May 15th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
In case you did not know it the casino market is booming in the UK. With new laws in place and the online gambling market making a push to expand into other countries. Gambling in the UK is exploding as a business exponentially with each year that goes by. Be sure to watch the video clip about the UK gambling market online and leave your comments after the article regarding the UK gambling laws.
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UK Gambling Laws
Your visit to the city of London or Manchester can just not be complete without you visiting any one of the casinos. Specifically now, as the gambling laws have been relaxed, a ‘punter’ in literal terms can have a ‘relaxed’ visit to the casino and play the game he wants. ‘Relaxed’ may be a pun in the context as Casinos brim with action at all times. One thing is for sure, UK Gambling Laws have been formed now in such a way that gambling can indeed be treated as a fun activity.
What are the UK Gambling Laws?
• Establishment a single regulatory authority – The latest change to the UK Gambling Laws has been to establish a single regulatory authority that will regulate and monitor the activity of gambling in the United Kingdom. This authority will regulate and prescribe rules to entities that promote and conduct gambling activities.
• The UK Gambling Commission – In the United Kingdom, it is believed now that the word gambling starts and ends with “The UK Gambling Commission”. This is the single regulatory authority which we discussed a while before. The UK Gambling Commission’s major role is to provide licenses to all the gambling operators. With workers in casinos and gambling outlets a major factor to customer’s experience, the commission also regulates licenses to key workers in the gambling outlets.
• Tests for Gambling Operators – Gambling operators in the UK have never had it so tough in the UK to get their licenses. Now, it is mandatory for the gambling operators to undergo a three part test also known as the Fit and Proper Test. This is done for them to get an operating license. The Fit and Proper test examines the applicant’s suitability to the role, financial stability, knowledge and competence in gambling. The applicant is required to pass all the three examinations to be considered eligible to get the operating license. The UK Gambling Commission conducts monitoring and inspection activities on the applicant and the casino. This is a due diligence activity carried out by the UK Gambling Commission to ensure that all the standards prescribed to the gambling operators are met consistently.
• Licenses for Corporate clients – Should you be a director of a casino, you would be considered as a corporate client. In all probabilities, you and other key members of your management team would need to undergo a test conducted by the UK Gambling Commission.
As per the new gambling laws in the UK, every application is thoroughly examined, monitored and if necessary, the candidates would be interviewed before an operating license is given to the individual or the entity.
If people think that all these laws have been introduced to shy people away from opening and visiting casinos, they are wrong. The objective of restructuring the UK Gambling Laws is to ensure that gambling no longer is considered an illegal activity. Now, if you are in UK, you do not need to hide from the cops if you wish to go gambling.
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April 7th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
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Casino Bonuses are not Always Free Money
Casinos are always offering new and exciting bonuses designed to encourage a player to deposit but be aware that casino bonuses are not free money. Before you part with your money have a good look around the site and read everything. Make you know what the rules and conditions are by reading any small print and most vitally the whole of the terms and conditions. Make sure that you’re plans fit the casinos requirements if you are a beginner playing online for the first time you probably don’t want to put down $100 as a deposit for example even if they double it so play for free until you feel ready.
How do I get the bonuses?
In general at most casino and poker sites you have to play through a certain set of requirements, this is the most common a casino may offer to double your initial deposit up to 100%. Most casino’s have a play through requirement of 15 to 35 times the deposit or sometimes as high as 60. This mean you have to place bets equal to 15 to 35 times more than your initial deposit.
Example Deposit £100 so casino gives you £100 equaling £200 but it has a 30 times deposit play through requirement so you have to place bets totaling 30 x £200 which equals £6000. You can’t withdraw the money until you have met these requirements. Depending on the payout of the game you are statistically more likely to have played through all your money before reaching these requirements.
Common terms and abbreviations to look out for include the WR or wager requirement, which is the number and value of wagers to be placed before the Bonus can be withdrawn. Remember all wagers won or lost count towards this figure. Comp points or loyalty points are given for every wager placed and can be redeemed as cash. Cash bonuses can be withdrawn once relevant terms and conditions such as a wr have been met, some sites keep bonuses in a separate account. A reload bonus is one that is offered after sign up, usually after meeting certain targets.
