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Everygame Casino would like to present a unique database: a glossary of online casino terms. We will explain them as we go along. We might also contrast them to what players experience at land-based casinos. We know that we will not have time for every term that applies to casino gaming. We will continue the glossary in upcoming articles.
Account
At an online casino, you create an account by depositing money. An online casino keeps track of your account through a huge computer bank. Look to encryption, bonuses, wagering requirement, and player’s card for more information.
Under the heading of account, we could also add verification which online casinos use to be sure that the person who is requesting a withdrawal is the person who is the rightful owner of the money.
American Roulette
This form of roulette has a 0 and a 00 slot. The house edge in American roulette is about 5.5%. Better odds for gamers are in European and French Roulette.
Autoplay
This is software that allows you to play continuously without having to activate a game every time. While all online casinos offer autoplay, a good online casino will discourage gamers from using it as it detracts from the entertainment value of the game.
Baccarat
This game is similar to blackjack but only similar. There are three bets. The bet on the banker is best; a bet on the player is a small amount less good than a bet on the banker; a bet on a tie is a very poor bet.
Banana Jones
This is a great fun game usually categorized as a specialty game. It is a spoof on the Indiana Jones movies and a play on the famous kids game Chutes and Ladders. We mention it here to bring it to your attention.
Our advice is to play Banana Jones!
Bankroll
This is the money you have set aside for gaming. Bankroll is more of a poker term but online casinos also use it. We encourage gamers to set aside a very modest amount of money as an online casino is available all the time.
Betting Systems
These are ways some players use to try to win back losses and ultimately win at the casino. Betting systems do not work in the long run. The key here is that a betting system will work over a very few spins or hands. When a player has even a small losing streak, the betting system calls for them to make an unreasonable bet in order to win back a very small amount of money.
Blackjack
This game is also called 21. Online casinos offer many variations of blackjack. land-based casinos cannot offer as many blackjack games because blackjack tables take up a lot of space. Blackjack is a game of skill. It has a very high return-to-player rate of about 99.5% if the player uses the best strategy on all hands.
Players try to avoid the bust which is going over 21 points.
Bonus
Online casino gamers enjoy many bonuses. A simple bonus is a percentage bonus based on the gamer’s deposit. A 100% bonus doubles the amount of money a gamer has to play with. Gamers at an online casino can often receive a deposit bonus of a thousand dollars or more.
A good bonus offer has a high bonus rate and a reasonably high maximum bonus amount.
A word to the wise; if you are accepting a deposit bonus, never deposit more than you need to in order to receive the maximum bonus. So, with a 125% bonus up to $1000, never deposit more than $800.
Buy-in Fee
This is the amount of money players pay to enter a slots or blackjack tournament.
Caribbean Poker
This is a great poker variation. There are three types of Caribbean Poker: stud, draw, and hold’em. This is a game of skill as the player has to decide whether to stay in the hand or fold.
Most players stay in on all hands because they can win the ante bet if the dealer doesn’t “qualify”. The dealer needs a minimum hand to qualify and this minimum hand is different for each of the Caribbean Poker variations.
Caribbean Poker has not been fully analyzed so the best strategy on every hand is not yet known.
Classic Slots
There are two types of classic slots. One is a game that is old by casino standards and is still immensely popular. The other is a game that just a few games love to play.
Online casinos can keep the latter type of classic slot while land-based casinos do not have enough room to carry this kind of slot.
Comp Points
This is a popular casino promotion. Players accumulate comp points as they play. Since players are more concentrated on gaming, to them the comp points account grows fast. When you have enough comp points, you can redeem them for casino credits.
An online casino keeps track of comp points in real-time through their computer bank. Land-based casinos keep track of comp points on the player’s card. The disadvantages of a player’s card for this purpose are that sometimes players lose their player’s card, sometimes they misplace it, sometimes they forget to bring it with them when they go back to that land-based casino, sometimes they choose to go to a different land-based casino, and sometimes they never go back to a land-based casino.
Encryption Software
This is software that scrambles any data kept online so that hackers can’t access that data. All online businesses, government offices, banks, and so on use encryption software to protect their clients’ and customers’ money. Online casinos use the top encryption software to protect gamers’ money and personal information.
Free Roll
This is a tournament with no buy-in fee. The prize pool is very small so these games and tournaments are the perfect conduit for fun online casino gaming fun.
Insurance
This is a blackjack offer in which the player can buy insurance if the dealer is showing an ace. Statistical analysis has shown that insurance is a very poor bet.
Keno
Keno is similar to bingo. Players guess how many numbers will be drawn and get paid based on how many correct numbers they guessed. Statistical analysis has shown that betting on only four numbers is best.
Live Dealer Games
This is a feature of many online casinos where a feed is sent to the online casino so gamers can play games as if they were in a land-based casino. The live dealer games are becoming very popular among online casino gamers. This is also another reason that gamers no longer have to travel to a casino to have a great fun time gaming.
Martingale System
This is the best-known betting system. IT DOESN’T WORK! See betting systems.
Maximum
In order to win the extra bonus for a Royal Flush in video poker, you have to bet the maximum. The same rule applies to winning a progressive jackpot.
Mobile Casino Gaming
Mobile has come a long way, baby! Once mobile was not all that good; today mobile is great and it is the number one way for most gamers to play online casino games.
Mobile has become so popular that some land-based casinos now offer a mobile version of their own casino.
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This glossary is incomplete at this time. In an upcoming article, we will do a full glossary of slot terms. In the meantime, we encourage all gamers to sample all of our games. You can do this over a period of time since playing at Everygame Casino does not require any travel!
