IntroductionSic Bo is an Asian dice game that is available with Microgaming,Playtech, Real Time Gaming, Boss Media, Grand Virtual, WorldGaming, and Gambling Federation softwares. The game often is notallowed for bonus play due because it is possible to simultaneouslybet on winnings and losing outcomes. It is a good choice forMicrogaming Clearplay bonuses, if it counts 100% towards wagering.Rules and PlayAfter placing your bets, three dice are rolled. Any winning betsare paid according to the listed payout. Possible bets are listedbelow. The Small / Big bets typically have the lowest houseedge.Small / Big -- Small pays if the sum of the dice is 4-10. BigPays if the sum of the dice is 11-17. Both bets lose if any tripleis rolled (1/1/1, 2/2/2, 3/3/3, 4/4/4, 5/5/5, or 6/6/6).Numbers 4-11 -- Pays if the sum of the dice equals the selectednumberOne Die -- Pays if the selected number is rolled on 1 or more ofthe diceTwo Dies -- Pays if the selected combination is rolledDoubles & Triples -- Pays if the selected combination isrolledA summary of payouts and the corresponding house edge is below.The standard paytable and standard house edge apply to Playtech,Real Time Gaming, World Gaming, Orbis, and Gambling Federation.Microgaming offers improved payouts on many of the bets. Boss Mediaoffers an improved payout on the Two Dies bet. Grand Virtual offersimproved pay on 3 of the bets. The other common softwares do notoffer sic bo.StrategyThere is no strategy to Sic Bo. Simply choose one of the low houseedge bets, roll the dice, and see if you have won or not. Thelowest house edge bets are Small / Big with the standard paytable.With the improved Microgaming and Boss Media paytables, the TwoDies bets and Small / Big bets have the same house edge.

The game bầu cua cá cọp (bầu cua cá cọp"squash-crab-fish-tiger") is a Vietnamese gambling game using threedice.The six sides of the die, instead of showing one to six pips,have pictures of a fish, a prawn, a crab, a rooster, a calabashgourd, and a stag. Players place wagers on a board that has the sixpictures, betting on which pictures will appear. If one diecorresponds with a bet, the better receives the same amount astheir bet. If two dice correspond with a bet, the better receivestwo times their money. If three dice correspond with a bet, thebetter receives three times their money. For instance, if one wereto place 3 on fish, and the dealer rolls 2 fish and one stag, thenthe bettor would receive 6.Bau cua tom ca is similar to Hoo Hey How (Fish-Prawn-Crab) inChina, the dice game Crown and Anchor played by British sailors, orchuck-a-luck played in America. Bau cua tom ca is often played atTết (Vietnamese New Year).

IntroductionKeno is a popular lottery game that is available with all of thelarger casino softwares. The game is one of the worst bets in thecasino, with a house edge that varies from ~4% with Net Ent JungleKeno to ~30% with Boss Media Keno. Like state lotteries, the chanceof winning as much as $100,000 with a $1 bet can be appealing.Rules and PlayThe player is given a ticket with 80 numbers on it. He picks 1 to15 numbers on the ticket. 20 winning numbers are selected randomly.The more of the player's picks that are selected, the bigger thepayout.StrategyThe are no strategy decisions in keno. All numbers have an equalchance of being selected. Optimal strategy is simply choosing thenumber of picks with the lowest house edge.

IntroductionBaccarat is a common casino game that is available with nearly allonline softwares. Bets on both player and banker have a similarchance of winning and a low house edge of just over 1%.Unfortunately the game rarely counts towards wagering atnon-Microgaming bonuses because it is possible to simultaneouslybet on both player and banker, greatly reducing variance.Rules and PlayAt the start of each hand, you may bet on the player winning, thebanker winning, or a tie result. After you have placed your bet,both the player and banker are dealt 2 cards. Hands are rankedaccording to the right-most digit of their card sum. For example, ahand containing a 6 and 7 is valued as a 3. The card sum is 6+7=13,and the right-most digit of this sum is 3. The player or banker maybe dealt a 3rd card according to the rules listed below.--If either the player or the banker has a total of 8 or 9, thenno additional cards are drawn. Otherwise play proceeds asfollows:--If the player has a total of 0-5, the player draws a 3rd card.If the player has an initial total of 6 or 7, he stands. Note thatthe player must follow this strategy. He cannot choose to stand ona 4 or hit a 6.--The banker's play varies according to the player's total and3rd card result. If the player did not draw a 3rd card, the bankerdraws if he has a total of 0-5.Banker bets have a slightly greater chance of winning thanplayer bets because of the improved banker strategy. To offset thisadvantage, banker bets have a 5% commission. Banker bets pay0.95:1, while player bets pay 1:1. If you bet $100 on banker andwin, you receive $195. if you bet $100 on player and win, youreceive $200. Banker bets and player bets are returned, if the handis a tie.Tie bets pay 8:1 and have a much higher house edge than playeror banker bets.StrategyWith such complicated rules, optimal strategy for baccarat issurprisingly simple. There are no strategy choices among whichcards to take or whether to hit/stand. Place a bet on banker orplayer, then wait for the dealer to flip the cards, and see if youhave won or not. Banker bets have a slightly lower house edge thanplayer bets under typical circumstances, as explained below.Optimal strategy is to simply bet on banker.

