Skill based casino games

Blackjack: Blackjack is one of the most popular skill based casino games. If you use skill and apply basic blackjack strategy you can actually lower the house edge to as little as 0.5%.

Caribbean Stud:  This game involves a lot of skill especially with all the raising and folding that you do in the game.  But players often do not recommend this game simply because even with the best strategies the house edge is 5%.

Poker: Poker is one of the most popular skill based games. You can use unlimited number of strategies. Poker is a game that gives you the best chance to make long term money at the casino. This is because you are not playing against the house but against other players. The house only take rake from cash games.

Luck based games

Slots: the most popular of all luck based games is slots. There are really no skills or strategies involved in the game. All you have to do is spin the reels and watch if the right symbol combinations appear.

Bingo: Bingo is another popular luck based game. All you  have to do is mark the numbers called by the caller on your card. If you get all the called numbers in a certain pattern you win.

Keno: Keno is a simple lottery based game that is kind of like bingo. The game has no particular strategy and definitely requires no skill at all. Winning in keno is completely luck based.

Right up until the eleventh hour, it looked like Ms. Gillard would certainly proceed with the online casino games reforms which unfortunately had induced a massive influx of resistance. As a result, on the announcement that a watered-down reform was to take place last week, you really can’t fault the opposition leader for referring to her as “the great deceiver” and achieving the role of Prime Minister under false pretences. Tony Abbott went a step forward by proclaiming that “absolutely not one thing our prime minister claims can ever be taken seriously again.” When they state that gambling is a topic marked by controversy, they certainly weren’t telling lies.

Andrew Wilkie has since asserted that he’ll almost certainly be ending his relationship with the Australia Government whilst Gillard is in power.

Local news publication The Advertiser reports that Ms Cubillo won the massive jackpot whilst using a video poker slot slot machine at the Adelaide Casino, but the casino refused to pay out claiming that “regulatory provisions” voided her win. Ms Cubillo is reported to have taken over from another gambler who unknowingly went home leaving the slot unattended with $1 credit still available. Adelaide Casino management claim that the situation under which Cubillo’s jackpot win occured was in violation of the gambling industry’s “existing regulatory practice” which voids any winnings acquired via credited machines abandoned by preceding gamers.

The regulation is reported to be in effect to allow players to “take a break” from gambling whilst still retaining their spot, should they wish to continue and providing they still have credit left in the machine. Cecilia Cubillo under state law won the $100,000 jackpot using money that did not belong to her, thus voiding the transaction, according to the Office of Liquor and Gambling.

Luckily for Ms Cubillo the regulatory commission reversed its decision following a review of the aforemention case, therefore requiring that Adelaide Casino to pay the full amount to her immediately. David Christian, the general manager for Adelaide Casino last week handed Ms Cubillo a cheque for $100,000 as full and final settlement. Ms Cubillo accepted Adelaide’s apology after Mr Christian’s admission of sorrow surrounding the matter, expressing that this most unfortunate episode was truly regrettable. Mr Christmas also added that the money was now in the deserving hands of its rightful owner.

“We are sorry for any stress and embarrassment caused to Ms Cubillo by this situation.” David Christian stated, continuing “Clarity is needed to determine when a gaming machine is considered abandoned and the appropriate action relating to any remaining credits.”

Crown Casino of Sydney, which is controlled by James Packer, currently holds the record for most has punters out of pocket. Of the officially reported incidents, close to $400,000 in cash and other property have been stolen on the premises in only the last six months.

Crown Casino is not the only star of this story however, as their biggest competitor The Star (formally Star City Casino) has suffered just as badly.

There were a whopping 54 reported thefts from cars and motorbikes between 1st January and 1st July, a very short timeframe for such levels of crime. If you think that is bad, that does not even include the 44 incidents still residing within the “unsolved” category. In one of these cases, close to $9000 worth of jewelry was allegedly taken illegally from a parked car with an hour of the driver entering the casino.

