How are YOU engaging with your readers?

Congratulations. You’ve finished your book! Go you. Now you’re ready to hit ‘publish’ and wait for the millions to roll in, a la 50 Shades of Grey… what’s that you hear? Crickets? Doh!

Writing your story is the easy part, publishing, launching and getting in front of your readers, your raving fans, that’s the part that’s tricky if you’re not sure how to go about it.

Engaging with your readers takes a bit of finesse, a sprinkle of magic and a lot of know-how and can-do mindset. Figure that stuff out, and you’re singing in the rain…

But How?

Let’s show you by telling… meet Joan. She’s an indie author like yourself, writing for the love of writing, telling her stories and sharing her self-published novels with friends and family in the hopes that they’ll share it with their friends and so on.

Only it’s not really panning out that way for her. For some reason, none of her close friends and family seem at all interested in her books! Joan is at a loss as to why this is, and is super frustrated with the lack of support she’s getting. If you are looking forward to translate this content, contact Translation Agencies UK

How on earth is she going to make her millions with such a lack of interest in her books?!

The Solution:

Does this story sound familiar? It sure does to us. Not only are Lise and Liz indie authors who have self-published books themselves, but Lise really struggled with engaging with her readers in the beginning. Crickets were definitely the norm after publishing a couple of books and she was more than a little miffed when even her own family and friends weren’t clamoring to grab a copy of her hard written books. How rude!

Enter the amazing Liz to the rescue! Not only is Liz a self-published author, but she is an amazing people connector and she know’s a thing or two about engagement. Together, we worked on ways to increase not only engagement with Lise’s current readers, but also in drawing new readers into her ‘book funnel.’

Better Book Funnels is all about how to attract readers to your books, entice them to grab your book, “bribe” them with another book and then ‘get’ them with you’re amazing personality, wordsmithing wizadary and all-round indie author awesomeness. Now try saying that three times really fast!

Here’s What’s Inside:

* How to setup a permafree book, including the right strategy for your book business

* How to use Facebook advertising to drive hungry readers to your books

* How to properly engage with your readers with awesome autoresponders, with examples and swipe files!

* Tips on how to set up your author platform and what options are available if you don’t want a website

* Plus much more!

So what’s left to discuss? Grab your copy of Better Book Funnels now and learn all about how to set up engaging autoresponders, permafree strategies and author platform prowess!…

As usual PokerStars waited until the end of the Spring Championship of Online Poker before rolling out their World Series of hk prize Main Event satellites. The situation is a little different than in past years, however. Actual promotions targeting WSOP in particular are non-existent. There aren’t any bonuses for wearing PokerStars gear during the event, nor are there any final table incentives. In fact, there won’t be any PokerStars representatives in Vegas at all this summer.

This isn’t exactly surprising to those that have followed the news of the April 15th indictments. American players can no longer download PokerStars, so there is no need to advertise in the US. Not to mention that PokerStars has been pulled from all US television networks, so advertising is pretty difficult in the first place.

Players can still win their WSOP Main Event package on PokerStars, although it works a little differently this year. You’ll be playing for a Main Event Passport worth $13,000. If you win one and wish to play in the WSOP Main Event, you will have $13,000 deposited into your PokerStars account.

The fun part is that the WSOP Main Event isn’t your only option. A Main Event Passport allows you to choose from one of several PokerStars tours. You could play in the PCA, EPT, LAPT, or the APPT. All the packages include a Main Event seat and cash for expenses. Some of the packages also include hotel accommodations.

Both the EPT London and PCA packages are actually worth more than $13,000. You won’t need to worry about the difference, though, because PokerStars absorbs the extra costs for you. So you are actually getting a better deal by choosing EPT London or PCA over the others!

In past years, some players made a killing by winning multiple WSOP Main Event satellites. This is because after their first win, every other prize got converted to T$. It won’t be so easy to do that this year. Since there are five different packages for players to choose from, players must win five Main Event Passports before they can have any of the prizes converted to T$.

Despite Black Friday, poker is popular as ever and people are flocking to Vegas in droves. The WSOP fields are going to be huge and some people will make a lot of money. If you are traveling from outside the US and are worried about being able to play online poker while in Vegas, you might try a Bodog Poker download. You’ll be able to access your account anywhere in the world and they offer a 100% deposit bonus.

