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You Win Casino Launches Blackjack Variants For Players

Friday, August 31st, 2012

Blackjack enthusiasts interested in playing online casino games can head to the You Win Casino which recently announced that it had launched special blackjack variants and other casino games for its players. The online casino has a good variety of games which includes a grand selection of games designed to impress the international blackjack community.

The blackjack games available at You Win Casino have been reportedly designed to cater to professional players and beginners as well. The You Win Casino has 6 different types of blackjack games – each of which has a unique payout structure and schedule. The games also have different rules, and players are guaranteed to get a great gaming experience at this site.

The blackjack games at You Win Casino have been designed to provide a realistic Las Vegas kind of ambience and blackjack table experience. The games cater to low rollers and high rollers and aims to satisfy all kinds of blackjack player needs.

Some of the exciting blackjack games that can be found at the You Win Casino include the likes of Regular Blackjack, European Blackjack, Lucky 7 Blackjack, Single Deck Blackjack, Perfect Pairs Blackjack and of course the popular Blackjack Stand or Bust game.

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Improving Your Chances of Winning at Blackjack Tables

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012

Expert blackjack players are quite aware that several factors are responsible for winning a game of blackjack. Before sitting at a blackjack table, players must choose the best blackjack variant and the best gaming conditions. Smart players always choose a casino that offers the most player friendly gaming conditions.

The following are a few tips to help players choose the most favorable blackjack gaming conditions. The best blackjack variants are those that use single or double decks and the best blackjack casinos are those that do not use continuous shuffling machines. The most player friendly blackjack variants are those that offer late or early surrender options, double down options after splitting a pair of cards, and re-splitting options. The ideal blackjack variants are those in which the dealer has to stand on soft 17.

Next, players must master basic blackjack strategy, which is nothing but knowing exactly how to play one’s hand. If players learn to implement proper blackjack strategy, they can lower the house edge by at least 1 percent.

Players can use several betting strategies, but some blackjack experts recommend the progressive betting strategy, or in other words, increasing one’s bet size whenever one wins and do flat betting whenever one loses.

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Blackjack Players Use Hand Signals and Other Tricks to Win

Friday, August 17th, 2012

Blackjack is a fun and exciting game to play; it is also highly lucrative and if one were to observe the current gambling trends, blackjack and tables games like poker have picked up and almost doubled in popularity over the past few years.

Ever since the movie “21” was released, blackjack enthusiasts have become more interested in beating the casino at its own game. Today, many blackjack players use tricks to win at the game and the casinos have tried to close in one these to eradicate cheating. One method of cheating as in the movie 21 is the use of hand signals.

However, some casinos now require players to learn the use of particular hand signals to indicate to the camera what they want from the dealer. Since the use of uniform hand signals will prevent any possible scope for misuse and cheating, this has come to be useful.

For instance some blackjack players swipe their hands in certain ways to indicate to their partners at the table whether to play safe or to ask for another card.

Sometime the dealer will move very fast at the table and this allows casinos to gain an edge over the player. However, players who are unnerved by this rapid play can opt to slow signal and this will cut the speed.

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Mohegan Sun’s Vista Lounge to Offer Blackjack Tables

Tuesday, August 7th, 2012

Greg Romeyn, the nightlife manager of Mohegan Sun, said that its renovated casino was launched early this week. Called Vista Lounge and located at Wombi Rock, the casino will be officially thrown open to gambling customers later this July.

The highlight of the renovated casino is a couple of blackjack tables at its back. According to Jeffrey Hartmann, chief executive officer and president of Mohegan Sun, this is the first time blackjack tables have been introduced in an East Coast casino. He added that casinos had begun offering blackjack in Las Vegas several years back.

According to Hartmann, one blackjack table will be always available to customers in the lounge and the other will be reserved for bachelorette or bachelor parties. Each table will have licensed croupiers to deal the cards.

Romeyn said that the blackjack table reserved for parties is kept in a private space overlooking Casino of the Sky and can seat a group of 10 – 15 people.

The most exciting features of Vista Lounge are its drinks menu, the sound system, and the overhead planetarium dome, which can change its colors. Vista Lounge targets customers in the age group of 21 – 35 and plans to be a complete destination for entertainment.

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Players from Ohio Casino Caught Cheating At Blackjack

Thursday, July 26th, 2012

Not long after the first casino in the state of Ohio was instituted and started to get a good amount of player traffic, did the first few cheating incidents of players trying to get more money than they deserved spring up. The players tried to cheat the Horseshoe casino but ended up getting caught red-handed.

A recent news incident involving seven casino players who visited the Ohio casino made the news when authorities caught them cheating at the gaming tables.

The players had visited the casino gaming floor and tried their luck at different games such as blackjack, craps and roulette. The players tried to cheat on their bets by moving pieces and chips on the gaming table depending on the possible outcome of the game.

