Thursday, January 7, 2021

A Guide to Online Casino Gambling

A Guide to Online Casino Gambling


The hassles of going to Casinos can be enough reason not to go there at all. The traffic, hassles, and things to do seem not worth the trouble for a chance to play at a casino but if you’re the type who lives and breathes casinos then online casino gambling would be the solution for you. 


You do not need to go out of the house just for online casino gambling because it could be easily access in your own homes (provided that you have a computer and internet access). Once that is done, you are on your way to online casino gambling! But before indulging yourself, there are several guidelines and things that you must first know about online casino gambling especially if you are just a beginner. So slow down those hormones and let your minds read and absorb the following information. 


The online casino gambling industry is very complex and varied with some bad elements meaning that there are many dishonest and problematic sites. This brief guide would be able to guide you in choosing an honest and trust-worthy online casino gambling site. The first thing that a smart online gambler would look for in an online casino gambling host is the type which has high winnings odds. Be sure that the online casino gambling host has a tie-up with a reputable accounting firm in order to audit their casino games payout percentage on a monthly basis. This is helpful in your part in order to be sure that the money that you would be spending in your future online casino gambling spree would be worth it. Here are some other tips in choosing an online casino gambling site. 

Always make sure that the online casino gambling site is legal. How would you do that? You do not need to go to a government office to check that out. What you could do is search the licensing information on the casino state. If ever that you cannot find any licensing information on that online casino gambling site, do not even attempt to gamble there. The second tip would be to check if the online casino gambling host has 24/7 customer-service that would help you whenever you encounter a difficulty or a problem. If the online casino gambling host does not have a 24/7 customer service, chances are it is a hoax site. Next one would be reading carefully the different bonuses and promos that the online casino gambling site offers because if you do not read it carefully and you agreed, in the future you do not have any evidence against it. Remember that it is better to be safe than to be sorry. Another advice would be to gamble first in small amounts rather than spend big amounts of money right away. Check first the integrity and status of the online casino gambling before taking any major risk-especially financial ones. The last and most important tip in online casino gambling is to never forget that gambling is all about fun and pleasure rather than making money. Gambling is not a job rather a hobby that would make you happy and your life pleasurable. 


After you have observed these advice and tips then go and give in to the lure of online casino gambling. 


AN OVERVIEW OF ONLINE GAMBLING

AN OVERVIEW OF ONLINE GAMBLING


Now online: online gambling.


Just like any commercial market today, gambling also took its chance of having to saturate a broader area of gaming through the Internet.


Nowadays, there are as many online gambling games as there are gambling games. Every kind of gambling game has their online counter parts in the Web. From poker to sports betting, every gambling activity seems to be online.


Most proponents of online gambling assert that online gambling is just as safe as gambling in known casinos in Las Vegas and Atlantic City. Just like the usual casino, online casinos are also required to have their licenses and permits before engaging into online gambling.


By doing so, online casinos are systematically regulated and audited by professional firms. All online casinos use the secure e-cash facilities, in cooperation with the credit card companies, so that the customers are being protected from unauthorized use of credit cards or from cases of identity theft.


Generally, online gambling in an online casino will entice new players by requiring them to deposit an amount by offering bonuses. An online casino that will offer you a free $100 for a $50 deposit is a good example. In this manner, more people believe that online gambling offers better chances than real-life gambling. However, this poses more risk in getting addicted to the game.


For people who want to play online gambling, deposits can be made through credit cards, fire pay, or 900 pay. Fire pay works like an ordinary online debit card. Normally, the player places money into the account and can be spent to any online merchants. Funds can be deposited through wire transfers. 900 pay, on the other hand, is another way of depositing money by calling a 900 number and the amount that is to be deposited is charged to the player's phone bill.


What's more, online casinos are further classified into two groups based on their interface. Online casinos could either be web-based or download-based.


Web-based casinos are forms of online gambling wherein users may directly play online casino games without having to load any software to the local computer. Online gambling is mainly presented in the browser plugins like Macromedia Flash, Shockwave, or Java.


On the other hand, download-based online casinos are the most common online gambling sites in the Web. Here, online gambling users have to download certain software in order to play the casino games. And because it has pre-downloaded software, it is faster to initiate casino games on it compared to web-based casinos.


All the same, and due to the basic nature of online gambling, any transactions with it are vulnerable to fraud. There are online gambling known as rogue casinos wherein these sites refuse to pay the customers or contains a cheating software.


Plus, there are other ways of frauds in online gambling. Most of these cases are player-based. Players who want to cheat usually uses Adobe Photoshop or a comparable tool to maneuver the graphics of a slot machine screenshot in order to deceive the casino into thinking that the player just hit a jackpot.


Whatever forms of deception, it is evident that frauds are more likely to happen in online gambling. And if in any case, players get to be addicted in playing online gambling, they must remember that their obsession did not happen by mistake. 