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Phil Ivey: the myth, the legend, the Tiger Woods of poker. What does a successful poker player look like? Phil Ivey, right? As it turns out, the popular view of this poker icon might be remarkably different from the truth.

Most readers will be aware of the still-ongoing public spat between Tiltware (the company behind Full Tilt Poker) and Phil Ivey. Phil Ivey chose to boycott the 2011 WSOP until the company processed cash outs for Full Tilt players. Tiltware accused Phil Ivey of being sanctimonious and defensive, and notably, stated that Ivy owed Tiltware a “significant sum” of money.

Most would agree that approximately $6 million would constitute a “significant sum” of money, a figure derived from recently obtained Full Tilt Poker (FTP) financials. The records detail the internal FTP transactions performed on Phil Ivey’s crypto gambling account. Keep in mind that they do not reflect any transactions made outside the company, such as bank wires or transfers between personal accounts. In this way the data is incomplete; however, if the reports do not offer a comprehensive view into FTP financials, they do offer an approximation of where the two parties stand.

Beginning in June 2009 through April 15, 2011 (Black Friday), Phil Ivey was loaned money by FTP eighteen times for a grand total of $10,715,000. These loans were dispersed primarily in groups of $500,000 or $1 million, each of them marked with the word “advance” and many marked with an approval by Rich Bitar, the company’s handler for sponsored pros. Ivey repaid part of the loan, as his account was debited by the company.

The total difference between what Phil Ivey was loaned and what he paid back is $6,215,000. In other words, what he owes Tiltware.

These transactions reveal the nature of Phil Ivey’s relationship with FTP and Tiltware, how the poker site handled its money, and how the owners paid themselves. How Ivey will repay Tiltware, without the constant loans to bankroll his lifestyle and poker playing, is unclear.

Weeks ago, the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) suspended Full Tilt Poker’s gambling license. The AGCC has just released a statement that Full Tilt Poker has paid its overdue licensing fees, which will allow the hearings on its suspended license to proceed without hindrance. One giant leap for Full Tilt Poker, one small step towards getting American players’ money back. Reports have listed the total fee at $250,000.

In the statement, the AGCC said that immediately following Black Friday and before suspending the license, it “began immediate discussions with FTP’s management in order to protect the interests of players.” These discussions with Full Tilt Poker management were ultimately fruitless, and it wasn’t until the U.S. Department of Justice seized Full Tilt domain names that the AGCC suspended the license.

The statement covers Full Tilt’s neglecting the licensing fees, until they were past overdue. During a hearing in late July, the AGCC brought up the issue, and demanded that it be dealt with before even considering lifting the suspension on Full Tilt’s gambling license. The two parties stalemated until today, when Full Tilt apparently caved in and put forward the fee.

The statement reads: “At the hearing the Commissioners of the AGCC, acting as a tribunal, decided to adjourn the hearing to a date no later than 15th September, as they felt that this was in the best interest of the players using FTP’s services. The recent payment of overdue license fees by FTP is also in players’ best interests since it allows commercial negotiations to take place that might result in a successful refinancing deal. Further details regarding the exact date and venue of the next hearing will be announced as soon as possible.”

This means that the hearing will continue to move forward and, quite likely, the eventual restoration of Full Tilt’s gambling license. With this in place, the company will be able to complete any takeover or financing deals and one day successfully resume business.…

Poker players in America have been up the creek since the FBI’s crackdown on April 15, 2011, finding it difficult to find a reliable internet poker home. There has been talk of American players moving overseas to be able to play again, but until recently, much of that has been half hearted at best. With the World Series of Poker (WSOP) to play in the summer, many players had strong reasons to stay put. The keluar sgp has since finished, however, and some players are feeling the pressure to relocate.

Immediately after the 2011 WSOP finished, popular high stakes pro Phil ‘OMGClayAiken’ Galfond announced his move to Canada. The pro has been living there for more than a month now, while grinding the nosebleed tables on PokerStars. Galfond joins Cole South and Olivier ‘livb112′ Busquet as a few of the big name players who have moved north to take advantage of Canada’s more accessible online poker laws.

