Introduction

The real Bingo is played in “halls”. Rules, payouts and variations of play may vary from one hall to another. Documents of some type (pamphlets, hall rules, brochures, etc) detailing what games, rules and payouts are available at each respective location can usually be found and obtained by request.

Bingo players buy cards with numbers on them in a 5 x 5 pattern that corresponds to the five letters in the word B-I-N-G-O. Numbers are then drawn by the caller, such as I-19 or 0-65. These are drawn at random. In American Bingo there are a possible 75, and 90 possible in European Bingo called Tombola. This process is repeated until one player has a ‘Bingo’, which is a line on the card with five numbers in a vertical, horizontal or diagonal row. Bingo wins the prize.

Bingo Cards

A bingo card has 24 spaces with numbers and one free space which is blank. The numbers are printed randomly on each card, arranged in five columns of five numbers each, making it a 5 x 5, equaling 25 spaces total including the blank square. All numbers in the “B” column are between 1 and 15. All those in the “I” column are between 16 and 30; “N” column (four numbers and one free space) has between 31 and 45; the “G” column holds numbers between 46 and 60, and finally in the “O” column you find numbers that are between 61 and 75.

Players may choose from thousands of unique cards, insuring that no one else in the hall will be playing off the same set of numbers.

The numbers are announced, usually rather quickly by the caller, so you must pay careful attention to which numbers are called and then mark them quickly and accurately on your card(s). You can play more than one at a time!

The caller will continue calling numbers until one or more players calls out “BINGO!” At that point, that particular game stops, and all the covered numbers are verified by the caller. If indeed that person has won, then the prize is awarded and a new bingo game begins, using all new cards. If there is more than one winner, calling out a simultaneous “bingo”, the prize will be split among all the winners.

Las Vegas and Online Bingo

In Las Vegas many variations of the standard form are played, including Letter X, Six Pack and Coverall Bingo. Some places offer special progressive payouts as high as $10,000. Progressive play is sometimes long…so be prepared.

When playing online bingo, your cards are randomly selected for you. Most online games give you 3 or 4 cards. Other games let you take more, sometimes having to pay for them. Every online bingo game has a caller or a display board for the bingo numbers. The game pattern is also displayed. Some games automatically mark the numbers on your card for you.

Online Bingo Halls

There are “pay online bingo” and ”free online bingo” websites. Nowadays there is no need to download any software, you can play in your browser or download an app. There are one game sites and multi-game sites. You should should know which one you are entering before play begins.

For purposes of speaking form experience, I entered a free, multi-game site and began my play. Here’s my journey, related almost in real time.

First of all, be prepared, even if you are going to play free bingo, to create an account and have to log in each time you want to play. And there may still be some king of point system or tallying method for how well you’ve done.

After creating this account, you can come and go in the bingo halls for that site as often or as little as you desire.

I entered for the first time and decided to start with Classic Five in a Row. The particular card theme I chose was “Independence”. I played my first game in which I was keeping track of four cards. It was relatively simple and just about like playing in a hall, except for the caller yelling out numbers or having to look back and forth between the board and the cards.

Outside the annoying ads, and the occasional pop up, trying to get me to play for money, it was a pleasant experience.

Overall, as far as gambling goes, online bingo is fairly benign and can be lots of fun!

