Six Great Games to Play at the Casino

23.01.2008

1.Blackjack – You have to love blackjack. It’s one of the casino classics. Blackjack has just the right mix of strategy and luck. Played at a table with many players, land-based blackjack can be a great social game. Played online, you can opt to play alone or multiplayer with a live dealer.

When you hit blackjack, there’s nothing quite like it. Learning the rules may be simple, but learning the strategies is considerably more complex. And don’t forget the joys of card-counting. Just be sure to keep your counting quiet so you don’t get thrown out of the casino.

2.Roulette – While perhaps not as exciting as its counterpart, Russian roulette, roulette leaves you alive at the end of each round. With a nice spinning wheel and a bouncy ball, roulette has some childish pleasures. On the other hand, roulette offers a plethora of different betting possibilities and a lot of ways to test one’s luck. Whether it’s evens and odds or reds and blacks, there are loads of great bets with a fairly low house edge.

3.Craps – Call me old-fashioned, but nothing feels as good as throwing those dice against the green felt wall of a craps table. Whether you bet on the pass line, a hardway, or craps, you have a variety of choices for every bet, plus you can always add more. Moreover, take odds on a pass line bet, and you virtually eliminate the house edge!

4.Pai Gow Poker – While it’s far from poker, Pai Gow is a lot more fun than most of the one-on-one table games. Pai Gow certainly adds more excitement to the play than baccarat or Tricard poker. Building your best and second-best hand takes skill, foresight, and a good amount of strategy. It’s based on a Chinese domino game, so you can feel multicultural when you play Pai Gow. Besides, saying Pai Gow enough times tends to build up a healthy appetite for Moo Shoo Pork.

5.Slots – Nothing says Vegas like glowing lights and electronic melodies. Nothing says gambling quite like pulling the arm on a one-armed bandit. Of course, one-armed bandits are rare these days, but sometimes you can find a slot machine with genuine reels. More often, of course, you’re relegated to the modern video slots. Even so, they produce pleasant sounds and you’re guaranteed to enjoy yourself. Find out what the state’s minimum payout rate is and you can use it as a way to beat the odds. Be sure to play the loosest slots, those near the door, on platforms, and in easily visible central locations!

6.Keno – It’s like the lottery, but faster, and more frequent. You choose your numbers, wait for the drawing, and see if you’ve won. The good news is that you don’t have to get all your numbers. If you play a ten-spot, just five numbers will win you some cash in most casinos. Get to six or seven, and you’re in the money. Another nice side to keno is that you can enter keno drawings while you’re playing other games around the casino.