Craps.... The History of.

"The historian may have a little trouble clearly defining the history of Craps. In some circles, Craps has a debatable history. I found it fairly challenging to trace the game of Craps back to one single origin. If popularity is to rule the day, then we should go with a widely accepted origin. It's largely accepted that Craps evolved from an old game called Hazard, which was allegedly created by Bernard de Mandeville. While his name might sound French, Hazard didn't come into being in France or even Europe. Nope. Hazard was forged right in the USA. The time was 1813 and the place was none other than party town New Orleans-figures right? As the legend goes, Hazard grew in popularity. And here's something to completely throw you. Many found Hazard to be too complicated, so they simplified it. The new name? Craps. Many people today think Craps is extremely complicated. Can you imagine what Hazard must be like? The tables in Vegas would be barren-only a couple rocket scientists here and there. Come on baby, daddy needs a new pocket protector. In the glory years, Craps was part of American culture. It was played in casinos and on many American streets. It was a game that was at least known about by most of society. And then the fall came. Some believe that gamblers just don't want to think much. They want to put their money down and have a set path with limited choices. The popularity decline of Craps over the past 20 years would seem to support this theory. Craps' decline helped give rise to other games-like Blackjack. In the early 1990s, Las Vegas casinos experimented with a simpler version of Craps. Many of the decisions were taken out and it was more of a carnival came. There was one dealer-think Blackjack table here. You'd make a bet and throw the dice. It failed. Real Craps players weren't interested in the novelty game and non-Craps players just didn't give a, well, crap. The casinos saw that there wasn't any real money in the game and ditched it. I think the game failed, because of one critical issue-community. Most real world Craps players play the game, because of the atmosphere. They want to be where the action is. Also, they want others to throw the dice to mix things up. There's nothing better than a full table of happy Craps players. No matter where you are in the casino, you'll hear the shouts. Craps also has an interesting twist. An empty table is hard to fill. Craps players go where other Craps players are. Take a look at any other game, like Blackjack. An empty table can be a welcomed sight. There's no other game as passionate as Craps." Gonna be a lot of posts today, my appologies for the 2 weeks down time :) DL

Baccarat

"Baccarat is possibly the easiest game to learn and play. The main object is very simple. The player has to assemble a hand of two or three cards. The value of the hand must get as closer as possible to nine. The perfect baccarat hand is a hand that has the total of nine in the first two cards, without to use a third card. Everyone agrees that baccarat is a game of chance, but like many other games of chance, an experience player can have better chances to win than a novice player. Why is that? Because there are certain things than can influence the outcome of a betting round and experienced player know how to make better decisions that will maximize their chances to win the hand. The luck factor plays the most important roll in the game, but when a player knows his chances, knows what could be the outcome of each of the optional moves- he has better chances to win in the long run. And this is exactly why serious casino players, who search for bigger prizes, invest their time in practicing and reading about baccarat. By doing so, serious players develop their own playing strategy that will allow them to make smarter decisions when they play baccarat. Baccarat, as we wrote before, is a very simple game. All you have to do is to bet on whether you think the banker will beat the player, the player will beat the banker or if the both hands will tie. This leads me to the most important baccarat tip you'll ever receive: Always bet either on the banker or the player. Do not waste your time and money on betting on a tie. The chances are always greater that either the player or the banker will win. Another important tip that I can give to players who want to maximize their winnings (and, obviously, minimize their loss) is to pay more attention to managing their money. Some players use money managing systems like the Martingale system in order to have some sort of a pattern to follow during their game, but you don't have to use a strict system like that. A good way to manage your money is to decide how much you are going to invest in the game and to set a limit. If you'll decide in advance what are your goals and how much you can allow yourself to lose, you'll have more chances to play reasonably and your game will be much more profitable. If you are reading this article, you probably interested in money aspect of casino gambling, but it doesn't say that you cannot enjoy your game while playing it in the best online casinos. The most important tip that I can give you is to pay attention and to manage your money correctly, to use gaming strategy and to use your experience and the advices of other experienced players when you're playing, but more than this, if you're not enjoying the game, maybe it's just not worth it. Make sure that the prime target of your casino time is to provide you with exciting gaming experience, because luck will always come and go, and exciting experiences stay forever in our memories." DL

Free books....

Free books, you have to sign up, but it's not an affiliate link :) Check out the games section for gambling and more. Still working on the website, will keep you posted, but it's taking way more time than I thought it would, my apologies. DL

Part 5 of 5

Great series, I'll be looking for more like it. Suggestions anyone? DL

Part 4 of 5

Part 3 of 5

Sorry about the dela-z-y DL

I am really liking this set of videos.... I'll post the rest this week :)