Differences Between Casinos
Written February 18, 2008 by Jack Jones
We try to develop players into a better state where they can identify situations that are beneficial to their gaming experience and ones that will be immediately hazardous to their bankrolls. This includes finding the best online casinos and land-based casinos for the kind of action they want to bring to the table. No two casinos are alike as the rules at each are a little bit different. Let’s take a look at some of the most glaring differences you will be able to find.The best are places like Club Cal Neva in Reno and Binion’s Casino in Las Vegas. They of course offer real cheap food prices, but more importantly great gaming plays like 25 cent crap games with up to 10x the odds, single-deck blackjack with liberal rules, European roulette, excellent payout tables for their video poker machines, and loads of loose nickel and quarter machines plus comps thrown in for just being around the place. The casinos that treat you like the prize and which are always out there trying to increase the value for the player are the casinos that I like to frequent.
There are a lot of bad casinos though and there’s a good chance the one you play in will fall into this category. Besides raising the limits to high levels on the weekends, these places make it tough to get comps, have poor pay tables on their video poker, and are tight with their slot winnings. The short story on these casinos is that they put out some games and then hope you stop in so they can start counting your money.
The casinos like the one you will find living in Detroit and crossing the border to Canada like the Casino Windsor are the worst. If there is only one casino in the area and it has a monopoly then you can expect to get the worst of the worst. You might get charged for admission even, and then see high table minimums, limited nickel and quarter slots, poor pay tables on video poker, and bad customer service.
Another thing to look out for is the high table minimums and low table maximums. There is a statistical edge on every game, and if you couple that with the “gambler’s ruin,” or the fact that the casino has a lot more money and thus staying power than the player does. There is a concept of how long it will take you-with your limited bankroll-to lose everything to a casino, which has a relatively infinite wad of cash. Even if you do go on a short-term winning streak when the house has an infinite stake it will outlast you.
With low table maximums and high minimums you lose the ability to increase your winning by making larger bets. When you play under these circumstances your bankroll will be depleted more quickly.
