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Reason #5 why the Wizard likes Bodog:
Intelligent Bonuses
Many online casinos offer huge signup bonuses, but there's a catch. Buried in the fine print is that play on the most popular games doesn't count towards earning the bonus. It's common for blackjack, roulette, baccarat, craps, and Jacks or Better to be excluded. Sometimes everything except slots.
And that's if you can even find the terms and conditions. Many casinos put their 100% bonus in big flaming letters but make you hunt all over the site to find the rules.
But Bodog allows play on all games to count towards the wagering requirement. It's that simple. Just no opposite betting. All casinos ought to be as easy as Bodog about this. The bonus offer itself is simple too: on your first deposit, they'll give you an extra 10%. If you deposit $100, you'll wind up with $110 in chips or tokens.
Finally, in the unlikely event that Bodog feels you've been abusing their bonuses they won't seize your winnings, like some other casinos. In the worst case scenario they will politely tell you that they will not be offering you any future bonuses but you are welcome to keep playing and keep everything you have made already. (Visit Bodog)
Try Bodog's blackjack game.
One click and you're in:
 No popups, no download, no registration, no B.S., just the game.
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July 4, 2004
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Are there any basic strategy exceptions for doubling
and splitting on the Internet when cash back applies to the
total amount bet (thus giving the player an extra incentive
to double or split). Please assume a cash back rate of
0.1%.
I could not find any hand where an extra 0.1%
would cause a change in strategy. The closest case I
could find, based on six decks and the dealer standing on
soft 17, is A,4 against a dealer 4. In that hand doubling
costs the player just under 0.3% in expected value
compared to hitting. So if you can get 0.3% or more then
double that hand. Other borderline hands I examined cost
the player at least 1% to double or split, and I have
never seen cash back that high in blackjack.
In Washington State there are a few clubs with a
variation of the payouts for Fortune Paigow. They offer the
lower pay-outs (Royal Flush 125-1 instead of 150-1) but they
also push on three pair. How does this affect the house
advantage on the side bet?
The player loses 0.42% because of the lower
royal flush pay-out. However I show the probability of a
three pair to be 1.88%. So overall these changes decrease
the house edge by 1.46%.
Hello Wizard, great site with a wealth of information!
My question is this: How much does the house advantage
increase when they change the rule from double after split
allowed on anything, into Double after split allowed
except on aces? I wanted to make sure this wasn't a
huge house advantage increase like the 6-5 blackjack payout
change.
Thanks for the kind words. I think I answered
this before somewhere but being allowed to double on
split aces gives the player an extra 0.08% in expected
value. Nowhere near the 1.39% that the player loses by
the 6 to 5 on a blackjack.
I am retained by a group to build an online casino. I
have some questions and you seem like the person in the
know. If I may...
- How much start up cash should be on hand
- How much would one expect to pay to build a first
class casino
- Where is the best place to host with sufficient
bandwidth a space
- Is there one company programming the backend, that
you could reccommend as one of the best?
Between the cost of building the casino, cash
reserves, and first year losses, you will need a minimum
of $1,000,000 for a respectable Internet casino. The best
place to host is outside my area of expertise. Since I
have a relationship with almost all the major software
providers I don't want to be guilty of favoritism by
mentioning a particular company. I know who I think I
would go with but I won't say who.
I was at the Luxor this week and I noticed a blackjack
machine that looked much like a video poker machine. Do
these things use random generators like online, or do they
work like slot machines?
Using a random number generator _is_ the same as working like a slot machine. Online blackjack, slot machines, and video blackjack all use random number generators.
It is a Nevada state law that an electronic game
with representations of cards or dice must be based on
fair odds. So the game should be fair with odds the same
as in a hand dealt game having the same rules.
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