Video poker is simply a digital version of 5-card draw poker played on a computerized monitor similar to a slot machine. The digital 5-card draw poker began with a TV-like screen using a solid state CPU, thus making it viable as a business or gambling machine. The early models of video poker appeared in the [...]
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Sunday, May 9th, 2010Video Lottery Terminal Facts
Sunday, May 9th, 2010Video Lottery Terminal is a digital gaming equipment that allows bettors to gamble on video game outcome. The VLT is connected to a central computing system that provides outcome of each bet through a random number generator. The outcome of each bet is random, but it is a VLT fact that the operators program in advance the amount [...]
Texas Hold Em Poker Bonus
Saturday, May 8th, 2010Texas Hold’em Bonus Poker is a variant card game that is a property of and licensed to the Mikohn Gaming/Progressive Gaming International Corporation. Texas Hold Em Poker Bonus is based on the traditional multi-player Texas Hold’em poker, the main difference being the absence of betting after the river is dealt.
Here are the rules for Texas Hold Em Poker [...]
The Gambler’s Fallacy or the Monte Carlo Fallacy
Saturday, May 8th, 2010The Monte Carlo fallacy also Gambler’s fallacy is the idea that deviation from normal behaviour are seen in repetitive trials of a random event then these uncommon event are expected to balance out by an opposing deviation in the upcoming event. For example, a coin is flipped again and again and tails come up a [...]
How to Play Red Dog Poker
Friday, May 7th, 2010Red Dog Poker or simply Red Dog is also called by the following name: Yablon, acey-deucey, in-between. To play red dog poker is easy and simple to understand. Although its popularity has been waning for a while it still can be found on many online casinos.
A regular 52-card deck is used to play red dog [...]
Pyramid Poker Rules and Pyramid Poker Strategy
Thursday, May 6th, 2010Pyramid Poker, played at the Bellagio casino, is a simplified version of Pai Gow Poker. The pyramid poker rules and pyramid poker strategy are simple and easy to learn.
Here are the Pyramid Poker Rules and Pyramid Poker Strategy
1. The game uses a standard 52-card playing deck.
2. According to pyramid poker rules, the cards are ranked [...]
Pontoon – Play it Like a Pro
Thursday, May 6th, 2010Pontoon is a popular variant of Spanish 21 in casinos all over Australia and South East Asia, especially Malaysia. The game of Pontoon goes by different name all over the continent of Australia; it is called Treasury 21 in Brisbane, Jupiters 21 in the Gold Coast, Paradise Pontoon in Cairns and Federal Pontoon in Tasmania. [...]
Playing Caribbean Stud Poker
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010When playing caribbean stud poker, a player will notice its distinct similarity to five-card stud poker. Caribbean stud poker is played against the house rather than other poker players and does not include bluffing. Because of the popularity of poker, it was meant to attract poker fans to playing Caribbean Stud Poker.
The following rules are [...]
World’s Largest Hot Chocolate
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010Serendipity 3 at East 60th Street, house of the world renown frozen hot chocolate, celebrates its fifty fifth anniversary by creating World’s Largest Hot Chocolate on January 4th, 2010. The Monday morning chocolate cup by Serendipity 3 is a world record.
Serendipity 3 is also known for this sumptuous treats: A La Garden of Allah is [...]
How to Play Keno
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010The game of Keno was brought in the late 1800s to the U.S. by immigrants from China. To play Keno then, you needed to understand some Chinese because it was originally played with eighty Chinese characters. It was eventually replaced by Arabic numerals.
For a while in Nevada, the numbers included racehorse’s name. It was known [...]