Three Card Poker is a poker variation using 3-card hands.

IntroductionRoulette is a popular and simple game that is available at nearlyall online casinos. Unfortunately roulette rarely counts towardswagering with cashable bonuses because it is possible tosimultaneously bet on winning and losing outcomes, greatly reducingvariance.Rules and PlayAfter placing your bets, the dealer spins the wheel. If the wheellands on a selected bet, then the dealer pays the winning betsaccording to a standard paytable. Possible bets are listedbelow:Red/Black, Odd/Even, 1-18/19-36 (18 numbers) -- Pays 1:1(returns 2x Bet). 0 and 00 are neither even or odd for the purposesof this bet.1-12/13-24/25-36, Column (12 numbers) -- Pays 2:1 (returns 3xBet)2 Rows (6 adjacent numbers) -- Pays 5:1 (returns 6x Bet)Corner (4 adjacent numbers) -- Pays 8:1 (returns 9x Bet)Row (3 adjacent numbers) -- Pays 11:1 (returns 12x Bet)Split (2 adjacent numbers) -- Pays 17:1 (returns 18x Bet)Single Number -- Pays 35:1 (returns 36x Bet)0/1/2, 0/2/3 -- Pays 11:1 (returns 12x Bet). This bet is onlyavailable in single-zero roulette.0/1/2/3 -- Pays 8:1 (returns 9x Bet). This bet is only availablein single-zero roulette.0/00/1/2/3 -- Pays 6:1 (returns 7x Bet). This bet is onlyavailable in double-zero roulette and has a higher house edge thanother bets.Voisins du Zero ("Neighbors of Zero") -- A combination ofseveral of the above bets, covering the numbers between 22 and 25on the wheel (22,18,29,7,28,12,35,3,26,0,32,15,19,4,21,2, and25)Tiers ("The third") -- A combination of several of the abovebets, covering the numbers between 27 and 33 on the wheel(27,13,36,11,30,8,23,10,5,24,16,33)Orphelins ("Orphans") -- A combination of several of the abovebets, covering the numbers not included in the Voisins du Zero andTiers bets (17,34,6,1,20,14,31,9)Neighbors of ... -- A combination of 5 single number bets: aselected number and the two numbers on either side of that numberon the wheelStrategyThere is no optimal strategy to roulette. All strategies have thesame house edge in American and European roulette. If we assume theoutcome of the spin is random, then all of the many roulettebetting systems will fail over time.The one aspect of return that can be controlled is variance.Larger bets and numbered bets have a high variance. Small outsidebets have a low variance. One can create a bet with zero varianceby betting all 37/38 numbers, or by betting 18 red / 18 black / 1zero (European Roulette). Roulette rarely counts towards wageringwith cashable and sticky bonuses because of this possible"riskless" bet.