The Horseshoe casino was opened in Cleveland and it is expected that 3 more casinos will be built in the state. It is hoped that there will be no more incidents of the sort in the Horseshoe Casino. As of now, the 7 players who were caught cheating at the casino tables have been indicted and face charges of cheating and attempting to steal money from the casino.

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Dang Brothers Use Blackjack Card Counting Techniques to Win Millions at Blackjack

Monday, July 16th, 2012

The Dang brothers, who are of Vietnamese origins, have become millionaires by gambling online. Both brothers are somewhere in their twenties, but they already know everything there is to know about card counting. Normally, card counting is applied to blackjack and casinos have trained their officials to spot and shoo away card counters from their blackjack tables.

However, the Dang brothers have decided to apply card counting techniques to poker. They place extraordinarily large bets and win at least 55 percent to 60 percent of the time. They started playing online poker when they were engineering students in 2004, and so far, they have earned a total of $15 million playing online poker alone.

They began their unusual career with a slim bankroll of $200. Although they quickly lost their bankroll, they learned things the hard way and soon made their online poker fortune. Speaking about their experiences, the brothers say that the number of fish in the ocean is rapidly declining these days, making it difficult to play online poker.

They also happen to be among the large number of professional poker players affected by the unfriendly online poker laws in the US and the shutting down of top online poker rooms in the US. The brothers had to move to Canada in order to continue playing poker, but they are frequent visitors to Las Vegas and Macau. Possibly because they have already made millions playing poker, they are now planning to retire.

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Online Casino Gambling Now Legal In Delware

Friday, July 13th, 2012

Online Casino gambling is now legal in the state of Delware, as the governor approved the legislation on the 28th of June that will now allow online betting websites to offer full services such as Blackjack, Poker, Roulette and Craps.

On Thursday, Jack Markell the Democratic Gov signed the Delaware Gaming Competitiveness Act of 2012 into law and it will make online casino gambling legal in the state of Delware. Now, casino games like blackjack, craps and poker along with online slot machine play will be made available through a number of Delaware casino websites and will be managed centrally by the state Lottery Office. Delaware lottery tickets will be made available for sale via a state-run website.

The Department of Finance expects these new gambling offerings to bring in more than $7.75 million in revenues for Delware during the fiscal 2013. Based on reports, Delware Casinos are responsible for creating nearly 2,500 jobs and legalized gambling brings in over $250 million annually in state tax dollars.

Senate President Pro Tem Anthony DeLuca, the lead Senate sponsor of the bill said “We can help protect the jobs and this revenue source for our state. We can keep Delaware at the forefront of developing new and better gambling options.”

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Blackjack Ballroom Promotes Fruit Themed Games

Tuesday, July 10th, 2012

The Blackjack Ballroom online casino recently announced two special fruit themed promotions to let visitors enjoy their share of fruit specials this summer. The casino recently confirmed via its Blackjack Ballroom weekly newsletter, the promotion of two special slot games called Fruit Fiesta and Wow Pot.

The Wow Pot promotion was held on the 23rd and 24th of July and was well received. The Fruit Fiesta promotion started on the 23rd of June and will expire on the 28th of June. Both these games have paid out good amounts in the recent past, with the last winner taking home over $33k during the month of June, in a progressive jackpot on Fruit Fiesta.

The Blackjack Ballroom online casino newsletter reported that “The biggest ever jackpot won on this game was an incredible $157,438 and the average jackpot is around $22,000.” The current Fruit Fiesta value is in the range of $11,000 but is expected to grow quickly as the number of players taking part in the daily Fruit Fiesta keeps increasing.

It costs only $0.75 per spin in Fruit Fiesta and yet the rewards of winning are huge. While there are many symbols for the Fruit Fiesta game, the main symbol is the Fruit Fiesta logo. The promotion will ensure that the top five wagerers will receive $100 on a daily basis and this will be valid till the promotion lasts.

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Blackjack Card Counters Targeted By Casinos

Friday, July 6th, 2012

Blackjack card counting has always posed a threat to Casino’s but the last couple of months have turned the heat back on card counting. While it is still considered legal in most places, blackjack card counting is not encouraged by casino managers.

A number of clever and quick witted individuals who have learned the art of card counting visit the blackjack tables and often walk away with huge sums of money in less than 24 hours. Books like “Bringing Down The House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas For Millions” reveal strategies of how one can have luck on their side as they play the tables.

Casino managers have to always be on the lookout for those who engage in blackjack card counting. However, the main reason for blackjack card counting to be immediately prohibited is when electronic devices are used for card counting.

Manual card counting requires a lot of intelligence, patience and practice. It is not difficult to spot a blackjack card counter and hence a number of land based casinos use high tech surveillance cameras to detect blackjack card counters. Most casinos also subscribe to Griffin Investigations which provides casino managers with a large database of card counters including blackjack players who have been blacklisted, their names and other personal information that enable them to be spotted quickly.

So, while blackjack card counting might be gaining more popularity, it is also being tackled by the Casinos to ensure that there rules are followed at all times.

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