Most recently, Daniel Negreanu departed from Las Vegas to Toronto on August 21, and does not plan to return until October 27, at the earliest. After this return, Negreanu plans to return again to Toronto to grind his favorite PokerStars tables. As one of the most popular and amiable poker players in the world, Negreanu’s move, along with his unreserved recommendation of relocation, will influence others to make the leap.

Negreanu offered a strong recommendation to poker players remaining in America, saying, “For those of you who can, I really suggest moving out of the United States to a country that will allow you the freedom to play poker in your underwear. Canada is a great option, but you could go pretty much anywhere in the world that suits your fancy. It’s time to think about moving to a country that will allow you to do so. If things ever change in the U.S. you can always move back, but at this point, just like being relocated in a ‘normal’ job, you’ve been relocated to any ‘office’ you want outside of the United States.”

As a parting salvo of advice to American players, Negreanu commented, “Poker has changed dramatically over the last forty years, and in order to survive, you have to adapt to the newer forms of poker, as well as adapt to new locations. These days, that just means stay away from the United States because poker is on life support.”

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Last month, many togel hongkong hari ini fans were pleased to hear that Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell had signed a bill into law that would allow table games in the state. Since then, the move to allow blackjack, poker and other table games in state casinos has been put on the fast track. The Chairman of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, Greg Fajt, says that table games could be in operation in the casinos by the Fourth of July.

To gambling enthusiasts, that date makes perfect sense. On America’s Independence Day, when freedom is celebrated more than any other time, gamblers will be given the freedom to challenge a dealer at blackjack, something that inexplicably had not been allowed before.

Yesterday, the gaming board issued temporary regulations for casinos that are adding table games. By issuing the temporary regulations, the process of getting the games up and running is sped up. Those regulations include the required training for dealers and which rules are accepted for poker, among other things. The temporary regulations are effective immediately and last for two years. By the end of that two-year period, the gaming board will have had time to sit down with the casinos, unions, and everyone else involved, and come up with more permanent regulations.

Prior to this table game legislation being signed into law, only slot machines have been allowed in Pennsylvania casinos. By adding table games, the slot casinos should be able to attract more customers and make a lot more money, which in turn will benefit the state of Pennsylvania due to the tax revenue and other costs. Each casino that wants to add table games must pay a $16.5 million license fee up front. In addition, in the first two years, table games will be taxed at 16%, with it dropping slightly to 14% after that time. Larger casinos will be allowed to add up to 250 table games each, while small resort casinos will be allowed 50 table games.

The legalization of table games is thought to be a great help for Pennsylvania’s economy, but not everyone is happy. Take the state of New Jersey, for example. That state has its own gambling market and isn’t pleased at the thought of more competition. Many in the state fear that Atlantic City casinos will lose a lot of business to the Pennsylvania casinos, particularly the New York City market.

Budgeting for Blackjack

The story sounds familiar. You hit the blackjack table full of confidence, placing $10 bets on each hand, but early on are losing. Knowing that your luck is about to turn around, you decide to double your bet in order to make your money back. By the time you realize this is a mistake, you’re out of money and the night is still young.

Or maybe this story rings a little more true to you. You’re doing well at the blackjack table and have made lots of money. In order to increase your winnings, you start placing larger bets. At first, that strategy works and your pile of chips is getting larger and larger, but then you start losing and the pile begins shrinking. Determined to make that money back, you increase the wager again and soon enough are out of chips. After a quick stop at the cashier, you have more money, eager to get back on that winning streak. Before you realize what you’ve done wrong, you are calling your wife to explain why you have to cancel your anniversary trip.

There are countless other scenarios I could bring up, but they all amount to the same thing: poor budgeting leading to you losing money you never intended to spend. Anytime you go out for a night on the town, a vacation, or any other trip that isn’t free (and what trips are?), you should always make a budget ahead of time.

Before you ever sit down at a blackjack table (or log onto one if you’re playing online blackjack), you should decide how much money you want to spend at the casino. Think of it as an outing like any other and one that requires money to have a good time. How much money are you willing to spend? Always consider that any money you wager you might lose. In fact, statistically you are more likely to lose than win each bet. Therefore, you should never wager money that you can’t afford to lose.

