RNG, Behind the Games of Chance

RNG stands for Random Number Generators and basically is a sophisticated digital analog of such real-life things like playing cards, dices, or drawing of lots. Anything that can help to test your luck and make gambling possible.

RNG is a big deal for casinos, cause if there were no approved and reliable RNG behind slots and other games, there would be no way to say if the game is rigged or not.

That is why online casinos ensure that their games are not just random, but consistently random. So, players can be sure that games they play are fair at all times and use this knowledge to make more reasonable choices.

RTP, Evaluating the Odds

The acronym that stays for Return to Player. To simply put it, RTP is an overall win ratio of a slot or any other chance-based game. Its reverse is called the house edge. For example, your regular RTP of 96% means that if you make millions and millions of bets, you may be sure to return approximately 96% of all your bets, and the remaining 4% of your bets, for sure, will go to the house. However, in real life, there is no single player who make millions of bets, but there are thousands of players which make thousands of bets. So the luckiest ones win, some break even and the rest of the players contribute to the house edge. Practically, the RTP gives a general clue about what to expect and usually can be found in the description of the slot itself.

There are plenty of high RTP slots, so manufacturers compete with each other. Of course, they can’t just rise RTP indefinitely, since it will simply lead to giving away free money. However, the means of better offer are additional features such as bonus rounds and mini-games. They are a big factor of enjoyment and can’t be described simply through row number of the slot’s RTP. Explore options and pick something that suits your taste.

Basics of Slot Games

A slot is a gambling machine or software that creates a game of chance by letting its players after an indefinite number of tries eventually hit the winning combination of randomized symbols.

To play slots for real in the online casino, you need to have a balance or the amount of currency in your account to make bets.

Any slot has but is not limited to such elements as:

1. The grid of a slot shows reels with symbols and results of spins (game rounds);
2. Hit the Play/Spin button to spin the reels (an analog of the lever from real-life slots). Reels spins and stops, landing its symbols in a randomized pattern, and making combinations out of them.
3. A slot payline (winning line, betting line) is a straight or crisscrossed line that crosses one symbol on each reel, or the mix of symbols on the reels, that the player is paid out for if he made a corresponding bet;
4. What a payline can win you on hit is displayed on Paytable;
5. Bet per line is the amount of money that you want to wager per line for your next spin;
6. How many is defined by Number of paylines, which is customizable to the certain degree.
7. Maximum bet is a limit, a product of bet per line and number of lines.
8. You can see how much you have won on Display Box.
9. Volatility. The higher the volatility, the bigger the potential payday. Slots with high volatility are risky but rewarding, slots with low volatility are safe but down to earth in terms of possible winnings.

Jackpot Slots

If you want to really hit jackpot, it can be very advantageous to play progressive jackpot slots. They are a distinct types of online slot games which are going to see you win ridiculously large amounts of money.

The jackpot increases by a small predetermined amount each time the game is played. After each drawing in which the jackpot is not won, a large amount of money is transferred to the jackpot for the next drawing. When a player's bet increases the progressive jackpot to that randomly chosen amount, that player wins the progressive slot machine jackpot.

This way, players can win millions of dollars. However, the chance of jackpot is rare and may be once in several months in the best case and once in several years in the worst-case scenario. At the end of the day, jackpot slots work much like a lottery on top of regular slot gameplay.

Video Poker Games

Much like slot games, video poker games are numerous and diverse. Our game catalog includes not only Texas hold 'em or Five-card draw, but dozens of different poker-based games. That is why, for information on rules and RTP on one or the other specific game, you should check information in each game distinctly.

Live Casino: Roulette, Blackjack, and Baccarat

Online casinos not only provide their customers with virtual versions of popular games but also emulate the brick-and-mortar casino experience. All the classics such as Baccarat, Roulette, and Blackjack could be played with a live dealer via live stream.

This way, players participate in a game with flesh and blood croupiers and not digital ones. The croupier actually present in a special studio on live stream and takes bets with help of a virtual table and chatroom. Then for the game itself, the croupier uses a physical roulette wheel, dices, or deck.

In summary, it is exactly like playing in a real-life casino but remotely through your device.

Roulette

Roulette is the game of chance that uses a numbered spinning wheel and a ball to determine random winning numbers.

To determine the winning numbers, a croupier spins the wheel in one direction, and then sends a ball in the opposite direction around a track on the outer side of the roulette wheel. Bets can be made during the spinning of the ball till the moment when the dealer announces “no more bets” or “rien ne va”. Casinos may use differently colored chips to differentiate its players.

With time the ball speed downfalls to the wheel and lands into one of the colored pockets marked by a certain number. The dealer marks the winning number with a token called dolly and sweeps away all the losing bets.

Then depending on the type of the bet, a total payout is calculated any paid to each player that successfully predicted the right pocket.

A dolly is used not only as a marker of the winning number, but as the sign of caution: no players may place bets, collect bets, or remove any bets from the table after a dolly is placed.

Roulette numbers

The most common roulette has 37 pockets on the wheel with numbers from 0 to 36 and American roulette has an additional green pocket with double-zero (00). A triple-zero wheel also exists. All those layouts have a different clockwise sequence where the number ranges from 1 to 10 and 19 to 28, odd numbers are red and even numbers are black. Then in ranges from 11 to 18 and 29 to 36, odd numbers are black and even are red.

Placing your bets

All the following types of bets are placed on the parts of the table known as the Inside Section (with list of numbers) and the Outside Section (with special areas). 

The payout odds for each type of bet are based on its probability.

