This was originally a Chinese game that is popular mostly in Asia, particularly casinos in Macau, but can also be played online.  It’s a game of chance played with three dice – in fact ‘sic bo’ translates to ‘precious dice’. Sic Bo also goes by the names of Tai Sai, Dai Siu, big and small or Hi-Lo. It’s a rather simple game to play which is what appealed to me. The objective is to select the individual...

Way back in April this year Microgaming (the world’s largest provider of online gaming software) announced a new tournament, the ‘Grand Slam of Slots’, which would create the first ever online slot tournament millionaire. And now finally after months and months of qualifying games and competitions between July and October, and the highly anticipated and competitive finale that took 11 days...

Let it Ride Poker is another of the many poker variations circulating and is very similar to 5-card stud poker in case you’re familiar with that. It’s played with a standard 52 card deck and up to seven players. It’s like video poker in that you play against the pay schedule. In other words, the objective is to get a good poker hand (a pair of 10s or better). The table is similar to a blackjack table and...

More than 35 million people visit Las Vegas every year and 87% of these visitors end up gambling during their stay in Las Vegas There are about 1701 licensed gambling places in Las Vegas No city in the world has more casinos than Las Vegas (somewhere around 180) The average gambling budget per trip is USD$559 Las Vegas is one of the fastest growing cities in the US and has a 100% population growth since 1990 There...

Today I want to talk to you about why I believe online casinos to be way better than land based ones. Don’t get me wrong I love Las Vegas and I love Vegas Show Girls as well, I also like the blinking lights all around you when you walk the Vegas Strip but when you come to think about it there are so many advantages in playing online rather than offline, and I don’t want to remind you about the packaging...

I’ve always been a little skeptical about people claiming to have invented an infallible roulette system. Yet I came across a news article the other day about a 70 year old grandfather in the UK who in 2007 managed to win over £360,000 in just 10 days when playing online roulette at InterCasino. Incredibly his numbers just somehow kept coming up. Apparently when he was asked about what his secret to winning...

Microgaming was founded in 1990 and still is considered to be one of the power houses and leaders in online casino software providers. Check out these impressive stats: Microgaming powers over 120 casinos and 40 poker rooms. Microgaming runs the world’s largest jackpot network – a total of 25 progressive jackpots.  Having been founded in 1990, its one of the oldest in the online...

It’s an unfortunate truth that there are scams and shady online casinos around. The more common ones are not receiving payouts and identity theft.  Thankfully I haven’t been a victim of one (yet?) myself and that’s because I’m a stickler for following some basic safety checks before I open an account with a new casino. I thought I would share them with you here. 1. Check the gaming licence Every...

If you’re a video poker player, maybe this one is for you.  I quite enjoyed Aces & Faces because I like fast paced games. Plus it was really straight forward to play. It’s a video poker game loosely based on 8/5 Jacks or Better in case you’ve ever played that. There’s an increased payout for ‘Four of a Kind’ with Aces and Face cards (Kings, Queens and Jacks). The idea...

You can play all the classic casino games at just about any online casino today: blackjack, poker, roulette, craps, baccarat … just to name a few.  And that is one beauties of online gaming – the variety of games offered by virtual casinos is much more extensive than land based casinos. But perhaps you’re getting a little bored with the old favorite and looking for something different to break up...