Fan-Tan, or fantan (simplified Chinese: 番摊;traditional Chinese: 番攤; pinyin: fāntān, literally "repeateddivisions") is a form of gambling game long played in China. It hassimilarities to roulette.HistoryFan-tan is no longer as popular as it once was, having beenreplaced by modern casino games, and other traditional Chinesegames such as Mah Jong and Pai Gow. However, it was once a favoritepastime of the Chinese in America. Jacob Riis, in his famous bookabout the underbelly of New York, How the Other Half Lives (1890),wrote of entering a Chinatown fan-tan parlor: "At the firstfoot-fall of leather soles on the steps the hum of talk ceases, andthe group of celestials, crouching over their game of fan tan, stopplaying and watch the comer with ugly looks. Fan tan is theirruling passion."San Francisco's large Chinatown was also home to dozens of fan-tanhouses in the 19th century. The city's former police commissionerJesse B. Cook wrote that in 1889 Chinatown had 50 fan-tan games,and that "in the 50 fan tan gambling houses the tables numberedfrom one to 24, according to the size of the room."Fan-tan is still played at some Macau casinos.The gameA square is marked in the centre of an ordinary table, or a squarepiece of metal is laid on it, the sides being marked 1, 2, 3 and 4.The banker puts on the table a double handful of small buttons,beads, coins, dried beans, or similar articles, which he coverswith a metal bowl, or "tan koi".The players then bet on the numbers, setting their stakes on theside of the square which bears the number selected. Players canalso bet on the corners, for example between No. 2 and No. 3. Whenall bets are placed, the bowl is removed and the "tan kun", orcroupier, uses a small bamboo stick to remove the buttons from theheap, four at a time, until the final batch is reached. If itcontains four buttons, the backer of No. 4 wins; if three, thebacker of No. 3 wins; if two, the backer of No. 2 wins and if onethe backer of No. 1 wins.

Casino Hold'em / Caribbean Hold'em (CasinoHold'em Poker / Caribbean Hold'em Poker) is a casino gambling game.This banking game, introduced by Stephen Au-Yeung in 2000 (FirstTexas Hold'em Poker play against the casino and not other players)and now played in live casinos worldwide. It was licensed for usein the United Kingdom in 2007. In addition online casinos offer thegame, which is based on the traditional multi-player Texas Hold'emPoker.Dealing the turn in Texas hold 'emCasino Hold'em is a house game designed to be dealt by a croupierfor casino patrons to play in the main casino. Players play thehouse and not other players in this variant. Subject to the dealerqualifying, it is a straight contest between the dealer's hand andthe player's, player may also get paid an AnteWin Bonus on his Antebet. Player can also place an AA Bonus side bet which is based onthe poker value of his two personal cards and the first three flopcards.HistoryStephen Au-Yeung devised the game in the late 1990's as a tool toassist in training his partner of the time to play Texas Hold 'Empoker. After this the training tool was developed into a House gameand launched in 2000.[1] It first appeared as a live casino game inEgypt, Russia and South Africa. It was shown in 2002 at theInternational Casino Exhibition held at Earls Court ExhibitionCentre, London, UK.Today the game is marketed by the Gaming Supplies Company, TCS JohnHuxley and over ten online-gaming software and is played in overone hundred live casinos and over one thousand online Casinosworldwide. It was licensed for use in the United Kingdom in2007.RulesThe game is played with a standard 52 card deck.Each player makes an Ante bet and may make an optional AA bonusside bet.The player and dealer are both dealt two cards (face down).Three cards are then dealt to the board and will eventually containfive cards.After checking his/her cards, the player has to decide (a) to foldwith no further play losing the Ante bet or (b) to make a Call betof double the Ante bet.If one or more players makes a Call bet the dealer will deal twomore cards to the board, for a total of five.Players and dealer make their best five card poker hand from theirown two personal cards and five board cards.Each player’s hand are compared with the dealer’s.The dealer must have a pair of 4s or better to qualify.If the dealer does not qualify, the Ante bet pays according to theAnteWin pay table and the Call bet is a push (stand off).If the dealer qualifies, and the player's hand is better than thedealer's, the Ante bet pays according to the Ante-Win pay table andthe Call bet pays 1 to 1.If the dealer qualifies, and the dealer's hand is equal to theplayer's, all bets are push (it doesn't win or lose).If the dealer qualifies, and the dealer's hand is better than theplayer's, the player loses all bets.StrategyThere is no easy way to quantify optimal strategy for this gamesince the optimal decision for each hand is based on thecombination of all 7 cards (two personal cards and five boardcards) dealt. As such while computer programs can easily deal withthe calculations required to make the correct play in anyparticular hand, it is difficult to make a set of general ruleswhich can be memorized such as exists for Blackjack. The optimalstrategy player will raise 82% of the time. So only in the worst18% of hands should the player fold. These are broadly when theplayer has two singletons in the hole that are low compared to theflop, with little or no chance for a straight or flush.[2]AnteWin pay tableIn Casino Hold'em the player not only wins a standard 1 to 1 sum ifthey have the stronger hand, but for rare hands a higher sum. Thispay table typically pays a royal flush 100 to 1, straight flush 20to 1, four of a kind 10 to 1, full house 3 to 1, flush 2 to 1, andstraight or less the standard 1 to 1.