Easy games are the lifeline of a casino party. Those who love to take risks can try them out at birthday, Christmas, dinner and kitty parties with the Casino theme. Decorate the venue with posters from gambling films like Casino Royale and Maverick to set the mood for a happening night.
The majority are also available to play for free, including the following popular choices: Atlantic City Blackjack European Blackjack Perfect Blackjack Blackjack Surrender Blackjack Switch. Play FREE casino games! Over 50 slots, bingo, poker, blackjack, solitaire and so much more! WIN BIG and party with your friends! Casino Games: Free Shipping on Everything. at Overstock - Your Online Casino Games Store! Get 5% in rewards with Club O! Choose an online keno game you like. If you’re new to playing keno online, then playing free keno games gives you a risk-free experience before switching to playing keno for real money at an online casino. When you’re ready, we recommend that you play keno for real money at a secure online casino. Pick your keno numbers (also called spots).
1) Card Tambola
Play this game like Tambola. Just call out playing cards instead of numbers.
2) Poker
You would find the printable poker hand chart useful for your game.
3) Plinko
Steps
Create your own Plinko board about 6 feet high and 4 feet wide. It consists of nails inserted in a wooden board.
Create slots for points at the bottom.
Take small plastic discs and allow each player to drop them from the top and check what he scores when the discs reach the bottom. You can give 2 discs to each player.
The video helps you visualize the game better.
4) Roulette
You can make this DIY roulette board for playing the traditional roulette. You can buy or DIY the wheel too. The gamblers would love this night game.
5) Spin the Wheel
Steps
For this game, arrange prizes and number them.
Make this spinning wheel out of cardboard and glue a circular paper on the front face.
Divide the disc into sections and write the prizes on them as shown in the image.
Have an arrow-shaped pointer glued to the wall behind the disc such that it touches the circumference of the disc at a point.
Spin the wheel and see which gift is in store for you.
If you want, you can write points on the wheel and check how much you accumulate by multiple spins. You can have prizes for specific aggregate points.
6) Shot Roulette
This drinking game promises loads of enjoyment at a champagne party. Just spin the arrow and drink to your heart’s content. It’s a win-win game! Roulette zero payout.
7) Dart Poker
Throw darts to own cards. The best 5 cards are a poker hand. The best hand at the end of the night would be the winner. This casino themed party game would be a hit with bachelorettes.
8) Dice Game
Steps
Each player rolls 5 dices.
Go according to the following rules.
If you get any 3 identical faces of the dies, you win small.
If you get 4 faces same, you win medium.
If you get all the 5 dies with the same faces up, you get the grand prize.
9) Card Castle Building
Steps
Divide the group into teams.
Ask the teams to place bids on their members.
One from each team comes up and builds a card castle.
The member with the largest castle wins a point for his team and gets double the bid amount.
Steps 3 and 4 are repeated for all the team members.
In the end, the team with the maximum points wins a prize.
You would be glad to rake in the moolah at casino related parties. The game supplies come cheap as they are homemade. Next time you throw a party at home, try to make it casino style to ring in the gaming spirit. Note the games suit adults.
Slot machines are a popular type of casino game.
Games available in most casinos are commonly called casino games. In a casino game, the players gamble cash or casino chips on various possible random outcomes or combinations of outcomes. Casino games are also available in online casinos, where permitted by law. Casino games can also be played outside casinos for entertainment purposes like in parties or in school competitions, some on machines that simulate gambling.
Categories[edit]
Overhead view of a casino floor with table games (bottom) and slot machines
There are three general categories of casino games: gaming machines, table games, and random number games. Gaming machines, such as slot machines and pachinko, are usually played by one player at a time and do not require the involvement of casino employees to play. Tables games, such as blackjack or craps, involve one or more players who are competing against the house (the casino itself) rather than each other. Table games are usually conducted by casino employees known as croupiers or dealers. Random number games are based upon the selection of random numbers, either from a computerized random number generator or from other gaming equipment. Random number games may be played at a table or through the purchase of paper tickets or cards, such as keno or bingo.
Some casino games combine multiple of the above aspects; for example, roulette is a table game conducted by a dealer, which involves random numbers. Casinos may also offer other type of gaming, such as hosting poker games or tournaments, where players compete against each other.
Common casino games[edit]
Notable games that are commonly found at casinos include:
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House advantage[edit]
Casino games typically provide a predictable long-term advantage to the casino, or 'house', while offering the players the possibility of a short-term gain that in some cases can be large. Some casino games have a skill element, where the players' decisions have an impact on the results. Players possessing sufficient skills to eliminate the inherent long-term disadvantage (the house edge or vigorish) in a casino game are referred to as advantage players.
