Online gambling question

[bluestar]

Is practice mode different from playing real? (considering the real game was one on one as well)

Also, does anyone think online casinos track your performance, so if you won once(not big), that in the future it'll effect your gameplay? I dont know, this just a conspiracy I have with playing online.

[BJStanko]

I am not sure about number but online gaming industry is about 7 billion dollar industry. I am not sure about number but I am sure that it is billion dollar business.

That is a lot of money!

So casinos make lots of money, and they don't have to cheat you to make money. Why would they risk their gaming license that is very expensive, when they already make so much money?

Safest way to go is to play in big casinos. Big casinos are well know, everybody plays in them, therefore they have good reputation and they just doesn't have to cheat you, they already make millions every day.

STAY AWAY FROM SMALL CASINOS. ESPECIALLY CASINOS THAT HAVE SERVERS ON LITTLE ISLANDS IN CAREBBEAN. Most small casinos can't afford expensive gaming license, in countries like Canada, and most European countries. That's why they pick countries where is cheap to get gaming licenses. Most of these countries have corrupted governments and internet casinos can do whatever they want. And your money security is NOT guarantied.

Exemption of the rule is Gibraltar (south Europe). The best internet casino 888.com or casino on net has its servers there.

Whether you are playing for "real" money or "play" money software IS THE SAME.

Yes casino employees can always see how much you lost or won and I think that all casinos reserve rights to deny service to anybody.

My picks for good reliable casinos are

888.com
pokerroom.com (poker room and casino)

if you like poker

partypoker.com

[Blagger]

As I have posted elsewhere on this board, I believe internet casino software is rigged to generate unrealistic loosing runs in order to trigger players' stop losses. It probably is balanced in the long term by less steep favourable runs to satisfy audits of the so called random number generator which are often quoted as the average over 300 million or so, but that doesn't help if you run out of cash or your stop loss is triggered by unrealistic negative swings.

I also suspect some software is reactive. Try Martingaling (negative progression) on outer bets with Aspinwall's roulette. It will usually take you on a negative sequential run. If that isn't reactive what is?

I often see this assertion that casinos make so much money anyway that they don't need to cheat you. The fact is that casinos make money by giving themselves an edge. With introductory and monthly bonuses they have to give themselves an extra edge to make sure they take your money. It may not be cheating technically but they don't make it easy for you to find out the details of how their software works.

[bewisebets.co.uk]

I have spent a lot of time playing blackjack at online casinos and have had a lot of success. However i do occasionally come accross some very strange results.

As a rule i always play at online casinos that have at least a 50% signup bonus that allows you to play blackjack with that bonus. In theory this tilts the odds in your favour as the house edge is as little as 1% if played with an optimum strategy. I always play with very low bets of $2 and under, until my bonus is released and can be withdrawn. On a couple of occasions however i have lost so many hands it seems rather unbeleivable. This has happened at virgin casino and ladbrokes casino.

I think there are real problems with honesty within the online gaming industry. Most online casinos use affiliate marketing to attract new players. For those unfamiliar with the term affiliate marketing this means that they pay website owners a fee or dedicate a % revenue share for every account that signs up through the owners website. Im sure you can see how this can cause problems. When searching for reviews for online casinos you can find nothing but praise for evey online casino, as the website owners whant you to sign up and therefore make the website owner money.

In an attempt to level the playing field so to spaek i created the site

www.bewisebets.co.uk/bewisecasino

this is an online gambling search engine and directory with a difference. I have provided an avenue for players to leave reviews about online gambling sites, in return reviewers receive points which can be exchanged for prizes. I feel that the best people to review online gambling sites are the players, and those casinos defrauding players will be exposed quickly. I am still working on the siteand there are a lot of bugs in it, but i would really appreciate peoples thoughts and comments. My sole aim is to involve the sites members in the develepment of the site as much as possible and to enhace online gamblers exerience.

hope this helps and all comments, good and bad are most welcome