Slots are entertaining no doubt about it and entice the gambler with a payout percentage that is well engineered to strike a good balance of payouts and being in with a chance for a big win Vs just spending without anything happening.

Slot machines are visually appealing too and have great audio effects. You can usually find them in pubs and casinos across the UK as they don’t take up much space and the customers now and again like to have a gamble. It is clear that a lot of design goes into each and every one of them.

Physical Slot Machines have rolls which spin then stop on one segment creating a result. Now having a line of reels you increase the possible combinations of where the reels line up. Sometimes these result combinations are pay lines- and you get a win depending on the line.

It is a myth that a slot will be more likely to pay out if it has not paid out for a while. But a statistician will tell you that it will be statistically more likely to if it has not paid out recently.

A slot machine will have a payout percentage associated with it like 87% for example. This means it averages out of every 100 dollars input it pays out 87. The house keeps the 13% lucky for the house in this case. This is just an average and there is nothing to say that you could put in 200 dollars and not get anything back. So be warned.

The great thing about many Vegas Slots is that as an amateur you can have a lot of fun gambling a small pot with small change all hours. So in this way the non gamblers can have some pretty safe fun.

Blackjack is a game of cards that is essentially quick to pick up and enjoy. You can play for money in casinos or just at home for fun! Being a simple game it is particularly enjoyable for younger players and a way to get them moving away from say snap!

You might have heard of the game 21 (Vingt et Une in Europe) or Pontoon in the UK. These are 3 names for the same game.

The objective is to get Blackjack which is a score of 21 with a picture card and an ace. You get dealt by a dealer 2 cards face up the dealer deals his second face down. In the casino game you play against the dealer and a few players can play against the dealer simultaneously without affecting your game. You can also observe the min and max bet written at the table.

How to score and play out..

Cards 2-9 represent their numerical value. Just add them together normally.

An Ace is either 1 or 11 so you can choose how to add them. An Ace with an 8 can be 9 (1+8) or 19 (11+8) for example.

The dealer will pay out odds usually 3 to 2 for any lucky enough to get Blackjack (so long as the dealer also didn’t make Blackjack). Make sure you check the odds of a blackjack win as casinos are becoming more stingy these days.

If you got 2 picture cards you would have 20, 1 away from 21 which is your goal. This is generally a good number to stick on. But it’s your choice.

You can at this point double down and double your stake.

If your hand is low, you can ask to get HIT and the dealer issues you another card. You can continue this until you get either to 21 or beyond in which case you lose as you have BUST.

When you decide to settle or stick and all other players have played, the dealer will show his second card and if less than you, you win. If you have an equal score, the dealer wins.

If you get a pair of cards you can split the hand providing you put up the initial bet again on the new hand. Both hands must play out entirely independently.