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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) Jacks or Better game. One click and you're in:
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In Mississippi, is the law the same for video poker as in Nevada, that each hand is a new game? - Barbara from Pompano Beach, Florida I assume you are asking whether each hand is dealt from a fresh deck, with no memory of past hands. This is how video poker is supposed to be played and I'm sure Mississippi is no exception. June 18, 2002 After the first five cards are drawn on a video poker machine, are the remaining possible five cards you could draw predetermined? Or is it just a matter of when you hit the draw button that the cards are determined? - Joe from Las Vegas, USA They are predetermined. Once you hit "deal" the first time both the deal and the draw cards are chosen. April 22, 2002 I'm thinking of visiting your advertisers' web sites just to make sure they keep supporting your ability to give free advice to the gambling public. Your site is great. My question: Is it possible to draw the same card that is discarded in video poker? The Michigan Gaming Control Board has given me a half-answer, stating that all events are determined by a random number generator. Secondly, are the chances of hitting paying hands in VP subject to manipulation by the casino, like slot machines that are also governed by a random number generator? - Jack from Detroit, USA Thanks for your support. I encourage everyone to click through the banners to help support the site. To answer your question, no, it is not possible to get the same card back. The machine represents a fair deal from a single deck. Once you discard a card you can't get it back. To the answer the second question, no, the casino can not change the probability of each hand. The video poker machines deal a fair game. How often you get each hand depends on the random draw of the cards and your skill in playing them. Mar. 24, 2002 At Casino on Net, the new version software now offers a "double" and "half double" option after a win in video poker. The player loses on a tie. What is the house edge on these two options. - Jon from Danville, New Hampshire The house edge based on the money wagered is 5.88%. Either way the house edge is 5.88% but with the half double you are only betting half as much. I would advise declining this bet. Feb. 18, 2001 I thought the deal in VP was a stack of 10 cards (actually 52 cards) which is dealt from the "top". The first 5 cards is my original hand are taken "off" the stack and if, eg, I draw 2 cards irrespective of where these 2 cards "appear" in my hand - they are replaced with the next 2 cards from the stack. My brother-in-law says no - he says that the 5 exposed cards are dealt with the next 5 cards "behind" them, and will replace the discarding of the "exposed" card. Thus making the card being drawn a function of the "position" of the discard. Obviously, in the second case the original order of the stack is "violated", but will this "violate" the overall random process of the deal? I don't like the sound of the second case, but can't figure out why. Is there a (bad) conditional probability being added to the mix? - George of Clarence, USA Other sources I have read agree with your brother in law. Mathematically speaking it doesn't make any difference. Dec. 2, 2000
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