Online gambling is a highly interactive game, meaning whatever choices players make are based on their own prerogatives. So, however enticing online gambling can be it is a must that players must know their own dispositions so as not to be deceived.


GAMBLING AS A GAME OF CHANCE

GAMBLING AS A GAME OF CHANCE


By five in the morning, a mother had already dressed her two daughters for school. After which, she will be heading next to a casino for an early dose of gambling activity.


Seemed like a "too absurd to be true" situation? Guess again.


Nowadays, gambling seems to be an ordinary activity that most people tend to overlook. By doing so, they do not see the potential harm gambling can do with their lives.


Generally, gambling, more commonly know as betting, is a kind of behavior that involves money valuables being put out to risk as a product of a certain game. So to speak, the money or valuables are at risk because the probability of winning is too low or is totally dependent upon chance. Unless otherwise one will do something about his winning through evil ways, one could never be sure of winning a gambling game.


Gambling comes in many forms: one that can be beatable and the other type is not.


Beatable games of gambling refer to games that can be trampled thereby creating a positive numerical probability through proper strategy. These includes poker, though this is better classified as a game of skill; blackjack, video poker, Pai Gow Poker and Tiles, sports betting, horse racing, and slot machines.


On the other hand, unbeatable games makes a player eventually lose a game no matter what strategy they use. More common examples of these games are slot machines, baccarat, craps, roulette, keno, casino war, faro, pachinko, 3-card and 4-card poker, red dog, pyramid poker, Caribbean stud poker, and Spanish 21.


Both beatable and unbeatable gambling games can be found in the casinos. Though, there are other gambling games that are not played inside the casinos such as lottery, mahjong, backgammon, coin-tossing games such as head and tail, and carnival games like The Razzle and Hanky Pank.


There are also the so-called fixed-odds gambling that can be seen on events like horse racing, football, golf, tennis, baseball, and other sports that entice people to bet on the winner of the event.


All the same, they are all forms of gambling that never stand a chance of winning continuously.


In gambling, people usually tries to gain back whatever they have lost in the game. Some continues to play for the belief that they should not break the monotony of luck. By doing so, they continue to bet and eventually place their selves at the risk of losing more instead. 


Most people who are involved in gambling contend that they only play for pleasure or as a form of recreation. While others say they just have to earn money and that gambling is an easy way to do so.


However, because gambling involves a variety of mental activity, coupled with stress and the mentality of a winner, it can be a possible source of psychological addiction. In the long run, this can be very harmful to people who are affected by gambling.


With so much psychedelic effects of gambling, there are even those who engage in betting with another person on premises that a certain statement is true or false, or that a particular event will or will not happen at a given specific time. This occurs commonly on situations wherein two people with strong opposing views debate with each other. Normally, they place bets for fun or for money reason but often to establish their stand on a certain issue.


Consequently, because of the negative effect of gambling, most legal jurisdictions opt to not legalize any gambling activity. With this, any contracts that led to debts brought about by a certain gambling activity are deemed unenforceable by any legal process.


That is why gambling is such a risky activity. Those who gamble merely does not realize what harm gambling can give them. 


As they say, never put your good money after bad money. If ever you get to be involved in gambling, discontinue doing bet so as to steer clear of an evident loss.


Temptation at Your Doorstep: Internet Gambling.

Temptation at Your Doorstep: Internet Gambling.


Can you imagine being able to place a bet with just a press of a button? Can you imagine playing and betting as long as you want?  


Can you imagine gambling from the comfort of your own home?


We know for a fact that gambling is risky business, and unrestrained gambling is just asking for trouble. Compulsive gamblers already have a hard time restraining themselves from the call of casinos and bookies, and now Internet gambling just takes the ante a step further.  


With Internet gambling, you don’t need hard cash. Everything that is online is so easy to access. Play Baccarat, Blackjack, Craps, Keno, Roulette or Slots. Play all day, all night.   

  

Before the 1990s, gamblers who wanted to place a casino or sports type bet in the United States basically had two choices: they could travel to a legitimate brick-and-mortar gaming establishment or place an illegal wager through a bookie. However, with the emergence of the Internet in the mid-1990s, a new form of gambling appeared; Internet gambling through gaming casinos and sports wagering. Internet gambling can take place on any electronic device that offers Internet access anywhere on the globe. 


Internet gambling makes payment options for gambling individuals easy. They can just choose from several types of payment options other than credit cards. These include:


VISA and MasterCard cards: These cards are tied directly to the cardholder’s bank account. Funds for all transactions are deducted directly from the cardholder’s bank account, but cardholders can make credit card-type transactions that do not require a personal identification number. 


Private-label debit cards: These cards are similar to check cards above but are issued by private companies rather than credit card associations.


On-line payment providers: These companies send and receive funds electronically for such uses as on-line auctions and purchases.


Wire transfers: Some Internet gambling sites promote this method of payment, which allows Internet gambling customers to wire money directly from a bank account to the site. 


