Casino Game Break Down

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By: Rammy Johnson

Pontoon:
Pontoon is a card game it is also known as 21 or Blackjack. This is a simple game. As long as you can count to 21 you can play Blackjack. The dealer will give each player two cards. The player can then ask for more cards one at a time until they feel they have the best hand as close to 21 as they can without going over. Once you go over 21 you are out of the game. In this game you are not playing against other players. Everyone just plays against the dealer.

Roulette:
Roulette is played on a numbered grid and a wheel with corresponding numbers to the grid. Players bet on what number the wheel will bet on. Multiple layers can bet on the same number to win. Each player at a roulette table will be given different colored chips to make sure no one gets confused as to which chips are there's on the board. Each number is colored in either red or black and players also have the option to bet on what color the winning number will be and if it will be an odd or an even number. Picking a winner pays out much higher then if you just bet red or black.

Dice:
The game with the best odds for the player is craps. In the game of craps the shooter will roll the dice. Whatever the first roll is sets the point for that shooter. People will not bet on if the shooter will roll the point again or not. Once the shooter rolls the point his turn is over and a new game begins.

Hi-Lo:
Hi lo is a game of chance played with 3 dice. Players place bet on the outcome of the dice. You can bet on the sum of the dice. What any 1 die may be 2 dice or all three. The game is low stakes and is not a game you will get rich off of. An average bet in Hi-Lo is probably 5 dollars.

The Slots:
Slot machines are used by the casinos to try to draw players into the table games, but you never want to play a slot machine that is near the table game area. These machines are known as tight machines. They place these machines around this area so the bells and whistles of a winning machine do not disturb the players at the table games. The casino make much more money from the table games then from someone sitting at a machine all day plunking in quarters. Modern slot machines are computerized; this means that the outcome of the game is predetermined. The difference between winning the jackpot and losing is the difference between hitting the button now and a thousandth of a second latter.

Lotto:
When it is in a casino it is called Keno, but it is essentially the lottery. A player makes his picks on a card and turns them in for the casino to record. Most casinos have a new keno game every 5 minutes. You can sit in the keno area and watch the board to check your pick or you can leave and come back within 12 hours of your game and have the answers checked by the computer.

These brief descriptions have been on the most common casino games that are played in casinos around the world and internet casino.