A good idea is to determine a specific dollar amount that you are willing to spend, cash in that amount for chips (or deposit it in an online casino) and do not spend anything else, no matter what happens at the blackjack table. In addition, any winnings should be kept separate. Put that money aside instead of adding it to the money for you to wager. That way, you can’t lose any of your winnings and you are guaranteed of having at least something to show for your time at the table, even if you still had a net loss.

Once you decide how much you’re willing to spend at the blackjack table, you need to decide how much you’re willing to bet on each hand. Obviously, those two amounts are related. To come up with the amount you want to wager, you need to take into account the total amount you are willing to spend and the amount of hands you plan to play. The easiest way to do that is to first decide how long you plan to play blackjack at the casino. Though the speed differs for each table, as a general rule at a full blackjack table you can play approximately 55 hands in one hour.

Using simple math then, you can decide how much money you are willing to spend on each hand. You should then bet that amount (or less) and bet the same on each hand. There are a lot of betting strategies out there, such as the martingale strategy, that claim to give you better odds, but statistics show that you are better off with flat betting. Once you decide on an amount per bet and the total amount that you are willing to spend, you are ready to have a good time playing blackjack at the casino. Best of all, you don’t have to come up with any excuses for how you lost money that you needed.

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Mason Malmuth has been one of the most prolific poker writers over the last twenty years. Every few years, he collects the best articles he has written, revises them, and publishes them as the next installment in his Poker Essays series. Poker Essays Volume III represents what Malmuth thinks were his best essays to have appeared in the magazines Poker Digest and Card Player as well as on the Two Plus Two web site over the last five years.

The articles are divided into seven sections, more to break up the book I think than because the categories are all that important. The sections include General Concepts, Technical Ideas, Strategic Ideas, In the Cardrooms, Hands to Talk About, The Ciaffone Quiz, and Two More Quizzes. If these categories seem familiar, it’s because five of them have appeared in all three volumes of the author’s Poker Essays series.

As one would expect from Malmuth, most of these essays are quite good, although they tend to not be as fundamental as the authors work in Gambling Theory and Other Topics or even the earlier Poker Essays books. This shouldn’t be too surprising, as the author has laid the groundwork for his ideas on poker in his previous works. The articles in Poker Essays Volume III are predominantly focusing on refining ideas Malmuth (sometimes with David Sklansky) has presented in earlier books, or they compare or evaluate key concepts or situations.

Because of this, the reader would probably be best served by reading a great deal of the Two Plus Two catalog before attacking this book. I would suggest that reading and studying Hold’em Poker for Advanced Players, Seven Slot Gacor Card Stud for Advanced Players, Sklansky’s Theory of Poker, and Gambling Theory and Other Topics before working on Malmuth’s latest. However, this isn’t strictly necessary. Also, while it would make some sense to read the first two volumes in the Poker Essays series first, this isn’t critical for understanding his latest book.

There are places in Malmuth’s essays where I might mildly disagree with the author on certain points and strategies, although in those cases one probably be well advised to put more stock in what Malmuth has to say than in my statements, and Malmuth points out several places where his ideas have been especially controversial in the essays themselves. However, even if several of these ideas turned out to be strictly incorrect, I still don’t believe it would detract significantly from the book. When one is attempting to master a complex field of study, whether it’s poker, medicine, physics, etc., key breakthroughs do not come when a student passes some threshold of knowledge, but when they have acquired the tools to think about problems in an expert way. Whether raising with 87 suited in late position in a Holdem game is correct or not isn’t very important. What is important is that a player can evaluate these situations in an expert manner. What Poker Essays Volume III provides are examples of the sorts of thought processes that are important in mastering the game. It’s not at all important that a poker student remember every specific situation that Malmuth writes about, but it is important that they do the sorts of analyses that Malmuth does quickly at the table and thoroughly away from it.

