal not that many seem to be aware of this or even care. The bill would ban people from using a credit card or electronic funds to gamble and it would also make internet providers block access to [...]

The new generation of slot machines is flashier, noisier, and will soon be a lot smarter as well — thanks to computer networking that allows casinos to instantly and easily reprogram their machines with a few mouse clicks.
This is a much simpler process than the old-school method:
In the past, changing out a slot machine [...]

Brits gambled £50 billion last year (that’s over $87M, to those of us in the States). The figure is equal to more than what the UK spent on defence and transport combined, and is seven times what Brits gambled in 2001.
What accounts for the spike? “The Government has helped to make gambling one of the [...]

According to a Reuters article published yesterday, the a House panel has cleared an anti-Internet gambling bill:
WASHINGTON – A U.S. House committee on Wednesday approved a bill aimed at stamping out the $12 billion Internet gambling industry by stopping businesses from accepting credit cards and other forms of payment.
The bill, cleared by voice vote in [...]

Recently, one of my more favorite casinos closed.
It wasn’t a great casino, it was really a piece of crap. What it did have, however, was a 10 minute walk from my house, as well as the cheapest blackjack in the metro area. Combine that with stiff cheap drinks and you, my friend, have [...]

Not too long ago I said that the PlayAway system should be shut down according to some regulators, since it uses the Internet. The Mashantucket Pequot tribe is ignoring them and using it at Foxwoods anway.
According to the state of Connecticut, not only does it violate State law, but it violates the Indian Gaming [...]

The gambling regulartors in teh state of Connecticut ordered Foxwoods casino to remove their internet gambling portal “PlayAway.”
Foxwoods says they don’t believe any problems have been caused, as the bet is placed at Foxwoods and the users are allowed to check the results online. Since all gambling is actually done at Foxwoods, the [...]

There’s been a lot of talk recently since the Mohegan Sun has decided to start using the new blackjack tables from a company called MindPlay in Bellevue, WA, just outside Seattle. MindPlay has been purchased by Bally’s, so you know where they stand.
The tables from MindPlay/Bally’s track everything. EVERYTHING. ALL cards played, [...]