Rules to play Ildado

1. On a single zero roulette table the House advantage is 2.7%. On a double zero roulette table it is 5.26% 7.9% on the five number bet, 0 00 1 2 3. The House advantage is gained by paying the winners a chip or two or a proportion of it less than what it should have been if there was no advantage. See Roulette Quiz The Casino Advantage. .....

The House advantage

2. The la partage roulette rule is similar to the en prison rule, only in this case the player loses half the bet and does not have the option of leaving the bet en prison for another spin. This refers to the outside even money bets Red/Black, High/Low, Odd/Even and applies when the outcome is zero. Both the La Partage and the En Prison roulette rules essentially cut the casino edge on the even money bets in half. So a bet on Red on a single zero ro .....

The La Partage rule

3. A bet on one number only, called a straight up bet, pays 35 to 1. You collect 36. With no House advantage you should collect 37 38 in the USA on double zero roulette wheels. A two number bet, called split bet, pays 17 to 1. A three number bet, called street bet, pays 11 to 1. A four number bet, called corner bet, pays 8 to 1. A six number bet, pays 5 to 1. A bet on the outside dozen or column, pays 2 to 1. A bet on the outside even money be .....

The payouts

4. To win at roulette the player needs to predict where the ball will land after each spin. This is by no means easy. In fact, luck plays an important part in this game. Some players go with the winning numbers calling them hot numbers and therefore likely to come up more times. Others see which numbers did not come up for some time and bet on them believing that their turn is now due. Some players bet on many numbers to increase their chances of wi .....

Object of the game

5. The French roulette rules are very much like the European roulette rules. It has the same 37 numbered wheel with one zero but a different table layout for the outside bets. See Table layout Link opens new window. The player odds in French roulette are the same as in European roulette only one zero and better than the odds in American roulette two zeros. The players loose only 50% of their even money bets when the outcome is zero, known as the La .....

French roulette rules

6. One number Straight up = En plein Two numbers Split Bet = Cheval Three numbers Street Bet = Transversale Four numbers Corner = Carre Six numbers Line Bet = Sixainne .....

Inside bets

7. Twelve numbers Column = Colonne Twelve numbers Dozen = Douzaine Red or Black = Rouge, Noir Even or Odd = Pair, Impair Low or High numbers = Manque, Passe .....

Outside bets

8. In Costa Rica some casino table games have different names, others have different names and different rules. Roulette in Costa Rica casinos is called Canasta and is played with a double zero layout. However, instead of using a roulette wheel the winning number is selected from a circular wire cage with numbered balls similar to the one used in bingo halls. .....

Canasta Roulette

9. The difference between California casinos and Vegas and other casinos is the way roulette and craps are played. In California it is against the rules and regulations to have a roulette wheel that is spun and to have a ball drop decide which number is the winning number on the wheel. It is also against the state rules and regulations to throw dice to decide the outcome of a game. In 2004, California legalized a form of roulette known as Californ .....

California Roulette

10. In most games players must ante a nominal amount just to have the cards dealt. Once the cards are dealt, the betting starts. Players bet into the pot in the middle of the table and it is done in turn clockwise. The player with the highest rank showing, is the first to speak and to bet. He can either bet or check. By saying Check, he passes the decision to bet to the next player who can also check. If all players check, then it is the end of the .....

Playing Poker

11. The ranking of poker hands based on probability starting from the highest are as follows. There are 2,598,960 possible combinations of cards in a poker hand you can be dealt. In brackets below next to the ranking of hands, are 1st the number of possible hands of that rank in 2,598,960 possible combinations, and 2nd your chances of getting one in percentage probability. .....

The Ranking of Poker Hands

12. Straight Flush is the best natural hand. A straight flush consists of five cards in sequence and of the same suit. An Ace high straight flush is called a Royal Straight Flush or Royal Flush and is the highest natural hand. .....

Straight Flush

13. Wild cards add an additional hand, five of a kind, which normally ranks above a straight flush. They can also cause confusion when two players hold the same hand composed of different wild card combinations. The standard rules of poker do not distinguish between such hands, but some players prefer to rank hands using fewer wild cards above less natural versions of the same hand. .....