Over the years, Malmuth has also greatly improved his writing. In my opinion, his statements are more precise than they were a decade ago. Further, he goes to some lengths to diffuse tangental arguments and cover alternative situations which makes the theses of his essays manifest. Poker Essays Volume III is a very readable book whose ideas are clearly communicated. I also think it’s a very good book, although almost certainly more useful to relatively advanced poker students. While I strongly recommend reading the “core” elements of the Two Plus Two catalog first, this is a worthy addition to a serious poker player’s library.

Capsule:

Poker Essays Volume III provides a collection of articles which are excellent examples about how to think about poker at an expert level. This book is geared toward advanced players and is a quality extension of the Two Plus Two core poker catalog. I recommend it.

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After you spend hours and hours applying your diamonds to the canvas and creating your work of art, it’s going to look fantastic! You may be so proud of your work of art that you want to display it for everyone to see.

A lot of people who do diamond painting will take their best works and frame them and then proudly display them in their home. That is a fabulous idea. Why not let everyone see what you’ve accomplished after all those hours of effort? Framing and hanging the art is the perfect way to show it off.

If you have never tried to do this before, you might be wondering how to frame diamond art paintings. We’re going to tell you exactly how to do that so you can have some showstopping art in your home that will last for a long time, look professionally mounted, and won’t fall apart.

Preparing Your Painting for Framing

The biggest issue with how to frame a diamond art painting is that the diamonds might not be securely stuck to the canvas and may fall out, if you place the painting upright. That would be awful! Your painting might look great once you hang it, but after a while, some of the loose diamonds can start to fall out, making your work look spotty.

To make sure that doesn’t happen and all of your little diamonds stay snug in their spots, you should press down the entire painting before trying to hang it. Use a roller or large flat object of some kind. Be sure to press the entire length and width of the painting so that all the diamonds get stuck on equally.  More about Diamond Dotz

There is no need to use any kind of additional adhesive on the diamonds. The adhesive on the canvas should be sufficient to keep them secure.

Conventional Framing

You have a few different options when it comes to how to frame diamond painting art you have done. The most secure method and the one that we think looks the nicest is to frame your diamond dot art in a traditional frame. You will want to pick out one that’s the right size for your painting, so be sure to measure your art before picking out a frame.

It’s also a good idea to get some glass to put in the frame over the painting. Museum quality glass might cost an arm and a leg, but if you need to know how to frame a diamond art that’s secure, then this is the way to go. It will keep your art in great shape, prevent dust from getting in there and keep your diamonds from falling out.

Think about where you want to hang the frame as well. Try to choose a spot where you can safely pound nails into the wall. Sheetrock isn’t a good option, and metal and concrete will be hard to work with. Wood is ideal for this kind of project. You may need to buy fasteners or nails to hang the painting.

Foamboard Frame

You don’t have to place the painting inside of a conventional frame to hang and display it. One of our favorite options for how to frame your painting is to use foamboard as a backer. The advantage with this method is that it is so light and simple to hang. There is no need to use nails if you’d rather not.

To give the painting a “frame” on the board, just choose a board that is larger than the painting. Place your painting in the center of the board, and you can measure that off with a ruler to make sure it is precisely in the center.

Then, apply some glue or other adhesive to the back of the painting and stick it to the board. You can use a roller to seal the two together nice and tightly.

How to frame a diamond art painting that sticks in exactly the right spot on your board? When applying the adhesive, be sure to mark where it should go so that you don’t stick the painting off center slightly in your efforts.

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Roulette is one of the easiest games to play and understand in the casino. As usual the easier a game is to understand the greater the house edge, and roulette is no exception. If you are looking for a easy to understand and slow paced table game, and are willing to sacrifice on the house edge, then you may like roulette. If you want something more stimulating or with a decent return I would suggest looking at other games.

One difference between roulette and all other table games is that roulette chips have no value denomination printed on them. This actually is the true definition of a chip, one which indicates its value is technically called a check. The roulette table comes with six to eight sets of different colored chips, each set consisting of 300 chips. When a player buys-in they get their own color and the value would be the buy-in divided by the number of chips received. The dealer will place a token on top of the dealer’s stack of that color of chips to indicate the value.