Online Bingo – Terms and Definitions

• • Admission Packet – A minimum number of online bingo cards that you must purchase as the price of admission. Exactly what is part of the Admission Packet varies from hall to hall.
  • Blackout – (Also, Coverall) A pattern where you must cover the whole card to win.
  • Online Bingo Board – A display board, usually electronic that lights up showing each number as it is called.
  • Online Bingo Card – A card containing 24 numbered spaces and one free space (blank), with which you play BINGO. The numbers are assigned at random on each card and are arranged in five columns of five numbers each by five rows (5 x 5 = 25 in total including the blank square). The numbers in the B column are between 1 and 15, in the I column between 16 and 30, in the N column (containing four numbers and the free space) between 31 and 45, in the G column between 46 and 60, and in the O column between 61 and 75.
  • Bonanza Bingo – A progressive coverall Jackpot that is usually played as the 13th game of the session. Forty-five numbers are drawn before the session and players mark them on separate cards and set aside. There is an additional fee to play this game, usually $1. The countdown begins at 48 numbers or less and go up one number per week to 52 numbers or until won. The amount of the jackpot is determined by card sales for that game.
  • Buy-in – Buying bingo cards or an Admission Packet (see above).
    Caller – The person who calls out the bingo numbers.
  • Chat Room – A handy monitor or screen where you can read and exchange messages with other players.
  • Consolation Prize – The prize or prizes offered on some special games if there is no winner in a predetermined number of calls.
  • Free Space – The center square of the card, which does not have a number assigned to it. It’s like a Joker or a Wild square. You get it free every game and it counts towards your winning pattern.
  • Game Board, Gameboard – An electronic display that is attached to the bingo board to show the pattern needed to win that particular game. It looks like a bingo card and shows what variation of bingo you are playing on that particular game on the program. For example: four corners, chevron, regular, blackout, etc.
  • Game Room – Some online games divide the players into game rooms.
  • G.T.I., T.E.D. – An electronic dauber system used to play multiple packs at once. These usually require a rental fee and only one is allowed per player.
  • Hardway Bingo (Hard-way Bingo) – Bingo in a straight line without the use of the free space.
  • Jackpot – A big prize usually awarded for achieving a difficult pattern, such as a blackout, within a specified number of balls.
  • Lucky Jar (or Cookie Jar) – A container with cash. You win the contents of the lucky jar if you bingo on the lucky number.
  • Minimum Buy-in – The least amount you must spend to be eligible for prizes.
  • Money Ball – A number drawn before the game that will double a player’s winnings if bingo is hit on that number.
  • Multiple Winners – Two or more players bingo at the same time. When this happens, the cash prize is divided among them.
  • On – A player is said to be On when one or more cards they are playing lacks only one number for a bingo.
  • On The Way – The game played on the way to the blackout game. It is played prior to the blackout on the same card. First the preliminary game(s) are played and then more numbers are called until there is a blackout.
  • Pattern – The shape you need to cover on your card with called out numbers, usually it is in a straight line; horizontal, vertical and diagonal.
  • Payout – The percentage of salespaid out by the House.
  • Postage Stamp Pattern – Matching four numbers to form a postage stamp (a 2 x 2 grid) in any of the four corners.
  • Progressive Jackpot – A Jackpot that gets bigger until it is won.
  • Six-pack, Nine-pack – Six or nine numbers in a block on one card.
  • Split Pot – A bingo game in which the winner splits the sales of the game (the pot) with the bingo hall or House.
  • Texas Blackout – A variation of bingo. The first number called will be either odd or even. If the first number called is Even then all the even numbers on all your cards are Wild (Jokers). Cover all the even numbers. If the first number called is Odd, cover all the odd numbers. The game then proceeds to a blackout.

From “Rules on how to play in a Live Bingo hall” source timestamp March 9th 2010

 

I have purchased numerous slot machine strategies and betting systems promising to reveal the secrets to winning at slots that actually work. I have also developed my own variations of these slot machine strategies, based on hours upon hours of playing both day and night, with notebook in hand.

The result of all this is right here in front of you. After extensive testing of slot machine strategies, I can assure you that some strategies work well, but there are very few that work all the time, and the ones that do require incredible patience. I have learnt that the one most important thing to winning at online slot machines is to choose the best online casino since the payout percentages offered by different Internet casinos can vary between 75% and 98%.

If you want to play slots make sure you choose a casino from our list of top online casinos to be sure that you are choosing an honest casino operator. Anyway, let’s back discussing how to actually win at slots online.

Are Slot Machines Honest?

There is no getting around the fact that slot machines are “random,” so it would be fool-hardy to claim that I have discovered a fool-proof slot machine strategy.

However it also is not correct to say for example, “Because slot machine games are random, there is no such thing as a winning slot machine strategy…” On the contrary, I have repeatedly seen slot machines, both online and offline that keep on paying for a considerable time, and the players who responded accordingly were well rewarded.

I can’t tell you where or when you may find such a game, but the slot machine strategies below are in my experience the best ways to take advantage of a situation when it arises.

Standard Deviation Slot Machine Strategies

This type is among the most advanced of all the slot machine strategies I have found. They involve the following two components.

First of all, for these slot machine strategies, you play only “equal ratio” slot machine games–that is, those games that offer the same payment ratios for all levels of play. For example, the jackpot for 3 quarters (or 3 dollars) should be exactly 3 times the jackpot for 1 quarter (or 1 dollar) etc.