Wild cards

14. If either the player or the bank have a total of 8 or 9 on the first two cards no further cards are drawn. The resulting hand is called a natural and the hand is over. If the players total is less than or equal to 5 the players hand draws a third card. If the player does not draw a third card, then the banks hand stands on 6 or more and takes a third card on a total of 5 or less. If the player does take a third card then the Banks third card rule .....

Players third card rule

15. If the banks total is 2 or less then bank draws a card, regardless of what the players third card is. If the banks total is 3 then the bank draws a third card unless the players third card was an 8. If the banks total is 4 then the bank draws a third card unless the players third card was a 0, 1, 8, or 9. If the banks total is 5 then the bank draws a third card if the players third card was 4, 5, 6, or 7. If the banks total is 6 then the bank dra .....

Banks third card rule

16. The numbers are announced quickly by the Caller, so you must pay careful attention to the numbers that are called and mark them quickly and accurately on your cards. The caller keeps calling numbers until one or more players claim BINGO. Then the game stops and the numbers are verified. If there is a winner, the prize is awarded and a new bingo game begins with new cards. If there is more than one winner, the prize is split among all the winners .....

Number calling

17. Computers are changing the way we play the bingo game in bingo halls. In the past few years many bingo players have moved to portable, handheld bingo computers or devices that allow them to play multiple cards at the same time with ease. Electronic bingo devices have a tracking mechanism so players will never miss a bingo, even if they are playing multiple cards. Players using these devices simply listen for the caller to call the next number a .....

Electronic Bingo

18. When playing online, your bingo cards are randomly selected for you. Most online games give you 3 or 4 cards. Other games let you take more. Every online bingo game has a caller or a display board for the bingo numbers. The game pattern is also displayed. Some games automatically mark the numbers on your card for you. .....

Online Bingo

19. Blackjack is played with an international 52 card deck without jokers. Casinos normally use several decks mixed together called a shoe, both in order to speed up the game with more cards in play you dont have to reshuffle after every single hand and to make card counting more difficult card counting is a technique used to gain an advantage over the casino by keeping track of the proportions of different value cards remaining in play. The number .....

Equipment

20. When you play blackjack at home, you should take turns being the dealer, to ensure fairness in the game unless the player who is hosting the game specifically has stated that he or she wants to act as the house the entire game and the other players agree to this. You can switch dealer every hand, every five hands or whatever you decide. If youre playing with a single deck of cards, the best idea is to re shuffle after every hand. Of course, you .....

Home game blackjack

21. Each player at the blackjack table has a circle or box to place bets in. There will always be a minimum bet and a maximum bet for the table. The maximum bet is normally ten to twenty times the minimum bet, meaning that a table with a $5 minimum would have a $50 to $100 maximum. Each player decides how much to bet on a hand before the deal. .....

Betting and winning

22. After the cards have been dealt, the game goes on with each player taking action in clockwise order starting to dealers left. First, the player must declare if he wants to take advantage of the side rules explained below. You can only use the side rules once, when its your turn to act after the deal. Then the player can keep his hand as it is stand or take more cards from the deck hit, one at a time, until either the player judges that the ha .....

The players turns

23. When all players have finished their actions, either decided to stand or busted, the dealer turns over his hidden hole card. If the dealer has a natural 21 blackjack with his two cards, he wont take any more cards. All players lose, except players who also have a blackjack, in which case it is a push the bet is returned to the player. If the dealer doesnt have a natural, he hits takes more cards or stands depending on the value of the hand. C .....

The dealers turn

24. If the dealer goes bust, all players who are left in the game win. Otherwise players with higher point totals than the dealer win, while players with lower totals than the dealer lose. Players with a blackjack win a bet plus a bonus amount, which is normally equal to half their original wager. A blackjack hand beats any other hand, also those with a total value of 21 but with more cards. As described above, if the dealer has a blackjack, player .....

Showdown

25. If youre fairly sure that your hand will beat the dealers, you can double your original bet. Youre sometimes allowed to double down for any amount up to the original bet amount. In most casinos you may double down on any hand, but some casinos require an opening hand worth 11, 10 or 9. .....