Remember before digging in to your wallet and parting with your hard earned money make sure you fully understand the bonus requirements, also if you take your time to shop around and pick a site wisely you can find some really good bonuses that are easy to reach.
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March 6th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
This posting is about gambling and bankroll requirements to look out for.
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That the player is winning “decently” is not the only
information needed.
What people consider a decent win rate varies from game
to game, and person to person. Winning 6 big blinds/100 hands is decent in a
tough online HSNL game. Winning 30 big blinds/100 hands is decent in a soft
online micro-states game. The difference changes the bankroll requirements by a
factor of 5.
Multi-tabling does not intrinsically change the bankroll
requirements. However, those who play 10 or more tables usually accept much
lower win rates as “decent” than those who play 1-4 tables at the same level.
The standard deviation varies tremendously from player to player and game to
game. Some full ring players have a SD/100 of 60 big blinds or less. Some
shorthanded players have a SD/100 of 160 big blinds or more. (See the stats
threads in the strategy forums.) This difference means a factor of 7 difference
in bankroll requirements for the same win rate.
Bankrolls also mean different
things to different people. If you can move down to a profitable game with lower
stakes, and are willing to do that when you hit a downswing, then you can be
safer with less. See the question by Gonso that I answered for an example where
moving down can make someone as safe as though his bankroll were multiplied by
5.5. Of course, for some people (particularly those playing for low stakes),
busting out is a temporary inconvenience instead of a disaster, which means that
they can be far more aggressive.
These are why 20 buy-ins can range from
overly conservative to dangerously unsafe, even for “decent winners.” Offering 20
buy-ins as advice to everyone is like saying it is 4:00 whenever anyone asks for
the time.
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February 20th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Badugi, is the Asian variant of poker that has been gaining significant
popularity among the card playing enthusiasts in the past
few years. Badugi is usually reported to have come from Korea but there are also
accounts of its Chinese origin. It is offered in many poker online sites as well
as in big casinos. With its present status, there is no doubt that Badugi has
‘arrived” in the gambling scene. In Badugi, a hand is made up of four cards,
where a player has three chances to draw or change the combination, to attain
the lowest hand possible and win the pot.
A badugi is a hand made up of a
combination four of cards of different suits and values. Since Badugi is a
lowball game, the best badugi is the combination of the ace of club (AC),
2hearts(2H), 3spade(3S) and 4diamond(4D). The ace has a low value in Badugi and
again, the lower the hand score, the better. To cite an example: AC 8D 3H 6S
wins over 2C 9D 4H 7S, another badugi.
A player is not always lucky to have a
badugi and there are other hand combinations like the:
1. 3-card hand where
two cards either have the same value or the same suit. If a hand consist of the
cards AS AD 5H 3C, there are only three active cards, AS, 5H & 3C because
the two aces shall be counted as one card. Another combination may have two
cards of the same suit like 2H and 5H in AS 2D5H 2H. In this case, the one with
a higher value, 5H, shall be out and the three-card hand shall be AS 2H 2D.
A badugi wins over a three-card hand.
2. 2-card hand where there are
three cards of the same suit or value. For example, the hand consisting of the
cards AABB shall become AB while another hand with 5S2F4F5F shall become 5S2F. A
three-card hand wins over a two-card hand.
3. 1- card hand which happens if
a player is dealt with four cards that are one of a kind, that is, they are of
the same suit or the same value. A combination like 5S5D5F5G shall be reduced to
a one-card hand only.
A combination with two or more cards of the same value
is also called a paired hand while that with two or more cards belonging to the
same suit is called a suited hand.
Betting in
Badugi.
Betting depends on whether you are playing the limit, pot limit,
half-pot limit badugi. Yes, in Badugi a player must always aim for the lowest
badugi but remember that a Badugi can be won even without a badugi.
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