“The target came back to her car to discover a smashed backside window” states a the official documentation of the incident on 16th June. Another customer of the casino $6500 stolen from his wallet, whilst INSIDE the casino’s high-rollers room. If you can’t feel safe in the Mahogany Room, all hope is not lost. This is certainly not a problem whilst gambling at Australian online casinos unless you happen live with some very untrustworthy room-mates of course.

Unfortunately for these poor victims, 47 of these 58 incidents are still “unsolved” despite comprehensive CCTV records of all the crimes detailed.

For a progressive jackpot fan, things cannot get any better than this as Roxy Palace Casino’s Lord of the Rings slot game comes with more than 1,000,000 credits.

Service has been provided by Sportingbet, which is enabled by its Northern Territory license. The London based gaming operator is also the current largest and best online casino bookie in Australia.

During the purchase the CEO of Sportingbet Andrew McIver expressed the delight of Sportingbet in completing the acquisition. He also added that the purchase has made their business the leading bookmaker in Australia. The CEO spoke about the company’s strategy of geographic diversification. As for Centrebet the takeover was completed in August once it was granted approval by the Federal Court of Australia. The purchase has also been approved by the share holders and this was followed by the delisting of the company form Australian Securities Exchange as it became a subsidiary of Sportingbet. This purchase has left Sportingbet on the top of the Australian online sports betting company’s list.

The review will take a closer look at the “growth of online gambling and the impact of smart phones and the convergence of new and existing technologies.” The review will also check the efficiency of the current technical, operational and enforcement provisions related to the advertising of online casino games. It always seems like the Australian politicians have an undying vendetta against online gambling. And to retaliate we have to constantly remind them of the comments made by Dr. Patrick Basham who found that retirees live happier and healthier lives “largely or exclusively through gambling”. When the government just give it a rest?

Online lottery scratch cards will soon be made available in the country. The Lotteries Commission has revealed in its Statement of Intent that it will expand online gambling and introduce more online casino games in the next two financial years. In an effort to get sales moving on lottery tickets the Instant Kiwi scratch cards will be made available online. Of course, the expansion of online gambling is always followed by the usual set of criticisms regarding problem gambling. Graham Atiken, spokesperson of the Problem Gambling Foundation recently told TV One that the introduction of online gambling causes players to lose all rationality and they wind up losing big money.

He did admit that online lotteries were less harmful than other forms of online gambling; however this did mark the beginning of eventual downfall.

The department has assessed that the state’s control on gambling has been undermined by the various flaws which have become apparent in the Interactive Gambling Act. Currently, websites are not permitted to offer real money casino and poker games to residents of Australia. The department has also claimed that no companies have been prosecuted in over 10 years, since before the ban was even introduced. It is also claimed that currently players are not prevented from accessing offshore sites.

Despite this, support for regulation in Western Australian will depend on allowing states to “opt out” and ban operators from allowing residents to gamble online.

Playtech software’s Global Traveller casino slot game tops my list. The reels are filled with symbols of very popular monuments in some of the best holiday destinations in the world and this would include Statue of Liberty, the Eiffel Tower, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Sydney Opera House, the Pyramids of Egypt, the Taj Mahal, the Kremlin and the Great Wall of China. Then you also have appropriately designed symbols like Airplane, Flight Tickets and Cash Suitcases to go with the theme of travel.
Cryptologic casino software has released Around the World which is online casino slot game that brings out the holiday feeling. The symbols that you will find in this casino slot game are Big Ben, Mount Rushmore and Luggage to name a few. Since the symbols pay both left to right and right to left you have better chances of hitting a winning combination in this pokie game.

Rival Gaming online casino software has come up with The McMurphy’s slot game which is a 3D pokie game. I don’t get the significance of the name but yes the game is totally fun to play. The Airplane is replaced by the family car that is travelling around the world on route to various holiday destinations.

Looks like all you online casino pokie fans are set for this holiday season.