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Slots vs. Roulette

Which game has the higher odds for winning in online casinos, such as Gala Casino Online? Does it really all depend on luck? Are there any strategies you can use to increase your chances of winning?

To be honest, both slots and roulette have pretty low odds, but roulette does have an advantage due to you being able to bet on the colours the ball will land on, or whether it will be an odd or even number. There is still a lot left to chance, but the odds are a wee bit higher of you guessing correctly. Round one to roulette.

Slots, on the other hand, usually have a total of three reels with a number of symbols on each. It’s a simple game where you put in the coin, place the bet and pull the lever. A lot simpler than roulette where you have to pick the colour, the number, the group you want to bet on. And you might lose all your bets, which can be a substantial amount if you’ve placed a few hoping lady luck will smile. Slots win the simplicity round.

Slot machines have new results every time you pull the lever (or hit the button) and even electronic slots have numbers that are generated by mere timing. This means there are very low odds to win. Roulette has a limited number of possibilities which are not determined by a machine, instead it is mainly luck that you have bet on the right one at the right time and the winning odds are higher.

So all in all, Roulette wins. It is a classic and popular game and can be associated with the higher classes. There is something romantic about the picture of men in tuxedos and ladies in fancy gowns sipping exotic drinks and lazily placing their chips on the corresponding numbers. Think James Bond, the epitome of ‘cool’. You wouldn’t see him on a slot machine. But for all that, slots are not without their charm. You can play for hours as they’re so simple, but do be careful. You could look down and wonder where the money went.



Celebrity and Bingo – becoming a celebrity bingo winner

What is it nowadays about celebrities? Certainly there has been a change in our attitudes towards them. Naturally, there have always been celebrities, but in the past it tended to be the case that people turned into celebrities as a result of other achievements that they had made in life, for instance in sport, on the stage or in music. Nowadays it seems that there is a new kind of culture in which people just want to be celebrities, as though becoming a celebrity is a reasonable lifetime goal. More »


Bodog leaving the US

It was announced yesterday that Bodog will not be accepting new players in their poker room or casino by the end of 2011.
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Full Tilt Hearing

The hearing in London by the AGCC into the Full Tilt license suspension has been adjourned.
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The Alderney Gambling Commission

In another pointless media release yesterday, the AGCC had this to say;

“Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) will hold a public hearing regarding the future of Full Tilt Poker at 10am on 26 July at the Park Plaza Victoria Hotel in London.
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Latest Full TIlt update

According to reports the Full Tilt deal is slowly nearing completion and the site could be up and running again by the end of next week.
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Full Tilt near deal?

There has been a lot of speculation but no official statements so far in relation to the future of Full Tilt. The people at the AGCC made a statement on Monday to the effect that they were saying nothing.
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Withdrawals at Full Tilt Poker status

I am very surprised that there has been no news on the whole Full Tilt story by now. I was pretty sure that speed was the most important factor in this scenario and that whatever outcome there was going to be would have become apparent by now.
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Full Tilt Poker shudown update

Full Tilt issued a statement regarding their licensing issue yesterday. More »

FullTiltPoker shutdown

The FullTiltPoker site is currently not available, and no one can log in to their poker software right now, following the suspension of their gambling license by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) early this morning.
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