Pontoon:
Pontoon is a card game it is also known as 21 or Blackjack. This is a simple game. As long as you can count to 21 you can play Blackjack. The dealer will give each player two cards. The player can then ask for more cards one at a time until they feel they have the best hand as close to 21 as they can without going over. Once you go over 21 you are out of the game. In this game you are not playing against other players. Everyone just plays against the dealer.

The Real Wheel of Fortune:
Roulette is a game that does not require much skill. All you have to do to win is guess what number or color the little ball will land on. The right color pays out at 1 to 1 but the right number will pay out at 36 to 1. This means a bet of 100 dollars will get you back $3600. Players can spread bets around the table as long as all of your bets do not go over the table max. Each player is given different colored chips to make sure that players chips do not get confused. This is because it is common for several players to bet on the same number. Besides the color and number of the winner you can also bet on if the number will be an odd or an even number or which of the 3 groups of 12 numbers the winner will be in.

What is Craps:
Craps is the most popular dice game on the planet. The game is played when a shooter rolls the dice to determine the point. After this people can place bets on whether or not the shooter will make the point or will crap out. The players can bet on the shooter to make the point miss the point or the outcome of the dice. Craps offers players the best odds of any casino game.


Hi-Lo:
Hi lo is a game of chance played with 3 dice. Players place bet on the outcome of the dice. You can bet on the sum of the dice. What any 1 die may be 2 dice or all three. The game is low stakes and is not a game you will get rich off of. An average bet in Hi-Lo is probably 5 dollars.

The Slots:
Slot machines are used by the casinos to try to draw players into the table games, but you never want to play a slot machine that is near the table game area. These machines are known as tight machines. They place these machines around this area so the bells and whistles of a winning machine do not disturb the players at the table games. The casino make much more money from the table games then from someone sitting at a machine all day plunking in quarters. Modern slot machines are computerized; this means that the outcome of the game is predetermined. The difference between winning the jackpot and losing is the difference between hitting the button now and a thousandth of a second latter.

Lotto:
When it is in a casino it is called Keno, but it is essentially the lottery. A player makes his picks on a card and turns them in for the casino to record. Most casinos have a new keno game every 5 minutes. You can sit in the keno area and watch the board to check your pick or you can leave and come back within 12 hours of your game and have the answers checked by the computer.

These descriptions should be used to help you find your interest then you can spend more time learning the games that interest you in more depth.

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