Secondly, these slot machine strategies involve calculating the “standard deviation” of the number of plays between wins. The player uses a minimum bet until he approaches the standard deviation of the number of plays between wins. Then the player uses a minimum bet until he approaches two standard deviations.

For example, if most wins seem to happen about 10 to 20 plays apart, then the standard deviation would be approximately 15. Thus using the Standard Deviation type of slot machine strategy, the player increases his bet level whenever about 30 plays have gone by without a win.

I do not give the exact formula here for standard deviation–or any of the exact betting sequences–because after extensive testing, I do not agree with using any such formulas. Firstly, I think it is better just to use this general idea to “count the plays between wins,” and then to bet high on winning play counts.

Secondly. what matters most is to use a slot machine strategy only so long as you are winning, and then to move on to a different game or to different strategy as soon as this stops working.

Slot Machine Strategies for Online Craps

The idea of taking advantage of the standard deviation for a slot machine strategy can be applied to practically any gambling game. This is especially true for online craps where as with slots, you can play in small increments of 25 cents to a dollar.

For example, you can number every dice roll between every roll of 7, and then bet “Come” or “Don’t Come” depending on the trend for that specific roll. The more often this works, the higher you want to make future bets on that specific roll.

The payout rate for many slot machine games is as low as 75%–whereas the payout rate for the best casinos is around 98%. This is a huge improvement. Therefore by applying slot machine strategies only at the best paying casinos, you actually are creating sort of a super-high-yield slot machine game.

Winning at Online Slots With One Play Strategies

When it comes to winning at online slot machines, this is my own favorite group of strategies. Unlike the Standard Deviation strategies, with the One Play slot machine strategies, you do not focus on “equal ratio” games but instead you focus on games with the largest jackpots, and you play only the maximum bet. You start with only one play per game per day, and then you obey the following rules.

• If any one play wins a payout at 1x-3x (1 to 3 times the amount bet) then you make 1 more play.
• If any one play wins 4x or more, then you make 3 more plays.
• Otherwise you stop playing immediately.
• Take note of those slots where such strategies might seem to work, and those games where they do not work.

Most players I meet, seem to think that One Play slot machine strategies are crazy. These people say, “You can’t possibly expect to win from just one play…” They especially tend to blurt this out with their mouths hanging open just after they have seen me hit a One Play jackpot! Well these slot machine strategies work for me and what I have suggested here is refined from my experience.

Conclusion

After testing numerous slot machine strategies, I came to the following simple conclusions:

• Sure there are times that a slot machine game does not pay for awhile, and then “pays off” in the end. However there also are times when a slot machine game will just keep on paying. Why not “demand” that you only will play this second type of game?
• Even a jackpot does not last very long if you go around feeding slot machines that do not feed you back.
• If on average you can keep 1x from every 3x win, you will do better than to win the largest jackpot.

Using One Play slot machine strategies, I have sometimes managed to play for hours on end with only $50 input and ended up winning thousands of dollars, even without a jackpot. At other times of course, I have had to stop playing rather quickly.

I have decided that my goal should not be to win every day, but to make a small profit long-term, and thereby keep getting continuous chances to win a huge jackpot. Otherwise, no ordinary slot machine strategies or wins are going to change my life.

If you are interested in reading more about slot machine strategies for there is a fantastic book by Charles W. Lund called Robbing the One-Armed Bandits, which we strongly recommend. If you want to try out any of the strategies described here and really win money playing slots money then visit 888, which is undoubtedly the best place for winning slot players today.

Source

I have not played much online poker – and yet after a few months’ experience, already I manage to win about $10/hour on average, not including the profit I made from deposit bonuses. I would not be able to do this offline for sure.

This is because I play only online poker, and using these advantages:

1. Low overhead. Much lower rakes, no travel costs, no restaurant bills, no tipping.
2. Low minimums. In offline poker, the lowest minimum generally is $5, and even this is not feasible because of the high rake. Whereas in online poker, you can start at 25¢ or even 10¢, and work your way up gradually.
3. Low stress. Hazing is still there but is much easier to ignore in online poker. Also there are no “tells,” no need to freeze your face. If you like, you even can take notes and read your cards aloud.
4.  Table-hopping. Whenever overmatched in online poker, you can change tables or even casinos without a long waiting line. Or just sign off and try again later.
5.  Higher playing speeds. Online poker is much faster. This means that you can win more per hour at lower levels.

