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Practice gambling online for free at
Bodog

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Since my mission is to help the novice
gambler, I looked hard for a site that would make
it easy for you to practice the games.
And I found it with Bodog.
Here's what I mean by easy:
- Completely free (no catch)
- No registration required
- Plays right in your browser (no download
required)
I know that some players will want to
practice with real money, so I also made sure
that the casino I picked is good for real-money
play too. Here's why I selected Bodog over the
others:
- Best reputation. Online gambling is
largely unregulated and if a casino refuses to
pay your winnings you have little recourse. But
Bodog's reputation is spotless.
- I met the staff. I've had the
opportunity to meet several of the Bodog staff personally.
- They allow me to mediate. Bodog
promises that if one of my reader clicks over to
Bodog and then has a problem they can't resolve
with Bodog, I can step in to mediate. I've never
had to do this, since I've never received a
single complaint from a player.
- No spam. Lots of casinos sell you out
to spammers, but not Bodog. I use a
specially-coded email address at each casino I
test so I can tell who's naughty and nice in the
spam department. Bodog is clean on this
one.
- One account gets you everything. You
can wager on casino games, poker, and other stuff, for real or fake money, all on the same
account. Some other casinos make you use a
different login for each -- ugh.
- No B.S. Bodog is one of the
only casinos without popup or popout
windows on its website. They show more respect
for you than the other guys.
Bodog also gives you free chips: Every time you
make a deposit, they'll add 10% more chips to your
account.
Bottom line: I picked Bodog because it
was the best one I could find.
Visit Bodog
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How
Much to Bet Per Hand
(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:
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Betting units required for daily play
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1 hr.
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2 hrs.
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4 hrs.
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Blackjack
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19
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27
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39
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Craps
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10
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13
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20
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Baccarat
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20
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29
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42
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Roulette
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12
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18
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28
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Video Poker
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400
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650
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1050
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Slots
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600
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900
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1500
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Notes: Blackjack, baccarat, and
video poker assume proper strategy. Craps assumes only Pass
Line bets. Roulette assumes one even-money bet per spin.
Video poker and slots assume typical returns for Vegas
machines. Slots assumes a two-coin machine. VP and slot
figures were rounded.
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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