Online Casino Forums. Introduction to Casino. What do newbies need to know?

When you read forums about online casinos, there are sections for newbies everywhere. Of course, this is fuel for the casino and for the numerous partners (affiliates) who live off the % of money people lose.
Typically, the "Introduction to Casino" looks something like this:

...Gambling is a risk in itself, so beginners should not rush to start playing at a casino. Find out what are the things you need to know: which sites are safe, what games, whether it is worth taking bonuses and how to withdraw winnings.

Note that there is no mention of casino gambling being a deliberately unprofitable activity, since all casino games are built on a negative mathematical expectation. The more a player spins the slots, plays cards or stands at the roulette table, the more he is guaranteed to end up in the red.

Safe choice of online casino.
There is no need to make a mistake when choosing an establishment. It is always better to give preference to reliable casinos. They should have a good reputation, a license, a decent selection of original games, convenient payment methods and prompt, and most importantly knowledgeable support. To choose the right site for the game, you can view our casino rating. There you can set different filters to leave only those results that suit you.

Of course, where would we be without a table full of affiliate ref-links to all sorts of good and bad casinos? After all, this is the maingoal of webmasters - to drive as many newcomers as possible to affiliate sites. Each affiliate has its own "list of the best and safest".

How are online casinos rated?
The rating is calculated automatically based on casino data. Many characteristics are taken into account, such as the license, player reviews, and responses from the establishment's representatives. When calculating the rating, factors that should provide the player with convenience and entertainment are also taken into account, such as deposit methods
accounts, game developers.
Why should you choose quality casinos?
Because it is a guarantee of relative peace. The worse the casino, the more problems you may have with it when playing in real life. For example, the support service does not respond, funds disappear from the account, verification does not pass, withdrawals are delayed, etc. There may be many different small and large
troubles. If you want as few surprises as possible, then you need to carefully select operators. If you are ready to take risks for some other benefits, then at least check that they have a license and original software. It is also desirable that the operator shows a willingness to sort out controversial situations, and not just ignore all complaints.

The stupidity of the situation is that there are scams, semi-scams and normal casinos operating on the gambling market. Each webmaster praises his list of "the best and safest", but very often you can see a mix of casinos of all three categories at any affiliate.

How to choose the right casinos for playing and what you need to pay attention to is well described by Boris Ruban in his book "Casino, Slots, Roulette":
www.100pravda.com/forum/roulette-game/45...uletka?start=60#4600

Withdrawing money from the casino.
It's not enough to just win, you still need to withdraw it. And problems with withdrawal are the most common complaint from players. What could go wrong?
Firstly, there are cases when the establishment refuses to pay out without any reason. And if you play in a bad establishment, you may encounter something like this.
Secondly, there are many things hidden in the terms and conditions that most players don't read. Break these rules and the operator will happily prevent you from withdrawing money, especially if you used bonuses. For example, it is often stated that you cannot play certain games with an active bonus.
You will be allowed to launch a prohibited game, and they will not even say anything if you lose. But if you win, that will become a problem. So be careful.
There is also such a popular point in the rules as abuse of bonuses.
For different establishments, this means different things. Somewhere, not abusing means not taking three bonuses in a row, in other places, not creating multiple accounts. The most interesting thing is that in the first case, the casino will credit you with bonuses for the tenth time in a row. But it will use this as a reason to refuse withdrawal if you win. There are also cases when there can be no claims against the operator, because their actions are justified. They can also be understood, since
Many players want to make money and resort to various types of fraud. And when their withdrawal is blocked, they start complaining and insisting that they did not violate anything.
So, know the rules, do not break them, and then the operator will not have legal reasons to deprive you of the money you won.

Do you not get the impression that the unfortunate casinos only have time to hand out money by the shovelful? This is a deliberate hidden deception of beginners. Recently, cunning casinos have been launching "complaints" from players on all forums and gambling resources on the topic: "I, Vasya Pupkin, deposited 1000 rubles and won 100 million, but the casino bastards do not pay, although they found a 4th multi-account and I am not 18 years old."
This is the scheme used to advertise casinos, because any player will remember that you can win 100 million in such and such a casino, and multi-accounts and 18 years of age are not a threat to them. Webmasters are also attracted to this format of advertising, they will demand money from the casino for an open laudatory post, and they are always happy to publish complaints.

