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Reason #2 I like Bodog: Play for
free Most online casinos
annoy the hell out of me. They insult
you with popup windows and spam, and do everything
they can to separate you from your money. Even if
you want to just play with fake money for free,
they make you register for an account so they can
pester you by email trying to get you to deposit
real money. On the whole Internet, I found exactly one
online casino that's different: Bodog.
You can play their games for free, with absolutely
no hassles. And that's why I promote them
exclusively. Here's what I mean by no hassles: Bottom line: If you want to play for free
online, you won't find an easier play to do so than
Bodog. Visit Bodog |
(aka, "Bet Sizing") If you've never gambled before, you'll want to figure how much you can afford to bet on a single round of blackjack, craps, roulette, or slots. Most table games have a $5 minimum, but some are $10, $15, $25, or even $100. Most slots come in nickel, quarter, and dollar flavors. What's right for you? The anwer is in the table below:
Let's say you go to Vegas with $500 and want to play blackjack for four hours. You see that you need 39 units, which means you can afford to bet $500 / 39 = $12.82 per hand. Of course the casino won't let you bet change so you'd round that down to $10. And even though you could afford to bet $10, there's nothing stopping you from betting less. Remember, the more you bet, the more you can lose. The units required for video poker look outrageously large but that's only because the betting units are smaller. Video poker can be played for only $0.25, unlike blackjack where you need at least $5. Two hours of video poker play requires 650 units, which at the quarter level is 650 x $0.25 = $162.50. If you have at least that much then you're bankrolled to play. The figures above are designed to give you a 10% risk of ruin, meaning that you have a 90% chance of surviving your play and only a 10% chance of losing your whole bankroll. I came up with these figures through computer simulation. There's more about all this in my cover story in the Oct. 2005 issue of Casino Player magazine, "Secrets of Money Management". Someday I may get around to reprinting the whole thing here.... If you have any money left at the end of your session, you might want to consider using my Half-Bankroll System. |
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