1. Betting on Red, Black, Odd, or Even numbers. Those are the most safe bets with a 1:1 payout. This means that a $100 bet on black would return a total profit of $100 if it hits. There are individual designated areas on the table to make bets like this.
2. Straight Up is a bold testing of luck by placing a single bet on a single number with the highest possible payout of 35 to 1.
3. Split is betting on two neighboring numbers with payout of 17 to 1. In real life, the chip is placed in-between those numbers.
4. Street is betting on a row of numbers on the table. Each row includes three numbers. The payout is 11 to 1.
5. Placing the chip in-between four numbers means that you bet on those four numbers simultaneously. The payout is 8 to 1. Such bet is called Corner or Square.
6. You can bet on five numbers by making a Neighbor Bet. This way you count on five numbers next to each other on the wheel and not on the table. Also, if you are playing double-zero layout, by placing the chip on the edge in-between zero, double zero, one, two, and three, you make a Basket Bet.
7. Placing the chip at the intersection of two rows means that your bet is Six Line and you bet on six numbers simultaneously. It has a payout of 5 to 1.
8. You also can bet on first, second or third twelve numbers (1-12; 13-24, and 25-36). There are designated areas on the table for bets like this. First 12
9. The final bet options, as safe as betting on even number or color, is betting on first or second half of all numbers (1-18 or 19-36). There are also special areas for bets like this.

The common roulette table implies minimum and maximum bet, which may differ depending on if the player bets on Inside Section or Outside Section.

Blackjack

Blackjack utilizes a standard deck of 52 cards or, what is more common, up to eight decks, depending on how many players are at the table. Decks are places in the so-called shoes to save time on shuffling after each round. Each participant attempts to beat the dealer by getting a count as close to 21 as possible, without going over 21.

Blackjack card values

Cards from two up to ten are the same value as their number. Things then change because all picture cards also carry a value of 10 as ten itself. That leaves the ace, which can be valued 1 or 11, making it a valuable card to receive since it gives you options.

Blackjack crucial terms

Split. If you receive two cards of the same value, you have the option to split, matching your initial wager. Now you play two separate hands. The dealer cannot split. Split hands can be split only once per game.

Stand. The form of a passing a turn. If you like your first two cards or have hit and taken another, you can choose to stand at any time, meaning you won’t take another.

“Hit me” means to ask for another card. If that extra card makes the total over 21, then the player busts and losing this game.

Push in modern betting games is any result in which a player neither wins nor loses his bet. A push in blackjack occurs when the dealer finishes the hand with the same point total as the player, provided that point total is no lower than 17 and no higher than 21.

The eponymous Black Jack is the nickname for the most powerful combination of the game: 21 points formed by an Ace and a 10 points card. If the dealers hit Black Jack, they win overall players that have chosen to stand. If a player gets the first two cards, and they are Black Jack, it means an immediate win.

Insurance is a side bet offered to the player if the dealer’s up-card is an ace, as insurance against the dealer’s hand being Black Jack. Blackjack insurance odds payout at 2/1 and the maximum bet allowed is generally half of the player’s main bet.

Blackjack Game Round at Live Casino

Players take one of 7 seats at each Live table, while the virtually limitless number of players can make their bets “behind”. Real cards are dealt, with bets placed with help of an intuitive user-friendly interface. Then players try to get 21 points or something that beats the dealer’s hand.

The game starts with a launch of the counter and players should make their bets before the counter hits zero. Cards dealt with players and dealers themselves. Players take their turns from left to right.

The player to the left goes first and must decide whether to stand or hit. Thus, a player may stand on the two cards originally dealt to them, or they may ask the dealer for additional cards, one at a time, until deciding to stand on the total, or goes bust. In the latter case, the player loses, and the dealer collects the bet wagered. The dealer then turns to the next player to their left and serves them in the same manner.

When the dealer has served every player, the dealer's face-down card is turned up. If the total is 17 or more, it must stand. If the total is 16 or under, they must take a card. The dealer must continue to take cards until the total is 17 or more, at which point the dealer must stand. If the dealer has an ace, and counting it as 11 would bring the total to 17 or more (but not over 21), the dealer must count the ace as 11 and stand. The dealer's decisions, then, are automatic on all plays, whereas the player always has the option of taking one or more cards.

Baccarat

Baccarat Card Values

Points calculation in Baccarat is distinct from most card games. Aces are worth one point and the number cards are worth their face values. There is one other thing to understand about Baccarat scores, only the second digit of a hand total is counted, as a result, the highest possible value is nine points. For example, a six and a seven would count as three instead of thirteen.

Basics of Baccarat

Players are called betters in Baccarat. They bet on one of three possible scenarios: player win, banker win, tie. To win the game, you need to score nine points or be closest to it.

At the begging of the game, players place their bets on one of the corresponding table’s boxes: player win, banker win, tie. 

Then the croupier draws two cards for the player hand and two for baker's hand. If nobody scored 8 or 9 points after this first draw, the game continues and betters may hold or increase bets they’ve made. Every next round, the croupier adds one card to each hand, up to five. After everyone has five cards in their hands, the game ends. Victory is awarded to the one who either scored 9 points at last or was closest to this result.

If in the first two cards dealt, the point total is 8 or 9 for either the Player or the Banker, this is called a natural win and the game is over. Bets that have already been placed are cashed out.

If both the banker and a player have a 6 after the initial deal, the player must stand on 6. If the banker also has 6, then it results in a tie.

Sometimes a commission is paid out of winnings when betting on the Banker's hand.

Aditional Information

The players may find each specific game rule in every individual game.