Some tips on how to make your Vegas trip an unforgettable experience
1. Don't gamble against the locals
You’re sitting to play poker and your dealer knows everyone by name? They are regular customers. These locals make their living playing against tourists. So, if you see that, just grab your chips and go to another table – the one where tourists play, ideally drunk ones. Better to head to the poker room at night, when all locals are asleep.
2. Get drunk at cheap slots
US gaming supplier Scientific Games has announced the launch of Hot Shot Casino, its first Facebook social casino brand to combine content from its Williams, Shuffle Master, and Bally game studios.
Hot Shot Casino features popular games such as Zeus III, 88 Fortunes and Hot Shot Progressive, in addition to a large collection of branded slots including KISS: Shout it Out Loud!, Dean Martin Vegas Shindig, Yahtzee and Bruce Lee.
Chinese gamblers are one of the most superstitious crowds in the world. Gambling and luck is rooted deep in Chinese culture, that’s why there are so many beliefs surrounding it. Some people even got nice fortunes thanking to these superstitions!
Here are some superstitions from China that made their way to casinos all over the world:
First, there’s no 100% strategy for cheating slot machines. The algorithm is completely random, so you can’t be winning all the time. But you can gamble safe, smart and responsible, getting the most out of your money. Here’s how:
Casinos make money on the house edge, but you still can be lucky and win sometimes. But you can lower your overall odds by making mistakes – know what mistakes you should avoid!
Borrowing money to play
Consider all the money you brought to the casino lost. It’s simple - gambling is a form of entertainment and you pay for it. Budget the casino money, don’t spend more and leave your credit cards at home!
Not knowing the rules
Ocean's Eleven is a fiction, but big casino heists do happen! Here's a list of most interesting of them:
Easy as pie
In 1992, cashier at Stardust casino in Vegas went on a usual lunch break. The trick is his bag was stuffed with casino chips and cash - $500,000 overall. FBI searched all over the US for him, but he’s never been caught. There’s a rumor that his accomplice killed him and got all the money. But we’ll never know the truth.
Bonnie and Clyde
Casinos are changing rapidly with technology changes and cultural changes. These changes altered the way casinos work forever – take a look!
Smartphones
Smartphones are tiny computers in player’s pocket that can function like a perfect little online casino. Gambling apps market is growing rapidly today, becoming a big rival for real casinos. They made gambling very much accessible to users, in all parts of the world.
Comps
If you gamble online, you don’t have to think about tipping. But, if you want to feel the glamour of real casino, prepare to tip employees. Lots of them depend on tips to live on their wage.
Servers and Hosts
Casino tipping is not all about the dealers. Other employees need some love too! If you’re staying in casino resort, don’t forget to tip valets and bellhops too. 5 dollars for valet and 1-2 dollars per bag is a reasonable sum for tips.
To be a successful gambler you need to gamble responsibly, to control how much money and time you’re spending on gambling. Gambling needs to be only an entertainment for you, not a lifestyle or a way to make money.
The vast majority of adults who gamble do it responsibly.
When you’re gambling, you’re really just buying some sort of entertainment – be it poker, blackjack, bingo, sports betting or slots. So, as a consumer and as an adult you need to know that you have other responsibilities in life.
Microgaming’s Mega jackpot is at an all-time high, standing at 8.2 million (as of Feb 22).
Mega progressive jackpot, used on games such as Mega Moolah, Mega Moolah Summertime and The Dark Knight™, currently stands at €8.2 million and is rising daily.
Note that winning amount shown on the progressive ticker is paid out in the currency in which the winner has played the game. Therefore, if played in the UK – 8,000,000 is paid in Pounds, however if in Spain, this would be 8,000,000 Euros.
