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Get Ready To Place Your Bets Excitement and entertainment are some of the reasons why millions of people come to Las Vegas each year. These basic rules will get you started, however, many casinos offer free classes. If you are ever in doubt, just ask the dealer, they will be more than happy to explain the game to you. BACCARAT - (pronounced bah-kah-rah) Baccarat uses eight shuffled decks of cards, placed in a "shoe" by the dealer. The object is to come as close to 9 as possible without going over with just two cards (possibly three). Only two players, the "banker" and the "player" are dealt cards from the shoe. All players, including the banker, can bet on either the banker's hand or the player's hand. The player is the player with the largest bet on the player's side.
Cards are dealt face-down, player, banker, player, banker. Players and bankers then expose their hands. If the banker has a winning hand, players betting on that hand pay a 5% commission to the dealer. If the banker has a losing hand, he or she passes the shoe to the next player. BLACKJACK - (also called 21) Blackjack is by far the most
popular game in Las Vegas. It's easy, fast and exciting. The
object is to have a card value closer to 21 than the dealer's,
without going over 21. Place your bet in front of you before the deal. After all bets are placed, the dealer then deals two cards to you and two cards to himself. The dealers cards will be one down and one up. Aces count as 1 or 11 ( you may decide the value that is in your best interest), numbered cards are counted at face value, face cards count as 10. If your first two cards total 21 ( a face card or a 10, along with an ace), expose all your cards and collect 1 1/2 times your bet! You Won! If your first two cards do not total 21, you can either "stand" (meaning, play your hand as it is), or "hit" (request as many cards as needed to approach a card total of 21). You "bust" if you go over 21. When you are satisfied with your card total, slip your cards under your bet. It is now the dealers turn. The dealer must stand with a card total of 17 or more, and must hit on any card total less than 17. If the dealer busts, all players still in the game win. May ways to beat the odds and increase winnings are available in Blackjack. Double Down: Double your bet when your first two cards total 9, 10 or 11. Your gambling on getting an ace, a face card, or a ten as your third card. Splitting: When your first two cards are the same count (for example, two 4's), split the hand into two hands, playing and betting on each of them. Insurance: If the dealer shows an ace, you can bet half of your original bet to "insure" against the dealer getting 21; if the dealer has 21, you lose the original bet, but the insurance pays 2 to 1. CARIBBEAN STUD POKER - Caribbean Stud Poker is the easiest way to play poker and features the excitement of an optional side bet, where the player may win all or a portion of a progressive jackpot. Caribbean Stud Poker is based upon Five Card Stud. To receive cards, the player must make an ante, or opening bet, and decide whether to play the progressive bet as well. Each player is then dealt five cards. The dealer is also dealt five cards - with one card face up. After examining their hand, the player has the option of 1) folding, forfeiting their ante, or 2) calling and making an additional wager that is exactly double the amount of the ante. To continue to play, the dealer must have an Ace/King combination or better. If the dealer's hand doesn't qualify, all antes are paid and the hand is over. If the dealer does qualify to play and the player wins, the player wins even money on the ante. Dealer Must Qualify. If the dealer does not have an Ace/King or higher, the dealer cannot open and the hand is over. All players who stayed in the hand are paid even money on their antes and is paid according to the Bonus Payout Schedule for their additional Call Bet. Progressive jackpot payouts are made regardless of whether the player has beaten the dealer's hand. KENO - Originated in China 2,000 years ago and is an uncomplicated way to relax. Keno is also one of the many names given to Bingo, as developed by traveling carnivals in the 1880's, from a children's game called "Lotto." Another name for this game was "Screeno," which was played in movie theatres in this country in the 1930's. One night a week was known as "Bank Night," and the audience would get free Screeno cards with their movie tickets, and could win cash or prizes. On a blank Keno ticket mark from 1 to 15 numbers (out of 80) with a crayon and place your bet. Within a few minutes the casino selects at random 20 of the 80 numbers. Compare these numbers to the numbers you selected. You'll know right away if you are a winner. the amount of money you win depends on how many numbers were selected and the type of ticket you played. |