Basic Resources for Online Poker Players

Poker guides may not be necessary-experience is what counts most. If however you are a rank beginner or want the best possible game, here is all you really need.

1. Winning Low Limit Hold’em by Lee Jones.
2. Turbo Texas Hold’em by Wilson Software. *Amazon

What Poker Games to Play?

I would avoid Stud games because there are relatively few online players, so you have little chance to seek out a winnable table. Success is easier in the following games.

1.  Low Limit Hold’em. This is by far the most popular game and the best place to start. Just start cruising various online casinos with a minimum deposit-leave any table as soon as you seem to be losing-and play more wherever you tend to win.
2.  Single-table Hold’em tournaments. This is not for everyone, because only the first three players win, the rest lose everything, and there is a lot of luck involved at the end. However those who have the feel for it can be regular winners. (Never mind multi-table tournaments, however-your chances of winning in those are rare.)
3.  No Limit and Pot Limit Hold’em. This is increasingly popular, with good reason-after a while, limit Hold’em can be a bore. However the trick is to find an online poker room where you can play with a modest stake, and frequently see the flop without having to bet everything. Usually the play is quite wild-but at some tables, everyone folds often against any show of determination. This can allow you to bluff successfully even with small bets, for a huge profit/risk ratio.
4.  No Limit and Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo. Don’t ask me how to play Omaha Hi-Low-I tried it a few times and lost my shirt. In the process however, it seemed evident that for those who do learn Hi-Low properly, there is a steady stream of “that looks like fun” players like me just asking to be fleeced.

Strategy Tips for Online Poker Beginners

Here are my ways of taking advantage of the little tricks that most online poker players eventually learn, and which you might as well learn as soon as possible. My tactics suggested here probably are not very professional-they are over-cautious, to be sure. However the goal of the beginner is not to win the most in the long term, but only to win and to do so steadily.

1. Taking advantage of position in online poker. It is not enough to “have good position.” You also must take advantage of a late position in online poker, by semi-bluffing when you have some chance both to win and also to fold the table. Conversely however, also look out for the over-bluffer. Then just wait until you have a killer hand-play possum while he bluffs away-and then, wham.
2.  Do not slow play in Low Limit Hold’em. With some exceptions, in low limit poker games, usually slow play doesn’t pay. Your opposition usually will fold or play somewhat regardless of what you do-so when you have a strong hand, play its worth from the start.
3.  Milking your 4-flush. Always remember in Hold’em that when you have 2 pocket cards the same suit-and exactly 2 more of that suit hit the flop-and if you hold a face card­-and if there is little sign of someone building a house or better-then you already know that on average, you will win approximately half the time. This means that if only you can keep 2 or more opponents in such a poker game, on that flop you should try to pile the bets to the ceiling.
4.  Cooling your 4-flush on the turn. So you bet high on the flop hoping to complete a face-high flush-then on the turn, it does not come. Here is where you want to keep the bets low, your chances are no longer about 50%, but more like 25%. In No-Limit or Pot Limit, you may even want to fold if there is only one opponent and he is making extreme bets-conversely however, you cannot reveal this reluctance, but must bet something semi-substantial if you have early position.
5.  Cooling your faceless flush. If one of your two-of-a-suit in the pocket is not a face card, then if two more of your suit hit the flop, you certainly want to stay in the game but keep it cheap. All too often, someone else is betting for the same flush and with a higher kicker.
6.  Cooling your over-flush. Here again you have two-of-a-suit-but instead of two more hitting the flop, you get three-a made flush. A dream come true? Maybe, but if another of your suit hits, and if you do not hold an Ace, this dream is a nightmare. At a full low-limit table, the chances are very high that someone has the Ace of that suit and is clinging to it. It is for the 4-flush holder to bet high on the flop and not on the turn-it is for the 5-flush holder to bet high on the turn, and not before.
7. Spotting the flush play. If it is a full table and nobody bet high on the blind-and then somebody wants to raise the flop-consider folding as soon as you see three-of-a-suit on the board, even if you have a made straight. A flush is very likely.

Original Source: 26.05.2010  Online Poker