“E-cash” or digital cash: It is a digital representation of real money that can be placed on a computer hard drive, smart card and other devices with memory. It can be purchased from an authorized provider. 


Internet gambling sites also offer money orders; traveler’s checks; bank drafts; cashier’s, certified, and personal checks; and a number of other electronic banking systems or processors as payment options. With Internet gambling’s easy payment options, even a non-gambler would be tempted to try.


Statistics also show that Internet gambling has nearly doubled every year since 1997 – in 2001 it exceeded $2 billion. It also boasts 110 sport-related Internet gambling sites. 


According to the American Psychological Association, Internet gambling could be just as addictive as alcohol and drugs. 


This is a confession from quoted from The Gambling Problem Talking Point website: 


”... I am addicted to online poker, not to mention soccer betting and casinos whenever I am in the vicinity of one. 


For the longest time I thought I had the beast under control. Thought I was smater than the pack, and shrewd enough to beat the pack. Considered my betting to be more of an investment than anything else. 


How much hav I lost gambling? I am afraid to tally. 


Has it ruined my life? Almost ... I guess being from a wealthy family, it helped me to cover the tracks not to mention the losses. 


But enough is enough and I would like to kick the habit alltogether. 


I am sorry if I sound a little cocky or arrogant ... I have a problem. And even now am half hearted to completely agree that I do have one. 


Will I continue to gamble? I am not sure. I would like to stop, but it is just so easy with the Internet and all. 


I guess if I was in NZ, I could join a group onj a regular basis and get some help in person. But in Malaysia, how do I do that? 


From reading some of the posts here, I share all the common symptoms. 


It is a disease, and can destroy the best of people, not to mention families and loved ones a like. 


What can I do? How can I help myself...”


Internet gambling is a very slippery slope. It can ruin your life and the life of your loved ones. So the next time Internet gambling knocks on your door, think twice.   


 


The Games Gamblers Play: Casino Gambling 101

The Games Gamblers Play: Casino Gambling 101


Casino gambling. The first thing that enters our mind is Vegas, slot machines, bright lights and chips. If you’re not a gambling person and you don’t know a lot about casino gambling, then read on...


According to the Wikipedia Online Encyclopedia, a casino is a building that accommodates casino gambling. Customers may gamble by playing slot machines or other games of chance and some skill. Casino gambling games usually have mathematically determined odds built in that ensure the house retains an advantage over the players. This advantage is called the “edge”. “Payout” is the percentage given to players. Some statistically even games may take a commission or tax, a "rake" on bets customers make against each other.  


There are a lot of casino gambling games which can get you hooked in no time. First of all, you have the classic slot machine. A slot machine is a coin-operated casino gambling machine with three or more reels that rotate when a lever on the side of the machine is pulled. It includes a currency detector that validates the coin or money inserted to play. The machine typically pays off based on patterns of symbols visible on the front of the machine when it stops. 


Sadly, casino gambling games often offer the player the illusion of control in which the player is given choices, but these choices do not eliminate the player's long-term disadvantage. This disadvantage is caused by the casino not paying the full amount that would be expected for the odds wagered. For example, if one game was played by betting what number a roll of a die would give, instead of paying 6 times the amount bet for winning, the casino only pays 5 times the amount bet.


This system is often found in famous casino gambling games like Poker, Craps, Roulette or Blackjack. 


Poker is a very popular casino gambling card game. The players, with fully or partially concealed cards make wagers into a central pot, after which the pot is awarded to the remaining player or players with the best combination of cards. 


Like Poker, Blackjack is also a very popular casino gambling card game. Much of its popularity is due to the mix of chance with elements of skill and decision making, and a practice called card counting. It is a skill in which players can turn the odds of the game in their favor by making betting and strategy decisions based on the cards that have been dealt. Players suspected of card counting are usually banned and blacklisted by casinos.  


Craps is a famous casino gambling game using dice. Players wager money against the casino on the outcome of one roll, or of a series of rolls of two dice. The rules vary slightly from one casino to another, but the expected value of most bets is only slightly negative. All bets have a negative expectation, except the "free odds" bet with an expectation of 0, that the player is allowed to make after a point is established on a flat bet. Unlike in Blackjack, there is no possible winning strategy over any given period of time. 


Roulette is a signature casino gambling game. A croupier turns a round roulette wheel which has 37 or 38 separately numbered pockets in which a ball must land. The main pockets are numbered from 1 to 36 and change between red and black, with number 1 being red. In addition there is a pocket numbered 0 of green color. In most roulette wheels in the United States but not in Europe, there is a second zero compartment marked 00, also colored green. If a player bets on a single number and wins, the payout is 35 to 1. The bet itself is returned, so in total it is multiplied by 36. 


Be very wary though, these casino gambling games are highly addictive (as they are intended to be). A lot of lives have been ruined by casino gambling and although it might be fun, please do try to regulate yourself.  


A Guide to Online Casino Gambling

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