The players' disadvantage is a result of the casino not paying winning wagers according to the game's 'true odds', which are the payouts that would be expected considering the odds of a wager either winning or losing. For example, if a game is played by wagering on the number that would result from the roll of one die, true odds would be 5 times the amount wagered since there is a 1 in 6 chance of any single number appearing, assuming that the player gets the original amount wagered back. However, the casino may only pay 4 times the amount wagered for a winning wager.
The house edge or vigorish is defined as the casino profit expressed as the percentage of the player's original bet. (In games such as blackjack or Spanish 21, the final bet may be several times the original bet, if the player double and splits.)
A European roulette ('single zero') wheel
In American roulette, there are two 'zeroes' (0, 00) and 36 non-zero numbers (18 red and 18 black). This leads to a higher house edge compared to European roulette. The chances of a player, who bets 1 unit on red, winning is 18/38 and his chances of losing 1 unit is 20/38. The player's expected value is EV = (18/38 × 1) + (20/38 × (−1)) = 18/38 − 20/38 = −2/38 = −5.26%. Therefore, the house edge is 5.26%. After 10 spins, betting 1 unit per spin, the average house profit will be 10 × 1 × 5.26% = 0.53 units. European roulette wheels have only one 'zero' and therefore the house advantage (ignoring the en prison rule) is equal to 1/37 = 2.7%.
The house edge of casino games varies greatly with the game, with some games having an edge as low as 0.3%. Keno can have house edges up to 25%, slot machines having up to 15%.
The calculation of the roulette house edge was a trivial exercise; for other games, this is not usually the case. Combinatorial analysis and/or computer simulation is necessary to complete the task.
In games which have a skill element, such as blackjack or Spanish 21, the house edge is defined as the house advantage from optimal play (without the use of advanced techniques such as card counting), on the first hand of the shoe (the container that holds the cards). The set of the optimal plays for all possible hands is known as 'basic strategy' and is highly dependent on the specific rules and even the number of decks used. Good blackjack and Spanish 21 games have house edges below 0.5%.
Traditionally, the majority of casinos have refused to reveal the house edge information for their slots games and due to the unknown number of symbols and weightings of the reels, in most cases it is much more difficult to calculate the house edge than that in other casino games. However, due to some online properties revealing this information and some independent research conducted by Michael Shackleford in the offline sector, this pattern is slowly changing.[1]
In games where players are not competing against the house, such as poker, the casino usually earns money via a commission, known as a 'rake'.
Standard deviation[edit]
The luck factor in a casino game is quantified using standard deviations (SD).[2] The standard deviation of a simple game like roulette can be calculated using the binomial distribution. In the binomial distribution, SD = √npq, where n = number of rounds played, p = probability of winning, and q = probability of losing. The binomial distribution assumes a result of 1 unit for a win, and 0 units for a loss, rather than −1 units for a loss, which doubles the range of possible outcomes. Furthermore, if we flat bet at 10 units per round instead of 1 unit, the range of possible outcomes increases 10 fold.[3]
SD (roulette, even-money bet) = 2b√npq, where b = flat bet per round, n = number of rounds, p = 18/38, and q = 20/38.
For example, after 10 rounds at 1 unit per round, the standard deviation will be 2 × 1 × √10 × 18/38 × 20/38 = 3.16 units. After 10 rounds, the expected loss will be 10 × 1 × 5.26% = 0.53. As you can see, standard deviation is many times the magnitude of the expected loss.[4]
The standard deviation for pai gow poker is the lowest out of all common casino games. Many casino games, particularly slot machines, have extremely high standard deviations. The bigger size of the potential payouts, the more the standard deviation may increase.
As the number of rounds increases, eventually, the expected loss will exceed the standard deviation, many times over. From the formula, we can see the standard deviation is proportional to the square root of the number of rounds played, while the expected loss is proportional to the number of rounds played. As the number of rounds increases, the expected loss increases at a much faster rate. This is why it is impossible for a gambler to win in the long term. It is the high ratio of short-term standard deviation to expected loss that fools gamblers into thinking that they can win.
It is important for a casino to know both the house edge and variance for all of their games. The house edge tells them what kind of profit they will make as percentage of turnover, and the variance tells them how much they need in the way of cash reserves. The mathematicians and computer programmers that do this kind of work are called gaming mathematicians and gaming analysts. Casinos do not have in-house expertise in this field, so outsource their requirements to experts in the gaming analysis field.
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References[edit]
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^'Michael Shackleford is the wizard of odds'. Observer. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
^Hagan, general editor, Julian Harris, Harris (2012). Gaming law : jurisdictional comparisons (1st ed.). London: European Lawyer Reference Series/Thomson Reuters. ISBN978-0414024861.
^Gao, J.Z.; Fong, D.; Liu, X. (April 2011). 'Mathematical analyses of casino rebate systems for VIP gambling'. International Gambling Studies. 11 (1): 93–106. doi:10.1080/14459795.2011.552575. S2CID144540412.
^Andrew, Siegel (2011). Practical Business Statistics. Academic Press. ISBN978-0123877178. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
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