A handy guide to learning Texas Hold ‘Em
Texas Hold ‘Em (or Texas Holdem) is the primary version of Poker played in many casinos, and it’s the version seen on television shows like the Travel Channel’s World Poker Tour and ESPN’s World Series of Poker.
Hold’em poker is played with a standard 52 card deck. The difference lies in the use of five community [...]
The history of bingo
Like many other popular games of chance, bingo has a fascinating history. Few people know that bingo has been around for nearly 500 years. But the first bingo game ever played was not quite the game that we all know today. Here are some less known facts to impress your friends with, while you are [...]
Famous roulette gamblers: Joseph Jagger
Everyone knows a few famous poker players. As a famous casino game, roulette, too, has its amazing players both in the past and the present day.
In the mid 1800’s Joseph Jagger, a British engineer, made a huge name for himself. In a brief but exciting roulette career, Jagger went down in gambling history (specifically roulette [...]
An introduction to Blackjack
Also known as Twenty-one, Vingt-et-un (French for Twenty-one), or Pontoon, Blackjack is one of the most popular casino card games in the world.
Much of blackjack’s popularity is due to the mix of chance with elements of skill, and the publicity that surrounds card counting (calculating the probability of advantages based on the ratio of high [...]
What is Craps?
Craps is one of the most exciting casino games. If you always wanted to learn to play craps but thought it was too complicated, here is a simple guide to basic craps games.
Short history
Craps is a dice game played against other players or a bank. Craps developed from a simplification of the Old English game [...]
The basics of Texas hold ‘em
Texas hold ‘em (also known as hold’em, holdem) is one of the most popular poker games in the casinos and poker card rooms across North America and Europe. Hold ‘em is a community card game which requires at least two players for the game to start. Each player may use any combination of the five [...]
Casino moguls
Here is just a short list of introductions to some of the major online and land-based casino owners in the world. The fascinating histories of these casino moguls are often entertaining and motivational for many of us.
Stanley Ho, the “King of gambling”
Also known as “Ho Hung-sun”, Ho is a famous entrepreneur in Honk Kong and [...]
Poker basics, an introduction to poker
Poker is played all over the world. It has been called the national card game of the United States of America, where it developed its present form. Poker ranks with blackjack among card games. Although the betting element is central to both games, they also allow for great skill; it is this that sets them [...]
Famous roulette gamblers: Ashley Revell
One of the most famous roulette gamblers is Ashley Revell, a London England native. In 2004, Ashley Revell, then age 32, of Kent, England, sold everything he owned, all of his possessions, clothing included. “Everything” means every single thing. He saved one pair of pants and one pair of underwear. He then bought an airplane [...]
An introduction to bingo
Bingo, like many of the games played in a casino, is a game of chance using cards on which there is a grid of numbers, a row of which constitute a win when they have been chosen at random.
Bingo is one of the most popular forms of low-priced gambling in the world. To play bingo, [...]