United States Rules

A U.S. roulette wheel consists of 38 ทางเข้า789bet numbered slots: numbers 1 to 36, a zero, and a double zero. The betting layout consists of every individual number as well as a host of “outside” or combinations of numbers. After the players make their bets the dealer spins the wheel and a ball and after several seconds the ball will land in one of the numbered slots.

The following table displays the available bets, the payoff, and the probability of winning under U.S. rules. All casinos in the U.S. follow these rules except for in Atlantic City. The house edge on all bets is 1/19, or 5.26%, except for one bet. The exception is the 0-00-1-2-3 combination, which carries a house edge of 7.89%.

United States Roulette Rules

Bet Pays Probability

Red 1:1 47.37%

Black 1:1 47.37%

Odd 1:1 47.37%

Even 1:1 47.37%

1 to 18 1:1 47.37%

19 to 36 1:1 47.37%

1 to 12 2:1 31.58%

13 to 24 2:1 31.58%

25 to 36 2:1 31.58%

Any one number 35:1 2.63%

Two number combination 17:1 5.26%

Three number combination 11:1 7.89%

Four number combination 8:1 10.53%

Six number combination 5:1 15.79%

0,00,1,2,3 combination 6:1 13.16%

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Single Zero Rules

A few places in the U.S. offer single zero roulette. This lowers the edge on every bet is 1/37, or 2.70%. The lists below shows some places that I have seen or heard have single zero roulette. The minimums at the single zero wheels are usually higher than the double zero wheels and are open fewer hours. Often the single zero wheels are found in the high roller rooms.

Las Vegas

The Tropicana

The Monte Carlo

The Stratosphere

Mandalay Bay

Venetian

Aladdin

Luxor

Nevada Palace (ten cent minimum)

In addition the Bellagio and Mirage offer single zero roulette with the Hamburg variation of the European half back rule (see below). This means if the player makes an even money bet and the ball lands in zero the player will only lose half. This lowers the house edge to 1.35%. The Bellagio has one such wheel with a $100 minimum. The Mirage has two with minimums of $25 and $100.

Atlantic City

Hilton

Bally’s Park Place

Harrah’s

Caesars

Sands

Tropicana

Showboat

Taj Majal

Trump Marina

All Other

Grand Victoria, Lawrenceburg, Indiana

Grand, Tunica, Mississippi

Atlantic City Rules

In Atlantic City any all even money bets (red, black, odd, even, 1-18, 19-36) follow a variation of the European imprisonment rule (see below). In the event the ball lands in 0 or 00 the player will lose only half of any even money bet. This lowers the house edge to 2.63% on these bets. This rule does not apply on single zero wheels.

European Rules

European roulette is played on a single wheel and also features a favorable “en prison” rule. Under this rule if the player makes any even money bet (red, black, odd, even, 1-18, 19-36) and the ball lands in zero the player either gets half the bet back or it becomes inprisoned. If an imprisoned bet wins on the next spin it is released and the player gets it back, without winnings. What is subject to debate, or rule variation, is what happens to an imprisoned bet if the ball lands in zero on the next spin. I have heard of four different rule variations and each are explained below.

At a casino I visited in Hamburg half of even money bets are returned if the ball lands in zero. This house edge is 1.3514%.

At a casino I visited in Berlin even money bets became imprisoned if the ball landed in zero. The bet was returned if it won on the next spin. If a zero occured on the second spin the bet lost. The rule card in Berlin said the player may request the croupier to move the imprisoned bet from one even money bet to another. This house edge is 1.3879%.

According to the American Mensa Guide to Casino Gambling an imprisoned bet remains imprisoned until a non-zero occurs. This house edge is 1.3514%.

According to a dealer from Holland who wrote me if two zeros occurs in a row the bet becomes double imprisoned. In this case two winning bets in a row must occur to release it. If a anything else occurs, including more zeros, the bet is lost. This house edge is 1.3706%. The dealer said that the player also has the option to get half back immediately, which is the better option.

Number Placement

To the casual observer it would ทางเข้า789bet appear that the numbers on the wheel are not organized and seem to be distributed randomly. The only obvious patterns are that red and black numbers alternate and that usually two odd numbers alternate with two even numbers. However the distribution of numbers was carefully arranged so that the sum of the numbers for any given section of the wheel would be roughly equal to any other section of equal size. Most numbers are part of a pair, with one number between them. These pairs add to either 37 or 39.

