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Gaming safely is of absolutely paramount importance when you are gaming here at Everygame Casino, at any other online casino, or at any land-based casino. So, we will talk about safe gaming at both our excellent online casino and at a land-based casino.
There are, of course, many areas of overlap between gaming at an online casino or at a land-based casino, but there are also some areas where safety is different between online and land-based casinos.
Do Your Own Due Diligence
It always pays off to research anything you want to do that will have a financial cost. You want an online casino that is absolutely reputable. You want a land-based casino that has a stellar reputation.
Travelling to a land-based casino might cost only the gas it takes to drive to a local casino, or it can involve an expenditure of several hundred dollars for a long weekend at a casino. Las Vegas is no longer what it once was, and you should most definitely check this out.
What Has Happened to Las Vegas?
The Strip has gone quiet. Where once there were always thousands of gamblers at all of the Strip casinos combined, now there are possibly just hundreds. Many casinos on the Strip are functionally empty. If it is your dream to play at a practically empty land-based casino, then this might be the Golden Era of Las Vegas casinos for you.
This is not what most people sign up for when they go to the cost and hassle of travelling to Las Vegas.
On the other hand, the old downtown of Las Vegas is still doing okay.
What Happened?
Two things happened. First, online casinos such as Everygame Casino have thrived and grown. This has come at the expense of land-based casinos generally. Then the COVID-19 crisis hit, and land-based casinos closed. This left only online casinos open.
What happened was that erstwhile land-based casino players were locked out of their favorite casinos. They “discovered” the many benefits of online casino gaming.
The Law of Diminishing Returns
As players at land-based casinos decreased, the casinos had to raise prices in order to have enough revenue to stay in business. At this point, casinos on the Strip have priced themselves out of the mainstream casino market.
So, to be safe at a casino on land, be sure that there will be plenty of people there. Also, be sure that you don’t get gouged by hidden extra costs. This is what we mean when we say do your due diligence.
Make Sure the Casino Can Cover Unexpected Winnings
This applies both to land-based and to online casinos. The last thing you want is to win a very big jackpot only to find out that the casino cannot cover the payout. This is called monetization, and it is the lifeblood of every business.
Every business needs enough money to survive a downturn. In casino terms, it means being able to cover all of your costs, including unexpected gamers’ wins.
Time Well Spent
This is one of the biggest Achilles heels of land-based casinos: most players there waste a lot of time. This is especially true of a player who loses a big part of his or her bankroll early on in a long weekend. They end up wandering the casino floor.
This never happens at Everygame Casino or at any other online casino. A gamer might set up a 30–60-minute gaming session. They might “wander” about the casino looking for a game they have not played before. After all, we have 400 or so games on offer, and you never have to wait to play any game. When the session ends, you go on to whatever else you have to do or want to do that evening.
Thus, gaming at an online casino such as Everygame is time well spent, while going to a land-based casino often turns into time poorly spent.
Earmark a Responsible Sum for Gaming
A responsible adult will set aside a correct amount of money for everything they want to do or buy. This includes absolutely everything you might spend money on. For a great number of things we spend money on, we make the financial decision automatically.
We simply know without really thinking about it what we can afford and what we cannot afford. This also applies to budgeting for online casino gaming. This is what we all call responsible gaming.
Things can fall apart a lot easier, and they do fall apart a lot more often at a land-based casino. A player who takes out $100 to play with and loses it is a lot more likely to take out more money because they have little else to do except to gamble.
At Everygame Casino, if you have a long streak of poor luck, you will simply stop playing. At an online casino, you can play whenever you want to so there is no reason to chase losses at any unlucky session.
How We Keep Track and How You Keep Track
Everygame Casino and all top online casinos keep track of everything you do at the casino for you. We track wins and losses in the games, we track bonuses and the wagering requirement you have to complete after taking a bonus before you can withdraw winnings, we keep track of comp points, and we track your gaming history.
If a gamer suddenly bets more than his or her previous pattern showed, if they play a lot longer than they played before, if they make wilder bets than they made before, we will see the new pattern and we’ll reach out to help you get back on track or stop playing casino games altogether.
Here, one key is that we keep track so you don’t have to and the second key is that we are dedicated to responsible gaming.
The Player’s Card
At a land-based casino, you keep track of yourself through the player’s card. One very important way to stay safe at a land-based casino is to always remember to take your player’s card when you leave a game. Never put the card down.
Be Safe from Untoward Other Players
Land-based casinos really do want players to bet high, to take out more money on day 1 of a 3-day weekend, and to get mentally and physically in a state of confusion. This is why we tell gamers to wait until after the gaming session is over to drink any alcohol, while land-based casinos give out free alcohol.
This is also why land-based casinos will give players a free buffet meal so that they come back so tired from the indulgent meal that they bet like an overly tired player might bet.
Players at a land-based casino don’t usually think about this, but since there are fewer people at casinos on the Strip and since there will be some intoxicated players on the casino floor, you need to be aware of your surroundings at all times.
Stay Safe by Gaming at Everygame Casino
One other way players are not “safe” at many land-based casinos is that the casinos pay out less in some games than we do here at Everygame. The return to player rate in slots is about 97% at Everygame, but it is only 90% or less at many land-based casinos.
We pay 9-6 for a full house and a flush in video poker, while many land-based casinos pay out only 8-5 or 7-5 for those great hands.
We pay 3-2 for a blackjack while many land-based casinos pay out only 6-5.