CRAPS - Considered to be the most exciting game. Beginners
often feel that the game is Players place their bets in marked areas of the table, and the "shooter" (the player with the dice) rolls two dice across the table. Betting on the "Pass" line means you are betting with the dice and the shooter. If the shooter rolls 7 or 11 (a natural) on the first roll, you win; if the shooter rolls 2,3, or 12 (craps), you lose. If the shooter rolls any other number ("point"), and rolls the point again before rolling 7, you win. If you bet on the "Don't Pass" line, you are betting against the shooter and the dice. Your winnings (and losses) above are reversed, except that a roll of 12 is a standoff. When the shooter has rolled a point number , you can make another single bet on the "Come" line or the "Don't Come" line. You win a wager on the "Come" line if the shooter rolls the point number again before rolling 7. If the shoot rolls 7 before rolling the point number again, your wager on the "Don't Come" line is a winner. ROULETTE - Fast, exciting and simple. Buy chips from the dealer (each player gets a different color) and place your bets on the table. You can bet on any single number, split a bet on two, four, or more numbers; a column of numbers; a range of numbers; odd or even numbers; red or black; or green 0 or 00. The dealer then sends a ball
spinning around the roulette wheel, which contains all the numbers
and Odds range from even money to 35 to 1. Generally, colors and ranges pay even money; columns pay 2 to 1; single numbers pay 35 to 1; split bet payoffs vary depending on how many numbers were included. For example, a single bet split between two numbers pays 17 to 1 if either number is the winning number. SLOTS - By far the easiest game to play. Just pull a handle or push a button. Most casinos have five-dollar,
one-dollar, quarter and nickel slots. Choose your denomination,
then choose the type of slot you would like to pay. There is
a wide variety - single and multiple pay lines; three-wheelers
to nine-wheelers, fixed jackpots and progressive, line-up-the-cherries. There are video machines that offer poker, blackjack, duces-wild and keno. Double Bonus Poker Video Though it's not a table game, this new version of video poker is worth checking out. Because, when played perfectly, the game returns 100.2 percent. That's right: the player actually has the edge over the house. (Another game, full-pay "Deuces Wild," returns 100.7 percent. But that games requires complex,non-intuitive strategy adjustments typically too vexing for the casual gambler.) Do not to be fooled by impostors like "Bonus Poker" or "Double Double Bonus" or "Double Bonus Deluxe." These games have a diminished pay scale that returns less to the player. Find a machine that's marked "Double Bonus Poker," in which the pay table indicates that a full house pays 10 units and a flush pays seven units. Even if you just play intuitively, as you would on a standard 'Jacks or Better' video poker machine, you'll still get a 99.7 percent return. Combine that with a slot club rebate and you've got the best of it." Big 6 This is the "Wheel of Fortune," without Vanna White - and it's even easier to play than keno. The wheel, festooned with U.S. currency, is spun by a dealer. It pays every Player who picks the section where it stops, and the sections pay off according to pre-determined odds. Players make wagers by placing their chips in the corresponding boxes - marked with the same currency that are on the wheel - that are on the table in front of the wheel, using those odds as a guide. The odds for each payoff correspond to the chance that it will turn up on the wheel. There are more $1 spaces than there are $10 spaces, which means the odds are higher if the bets the $10 space. |
Aces count as 1
and the numbered cards less than 10 are counted at face value.
Face cards and 10's, or any combination of cards totaling 10
have no value. The last digit of the cards is the hand value.
for example, an 8 and a 5 may total 13, but the value of the
hand is 3.
complicated and very intimidating.
There are many nuances to craps and the only way to learn is
by playing. However, there are some simple bets you can make
with favorable odds when starting out.
colors on the game board where you placed
your bet. Whatever number and color the ball lands on is a winner.