Wheel Tracking

There are books out there that promise big riches by tracking the outcomes on a roulette wheel over thousands of spins and then examining the distribution to see if the wheel is biased toward one side. I don’t deny that this has been done in the past but I doubt it is a practical way to beat the casinos today. There are products the casinos can use today that track every spin and on a periodic basis run the distribution through a statistical test to check for bias. Although I am not an expert on the subject I believe wheel tracking to be a waste of time today.

Betting Systems

Ugh. If you think you can beat roulette with a betting system please read my section on that subject. If you don’t believe what I say there here is what the Encyclopedia Britanica says under the subject of roulette.

The oldest and most common betting system is the Martingale or “doubling-up” system, in which bets are doubled progressively. This probably dates back to the invention of the Roulette wheel, but every day of the week some gambler somewhere reinvents it, or some variation of it, and believes he has something new. Over the years hundreds of “sure-fire” winning systems have been dreamed up, but regardless of what system is used, in the long run it cannot overcome the house’s advantage of the 0, or 0 and 00. This house advantage is the only system that consistently wins in the long run.

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The word baccarat is derived from the Italian word baccara, meaning zero, and refers to the zero value given to all of the face cards and tens. In Europe, the elegant game of baccarat is one of the most popular casino games. The game baccarat has long held the attention of gamblers and an early version was played with cards from a Tarot deck back in the Middle Ages. The game may have originated in Italy around 1490, but by the early 1950’s baccarat had become the game of choice for the French nobility. Eventually baccarat evolved into European baccarat and the French game chemin de fer. What is known as American baccarat actually originated in England and spread to South America. The version of baccarat that is played today came from the Capri Casino in Havana, Cuba.

When baccarat was introduced to Nevada in the late 1950’s, casino’s tried to instill the glamorous aura associated with the European game. In most casinos, baccarat is played in a roped-off area, is closely monitored and sometimes even guarded.

While the grandiose atmosphere of baccarat may attract the well-dressed high roller, baccarat is a simple game of chance that involves no degree of skill on the part of the player or dealer. Players may sit in any of the 14 open seats at the table, as seating position does not affect the play in any manner. Each seat corresponds to a number on the layout, one through 15, excluding a spot numbered 13 to avoid bad luck. Three dealers service each table. The dealer standing in the middle is known as the croupier or the caller. The croupier makes the calls on each hand as they are dealt, and directs the players on the procedure of the game. The other two dealers are responsible for handling the payoffs.

Craps history

The casino dice game of craps is of American origin, Unique Casino adapted from the game hazard by Bernard de Mandeville in New Orleans in 1813. In hazard the banker, or setter, sets a stake. The player, or caster, calls a main (a number from 5 to 9, inclusive) and then throws two dice. If he throws in, or nicks, he wins the stake. Five is nicked by 5; 6 by 6 or 12; 7 by 7 or 11; 8 by 8 or 12; 9 by 9. The caster throws out, losing the stake, when throwing aces or deuce-ace (crabs, or craps ) or when throwing 11 or 12 to a main of 5 or 9, 11 to 6 or 8, and 12 to 7. Any other throw is his chance; he keeps throwing until the chance comes up, when he wins, or until the main comes up, when he loses. When a chance is thrown, the setter pays more than the original stake, according to specified odds. In French hazard the player throws against the house. In English, or chicken, hazard the player throws against an opponent.

Mandeville simplified hazard into the present game of private craps. Private craps then moved up the Mississippi river on steamboats and spread to casinos and gambling hall throughout the country. This original version of craps allowed only field and come bets, which made the game very vulnerable against fixed dice, which were often used. It wasn’t until John H. Winn, a dice-maker by trade, created an innovated version of craps, where players could bet for, or against the roller. This eliminated the usefulness of fixed dice and created the very popular versions of craps that are played today. By 1910, craps had become the most popular casino game in the world.…

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Italian is spoken in Italy and in 29 other countries including Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Egypt, Eritrea, France, Germany, Israel, Libya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Paraguay, Philippines, Puerto Rico, San Marino

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