What is the selection of games?
You can find any entertainment in an online casino. There is such a wide range that it is easy for a beginner to get confused. The main thing is that you can play in free mode. Use it to see what you are more interested in: slot machines, roulette, blackjack, live games, video poker, etc.
It is important to keep in mind that each game has its own theoretical return, known as RTP. This is a percentage value that shows how much playersreceive when they decide to spend real money. So, 98% means that players as a whole are returned 98% of their bets. But this is not done evenly. Some
may not get anything, others will win large sums from the very first bet. In general, the real return should be close to the theoretical one specified in the game. The most profitable games in online casinos The higher the RTP, the more profitable the game will be for players. In general, the most profitable are blackjack, French roulette, baccarat. However, in all three cases there are certain conditions that must be met. Blackjack can give different theoretical
return. Those who use the basic strategy get the maximum value of about 99.5%. The basic strategy in blackjack gives instructions for any situation. It says that with such and such cards of the dealer and the player, the player should make such and such a decision. There are quite a lot of instructions, since all possible scenarios are considered.
However, it is not necessary to remember them all, especially when playing in online establishments. Just use a table, for example, from this article. You can quickly find the optimal solution using it, to ultimately increase the theoretical return to the maximum.
French Roulette offers a maximum return of 98.65%, only for even money bets. Read more about roulette bets here.
And if you play baccarat in an online casino, there is only one bet that will provide the maximum percentage of winnings. This is a bet on the banker. Due to the fact that the banker has the last decision, he gets an advantage. Therefore, this bet wins more often and gives a return of 98.94%. Read more about
What baccarat bets pay out and how much, read here.
The Most Profitable Slots
In the case of slot machines, things are a little different. Each of them has its own theoretical
return. Plus, there are different versions of the same slot with different returns. So, be careful. To play with maximum benefit, you can choose the most generous slots.
The most profitable of them is set to return 99.32%.

The cynicism of casino affiliates makes you gag. All the texts are just bursting with the words "profitability", "benefit", "winnings". Are they filling your tanks with the words "RTP" and other nonsense? Remember the following - all technical characteristics of the games are calculated for millions of spins/rounds and have no bearing on your game in a separate session for several hundred or thousand moves. RTP of a slot in 98% is an abstraction, which is not fulfilled even in a year at a single casino for all its players.
Moreover, any slot is a mechanism that ultimately must collect more money from someone than pay someone. In most of any(!) games you will become a donor, not a winner. Roughly speaking, any game will kill the credit of 100 people in order to pour out a normal sum for 1-2 players. If you are killed 20 times and only increase the deposit a couple of times, your losses will start to grow like a snowball.

Is it worth taking casino bonuses?
If you top up your casino account, why not use bonuses? This gives you the opportunity to prolong the pleasure. However, all this is not so simple. All sorts of wagering conditions can make the promotions completely unprofitable. Everything will depend on the specific conditions in each individual case.
Some players prefer not to take bonuses, and this is logical. After all, then you do not need to fulfill any requirements. You won money - it is your own money. It goes to a real account, and the operator will not take it away if you do not wager a certain amount within a certain period and under certain conditions. And you can withdraw funds whenever you want.
Bonus hunters have a formula that shows the potential value of bonuses:
100% — (wager*casino advantage). You can find more information on how to use it here. It can also be useful for regular players who don't want unfavorable offers.

The casino market is highly competitive, so bonuses are a way to attract or remind players from the casino side. Casinos give either penny bonuses or sticky bonuses with difficult to fulfill conditions, when you not only lose the bonus you received, but also cannot withdraw your own deposit money.
It is better for a beginner not to take any bonuses at all.

Honest partners of the casino "Introduction for beginners" need to start with information not about the casino, bonuses and cosmic winnings. It is more correct to write about broken lives and lost destinies:
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Beginners should stay away from any casinos!